Soundspace
Music / Sound
Partners
artSites / CBSO
Artists
Ian Chapman / Kate Buttolph / Poppy Sandal / Paul Boothe
Soundspace developed popular and contemporary music skills including performing and composing/ song-writing. Apprentices also benefited from tuition in guitar, keyboard, percussion, voice and music technology leading to creating their own music for performance and audio CD.
In-Flux
Film / Video
Partners
the drum / Ikon Gallery
Artists
Mushtaq Ahmed / Helen Kelly / Trevor Givans / Kate Nettel
In-Flux created four films in response to the exhibition at the Ikon Gallery. It encouraged the apprentices to respond to their environment in a personal way. Birmingham is in a state of flux, architecturally, culturally and technologically. The project therefore emphasised the changes and the apprentices were asked to respond to these.
Digimate
Digital Animation
Partners
mac / Ka-Ma-Ra
Artists
Jesper Nors / Miah Har Ng / Nadine de Montagnac / Glen Anderson
Digimate created a collection of shorted animated films using both traditional methods and techniques and drawing on digital technology. The combination created an exciting, stimulating and varied range of work produced by young people.
Moving Sounds
Dance / Movement/ Sound
Partners
Birmingham Royal Ballet / Birmingham Opera Company
Artists
Polly Hudson / David Leahy / Teresa Sadler / Marc Edwards
Moving Sounds was a multi-disciplinary performance project that explored the apprentice’s experiences of social communication and life in Birmingham. Using improvisational practices the apprentices worked towards the creation of a performance piece that included dance, music and dramatical skills.
Ikons of Identity
Drama / Crafts
Partners
Birmingham Rep / Craftspace Touring
Artists
Rachael Savage / Mary Tryfollos / Sophia Lovell-Smith / Ajay Dattoni / Elizabeth Gall
Total Theatre inspired by visual art. Using the ‘Ikons of Identity’ exhibition as a stimulus young people explored how concepts of mask and body adornment comment on the culture and counter-culture of modern day society.
Past Made Present
3D
Partners
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery / Newman Colllege / UCE, Department of Foundation and Community Studies
Artists
Michael Cabasa / Saryjit Sandhu / Disdale Campbell / Maria Onyegbuie
Past Made Present is inspired by the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery’s collection. Apprentice artists created contemporary aesthetic and functional objects.
Fusion
Textiles
Partners
Aston Hall / Soho House / Stourbridge College
Artists
Balbir Currie / Tracey Parker / Helen Turner / Ruth Allen / Panna Chauhan
Textile pieces were inspired by Aston Hall and Soho House; Fusion used a variety of textile techniques to create an exciting range of embroidered and printed hangings and framed pieces.