Exhibition at BMAG opening soon!

So, next up for Friction is our exhibition ‘Heard And Not Seen’, which is opening at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on 10th July and runs until the 22nd August.  We’re really proud of this piece of work, made in collaboration with artist Mitra Memarzia, as it seeks to deal with the ‘mysteries’ between people of Islamic faith and people with other belief systems, to create a space for dialogue and does so using the form of an interactive contemporary artwork.

There will be facilitated discussions on Wednesdays and our invigilators will be around to talk to you about the issues raised through the work.  For further information about the project and to join in, please visit the heard and not seen website.  Interestingly, we received some national press coverage for the project last week, when the Daily Express and Daily Telegraph both ran features about the project.  Typically, the articles were a mix of journalistic sensationalism and the usual story of art wasting taxpayers money, but all publicity is good publicity, apparently, and if we are upsetting the right-wing press, then we must be doing something right.  By the way, nobody is asked to wear a bhurka during the exhibition, which we told the press until we were blue in the face, to no avail.  BMAG is open 7 days a week, so we hope you get a chance to drop in and ‘be heard and seen’.

Call For Heritage Consultant

We are seeking a consultant to assist us in the development of our ‘Echoes’ programme of work.  ‘Echoes’ is a hyperlocal programme of work, based around our HQ in Deritend and seeking to document, archive and reflect the many communities inhabiting the area, past and present. A description of the post can be found here.