Cultural Heroes


The announcement that Birmingham is going to bid to become the UK’s first City of Culture has got people talking. And making lists.

Coming to a consensus about Birmingham’s cultural heroes, and how the city should present itself, will be a huge challenge. In the meantime, the more noise and debate the better. I hope the next few months will encourage everyone who feels passionate about arts and culture in our city to draw attention to those individuals and organisations that make Birmingham worthy of the title.

Here are my highlights, inspired by the people that we’ve been lucky enough to work with over the past 12 months.

BCMG

Working with the internationally acclaimed Birmingham Contemporary Music Group opened my eyes to a whole new cultural experience, the highlight being a performance of John Cage’s Living Room Music on crockery, newspapers and books.

Birmingham Hippodrome

Welcoming over 500,000 visitors each year, the Birmingham Hippodrome has also been home to some of the Rewired team’s best nights out, from our Christmas do at the magical Nutcracker, to a girls night out at Flashdance.

Plus International Design Festival



Enjoying its third consecutive year in 2008, Plus brought national and international experts in graphic and typography design to Birmingham, and who could forget the Type Tart Cards!

Punch Records

Working with the Punch team to promote the 4th annual BASS Festival was a highlight of our year, in particular the unforgettable launch party at Rich Mix and unveiling of the Arts Own Kind exhibition, featuring the work of Lemi Ghariokwu.

Stan’s Cafe



Seeing Stan’s Cafe’s new performance space @AEHarris transformed into a miniature Le Mans, complete with non-stop, 24 hour commentary. Wow.

The 4am Project


Photographer Karen Strunks sweet-talked us into supporting her ambitious project to document the world at 4am, and we’re glad she did! Karen’s passion and creativity got people from as far afield as Australia, China, Portugal and the Philippines connected by an inspired idea that was born in Birmingham.


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