VIVID (media arts)
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VIVID is a centre for the production and exhibition of media art, located in the Digbeth
area of Birmingham
, England
.Established in 1992, VIVID works with contemporary new media and artist moving image through production, commissioning, exhibition and event programmes.
VIVID commissions and exhibits work both for its own exhibition space and for other locations, provides spaces and resources for the production of interdisciplinary art and hosts a programme of residencies for visiting artists.. It has commissioned major new works and large scale touring exhibitions from artists including Haroon Mirza, Richard Billingham, Heather & Ivan Morison and has exhibited artists from 1960 Fluxus movement to rising art stars.2008/11 generated 27 international residencies and exhibitions with VIVID commissions presented at the Venice Biennale, Frieze Art Fair, The Art of Ideas and British Art Show 7; and touring to London and Gothenburg.
The organisation moved to its current home - a former motor garage built in the 1950s - from its previous location in the Jewellery Quarter
in April 2005.
VIVID's main exhibition space, called The Garage, occupies 3000 sq ft (278.7 m²) and still bears the evidence of its former use as a vehicle repair workshop, including a large area marked "MOT
Bay".
VIVID produces and curates emerging and mid-career artists and presents their work in local, national and international contexts. Described in The Guardian as 'superb' the critically acclaimed public programme, presents a wide variety of new commissions, thematic shows, talks, screenings and pop up events year round.
Digbeth
Digbeth is an area of Birmingham, England. Following the destruction of the Inner Ring Road, Digbeth is now considered a district within Birmingham City Centre. As part of the Big City Plan, Digbeth is undergoing a large redevelopment scheme that will regenerate the old industrial buildings into...
area of Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.Established in 1992, VIVID works with contemporary new media and artist moving image through production, commissioning, exhibition and event programmes.
VIVID commissions and exhibits work both for its own exhibition space and for other locations, provides spaces and resources for the production of interdisciplinary art and hosts a programme of residencies for visiting artists.. It has commissioned major new works and large scale touring exhibitions from artists including Haroon Mirza, Richard Billingham, Heather & Ivan Morison and has exhibited artists from 1960 Fluxus movement to rising art stars.2008/11 generated 27 international residencies and exhibitions with VIVID commissions presented at the Venice Biennale, Frieze Art Fair, The Art of Ideas and British Art Show 7; and touring to London and Gothenburg.
The organisation moved to its current home - a former motor garage built in the 1950s - from its previous location in the Jewellery Quarter
Jewellery Quarter
The Jewellery Quarter is an area of Birmingham City Centre, England, situated in the south of the Hockley area. It is covered by the Ladywood district. There is a population of around 3,000 people in a area....
in April 2005.
VIVID's main exhibition space, called The Garage, occupies 3000 sq ft (278.7 m²) and still bears the evidence of its former use as a vehicle repair workshop, including a large area marked "MOT
Mot
In Ugaritic Mot 'Death' is personified as a god of death. The word is cognate with forms meaning 'death' in other Semitic and Afro-Asiatic languages: with Arabic موت mawt; with Hebrew מות ; with Maltese mewt; with Syriac mautā; with Ge'ez mot; with Canaanite, Egyptian Aramaic, Nabataean, and...
Bay".
VIVID produces and curates emerging and mid-career artists and presents their work in local, national and international contexts. Described in The Guardian as 'superb' the critically acclaimed public programme, presents a wide variety of new commissions, thematic shows, talks, screenings and pop up events year round.