Warwick Arts Centre brings you “Soho Road to the Punjab” to coincide with Rifco Arts production Britain’s Got Bhangra! The musical charts the rise of British Bhangra music from the sequin clad 80s through to the R ‘n’ B fusion of the current charts. For more information on the production, click here.
A free exhibition charting the history of Bhangra will be on display in the foyer area at Warwick Arts Centre from Tuesday 11th May to Sunday 6th June 2010. Soho Road to the Punjab is a rolling project, which collects the memories and memorabilia of UK Bhangra. The exhibition explores, explains and celebrates the development of British Asian Music into a world class export. For more information, click here or visit the Soho Road to the Punjab website.
The play opens from Tuesday 25th May 2010 at Warwick Arts Centre with the press night at Warwick Arts Centre taking place onWednesday 26th May at 7.30pm where Coventry artists, The Balle! Shava! Bhangra Dancers and Masterclass Dhol Drummers come together to perform from 6.45pm – 7.30pm in the foyer area. This is a free performance open to all non ticket holders.
The dancers bring their own individual experiences and unique style in the art of Bhangra dancing. They have toured alongside mainstream acts in the Bhangra industry and starred in number one Asian music videos. Masterclass led by Juggy Rihal have also toured with the biggest names in the Asian music scene and international artists with their aim to represent the Asian culture on a worldwide platform.
Please click here to see pictures taken from the press night and below check out the footage of the The Balle! Shava! Bhangra dancers and MasterClass Dhol Drummers performing:
For any enquiries on the performance please contact:
Kully Singh on 07850594655
The Balle! Shava! Bhangra Dancers and MasterClass Dhol Drummers
Sauce Gallery and Punch present: Headz!: The Photographic Art of Peter Williams – A Reflection on the Straight No Chaser Years
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The Swifty Remixes
Peter Williams is globally renowned for the photographic iconic images he produced for the late lamented Straight No Chaser magazine alongside Far Out Records and B&W Music.
Back in 1988, after studying photography at the Royal College of Art, Williams met up with the Chaser crew. They had just launched a designer fanzine dedicated to what they called the Freedom Principle. A long-standing working relationship developed between the photographer and Paul Bradshaw, Straight No Chasers driving force and editor.
The result of that relationship is Headz! – a powerful exhibition of portraiture that features nu-generation playas like DJ Shadow, Reprazent, Sizzla, Soweto Kinch, Courtney Pine and Cassandra Wilson alongside legends like Don Cherry, McCoy Tyner, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Randy Weston, Steve Reid, Nina Simone and Miles Davis – horn at the ready, floating in the air like an eerie apparition.
Following on from the hugely successful Swifty Pop Shop which opened at the Sauce gallery at the end of 2009, have invited Swifty to contribute to Headz! As the former creative director of Straight No Chaser, Swifty has long worked with Peter Williams imagery.
Scan through the back issues of the magazine and youll be blown away by the radical combinations of typografix and photography. Swifty has taken these classic spreads one step further and included in Headz are a selection of Peter Williams classics that have been specially remixed for the occasion.
Headz! is curated by The Sauce Gallery, Punch and former Straight No Chaser publisher Paul Bradshaw.
Coming to the Sauce Gallery, Gibb St, Custard Factory 10-6pm Mon-Sat from 16 July 2010. Call Punch on 0121 224 7444 for more information.
The exhibition is launching with a fantastic performance by Digby Fairweather, playing live over the Custard Factory Lake, from 1pm on Friday 16 July.
Eastside – an industrial, urban area to the east of Birmingham’s city centre – is the oldest part of Birmingham and was once home to a mass of foundries, workshops, and tanneries dating back to medieval times.
Today though there is a whole host of exciting and cutting edge organisations producing fantastic creative work – from visual arts exhibitions right through to rock music nights.
The creative organisations and artists who are based in Eastside (including us) have teamed up to showcase the exciting identity of the area, to ensure that both residents and visitors are aware of the activities going on in and around Digbeth and the surrounding area.
Here’s a snapshot of the introduction to the new website:
We Are Eastside – Birmingham’s Creative Playground
Underneath Eastside’s arches you’ll find a whole host of organisations making and presenting film, music, visual arts, digital media, craft, literature, and photography – and some great pubs and cafes too. We Are Eastside is a guide to some of these hidden treasures.
The website is well worth a look so head over to it by clicking here.
Mitchy Bwoy has a vast portfolio of work mainly in music and clothing design and he continues to innovate & diversify. Post ‘graff’ / post ‘pop’ / post ‘whatever you like’….
We are thrilled to announce that the fantastic designer and artist Mitchy Bwoy is coming to Birmingham’s Sauce Gallery in April to showcase some of his amazing work.
From Reggae to Roots, Balkan Beats to Bruk, Dub Step to Disco, whatever you’re into, Mitchy Bwoy is likely to have made his mark on your record collection at some point.
Working from his own London studio over the last 10 years, Mitch has carved his own niche not only in music cover design but also in illustration, fashion, and more recently, video production.
His work has become synonymous with new music and club culture, working alongside the most prominent musicians of the last decade, including Chase & Status, Amp Fiddler, Bugz in the Attic, Nitin Sawhney, Ziggy Marley, Howie B and many others.
In addition, Mitch has worked on many special projects, live paints and collaborations with other artists: 55 Roots for 55 DSL (live paint and group art show with Dragon and Shibuya from Japan), Bacardi brand development (with Mode 2) and Blak Twang/We Love You album projects with Banksy.
His reputation has also led to his inclusion in numerous art shows, such as; the Art Basel / Miami (alongside Doze Green, Swoon, Rostar), Candela Festival / Puerto Rico (with Swifty, Mode 2 and HVW8) and Loud Graphix / Berlin (with Parra, Delta, Mode 2, Swifty and Machine).
Mitch has consistently come forward with the most true visual representation of modern times.
The exhibition will be at the Sauce Gallery, Custard Factory, Birmingham from 10 April 2010 until the end of June.
For more information call us on 0121 224 7444.
Check out the photo’s from Mitch Bwoy exhibition launch night, which featured Custard Factory’s first BBQ of 2010:
Ahead of the Mitchy Bwoy launch night, the artist was captured setting up to showcase a range of prints, one-offs and originals. Below are the photos of Mitchy Bwoy setting up for the exhibition:
For those of you who haven’t yet managed to see the fantastic Swifty Pop Up Shop at The Custard Factory in Birmingham there is some great news.
The exhibition has been extended until the end of February. The exhibition is open Monday – Saturday from 10am – 6pm at the Sauce Gallery on Gibb Street, Custard Factory.
Nigeria 50 is a cultural event which will bring the best of Nigerian culture celebrating five decades of music, art, fashion, writing and style from Africa’s most exciting nation.
Nigeria 50 – African Soul, Global Style
On the 1st of October 2010 Nigeria will be celebrating 50 years of independence from colonial rule.
Nigeria 50 is a cultural event which will bring the best of Nigerian culture to fresh and eager audiences worldwide. For the very first time the fruits of five decades of music, art, fashion, writing and style from Africa’s most exciting nation will be on tour together.
This is a tour rich with the unique soul and the vibrant style of Nigeria – the most populous Black nation on earth.
Working with artists such as Tony Allen, Dele Somsimi and Lemi Ghariokwu, the tour will take place in across the UK, New York, Tokyo, Paris, Cape Town and of course Lagos.
You can download more information on the project by clicking on the links below:
Nigeria Next - Generic overview of the festival and broad aims.
Punch in partnership with the Sauce Gallery, Custard Factory Birmingham present Swifty’s Pop Shop.
Pioneering typographer, sleeve designer and artist Swifty will be setting up shop at the Sauce Gallery in Birmingham’s Custard Factory from Saturday 12 December. Everything from originals and one off prints to T-shirts, skateboards and stickers will be for sale in The Swifty Pop Shop.
The Pop Shop,will feature Swifty’s Newsagents installation.This life size shop front was partly inspired by Peter Blake’s ‘Toy Shop’ and the artist’s fond memories of a local village newsagent in Lancashire .
The Shop will also be home to the A-Z of Swifty Show, including pieces based around everything from Action Man to Zebedee from the Magic Roundabout.
The Pop Shop will be open to the public at the Sauce Gallery, 5 The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth and has been extended to run until the end of March 2010!
Listen to a great interview UK vibe did with Swifty and check out some more of his images by clicking here.
Check out photos from the fantastic launch night and the final preperations below:
Below are photographs of Swifty at work putting together the billboard for the exhibition.
Nigeria 50 is a cultural event which will bring the best of Nigerian culture celebrating five decades of music, art, fashion, writing and style from Africa’s most exciting nation.
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