Multistory is offering screenings in West Bromwich as part of its Blast! Festival of Photography, Talks & Walks. Blast! will take place from Friday 24 May to Sunday 29 June 2019, and will be played out across the streets, shops, libraries and community halls of Sandwell.
Two of these, listed below, feature West Midlands filmmakers and content.
Mark Goes to Mongolia
Wed, June 5, 2019
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM BST
Kings Square Shopping Centre, West Bromwich
Description: Magnum photographer Martin Parr joins us for a screening of his film Mark Goes to Mongolia featuring Black Country legend, Mark Evans, and a pigeon masterclass with two of Mark’s top birds. Food and refreshments provided. Mark goes to Mongolia is Martin Parr’s second film for Multistory (running time approx. 43 minutes), and tells the extraordinary story of Mark Evans – pigeon auctioneer, breeder and entrepreneur – who based in Moxley in the Black Country. This film documents Mark’s trip to Baotou in Inner Mongolia, in November 2012, where pigeon breeding, pigeon racing and Mark Evans are hugely popular.
Black Country Living – film screening and artist talk with Janine Wiedel
Fri, June 21, 2019
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM BST
Kings Square Shopping Centre, West Bromwich
Description: A screening of Camera in the Streets, a documentary about Janine Wiedel’s work photographing industries in the West Midlands, followed by a discussion between Janine Wiedel and curator, Craig Ashley, as part of the Black Country Living exhibition presented at the Blast! Festival.
About the Blast! Festival
The festival will focus on each of Sandwell’s six distinct towns: Oldbury, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Rowley Regis, Smethwick and Tipton. Finding new and exciting ways of presenting art in community spaces is at the heart of the Blast! experiment. Public space, community venues, pop-up sites, print, broadcasting and online platforms will all play a role in connecting the work of exceptional artists with local people. See the entire festival programme here.
Based in West Bromwich, Multistory works with outstanding artists to make art with, for and about the people of Sandwell. Our projects reflect and celebrate everyday life from factories, pubs and clubs, people’s homes, places of worship and markets. We work with local residents, photographers, artists, writers, documentary film-makers and many more. Read more here.
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