The Event
It seems that a Birmingham visual artists’ expo is rather like a bus. You wait ages for one, and then along come five at once. As well as the Birmingham Open, New Art Birmingham, Fused’s LTD Edition art fair, and New Generation, now Birmingham has… The Event. Which is…
“A series of artist-run activities in permanent and temporary spaces throughout central Birmingham. … [ with a ] Launch Party on Sat 31st March 07, 6pm to 9pm, Curzon Street Station, Digbeth (opposite Millennium Point).”
It then runs from 31st Mar – 15th Apr 07, with events provided by: a.a.s., Capital Art Projects, Colony, [insertspace], BIAD’s International Project Space, Modulate, Periscope, 7inch Cinema, Spectacle, and the Springhill Institute.
[...] Birmingham is just busting with group art shows this springtime. Now along comes number six. Test Bed features eight artists in one shop at the Five Ways Shopping Centre, at the top of Broad St., Birmingham. The artists include Interventionist Pauline Bailey, among others. “The Five Ways community, depending on your viewpoint, is either a gateway to the glittering lights of the ever-changing cityscape and 24-hour hedonistic delights provided by Broad Street, or a lasting reminder of the concrete collar that has strangled the centre of Birmingham since the 1960s. One thing is certain. It is a paradox. One of the most socially and economically deprived council wards [city sections] in Birmingham, Five Ways also provides office and apartment space for the new affluent section of Birmingham society that likes to work and party hard and spends a lot of money doing both.” [...]
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