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We have just launched our new jobs listing page on our website which allows you to advertise free of charge any positions you have available whether it be full/part-time or if you're looking for a work experience person.

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If you are a creative or media based company then contact us now to advertise for free on 01273 201375 or email carl@mediacentre.org
 

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BMC Clients

Congratulations to BMC Client Bite Studios!

We were pleased to hear about BMC Client, 'Bite Studio' and their recent success of creating software for the 'Wallace And Gromit World Of Cracking Ideas' exhibition at the London Science Museum.

Read on...

Article Courtesy of Sam Thompson at The Argus

A bite of success for Brighton studio!

Thousands of children are being entertained through technology developed by a Brighton firm.

Creative digital agency Bite Studio worked with animation studio Aardvark Animations to create software for the £2.1 million Wallace And Gromit World Of Cracking Ideas exhibition at the Science Museum in London.

Visitors to the exhibition are invited to the famous plasticine characters’ home at 62 West Wallaby Street, where they can enjoy various interactive displays while learning about the importance of inventions and intellectual property.

Using technology similar to the iPhone, Bite created interactive touchscreens in Wallace’s dining room, where children can create their own wallpaper designs to project on to a large canvas.

The company stepped in at the last minute after Microsoft, which originally came up with the idea, had to pull out because of budget and time constraints.

Neil Whitten, technical director at Bite, said: “We thought it would be a good way to use our skill sets in a new environment.

“We didn’t have much time so we had to work through the night on many occasions.”


 

The project took six weeks to complete and Bite hopes to use the technology it has developed in future projects.

Mr Whitten said: “The idea of allowing someone to be creative with a touch-screen interface and combining it with a projector is something we can use elsewhere.”

Clive Ramble, project manager at exhibition organiser SGA, said: “The interactive wallpaper is one of the exhibition’s most popular items.

“Bite Studio took the project from the drawing board, developed it and came up with the software that suited the technology and the requirements.

“Bite Studio delivered the software well within budget and in a fraction of other companies’ time frames.”

Stuart Scott, Bite’s creative director, said: “Working on the Wallace and Gromit exhibition allowed us to highlight some of the creative talent we offer within our agency and deliver that work to a global audience.

“We were delighted to be given the opportunity to work with what is undoubtedly one of the most recognisable animation studios in the world.”

The exhibition is expected to run for six months before moving to other parts of the UK then America.



 

Free Summer Open Days with The Naked Gene Juggler

 

Look out for the new website launch mid August

www.nakedgj.com

 

 

Public Open Days on Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd August 2009


NGJ are offering you the rare opportunity to attend one of their free public open days where you can visit Brighton’s Organismic ® secret and have an individual 75 minute appointment to find out more about their exclusive services.

Places are limited and strictly BY APPOINTMENT ONLY; subject to availability.

Appointments are between 10am and 8pm

To book your appointment e-mail freedom@nakedgj.com

Business Leaders Open Days on Thursday 27th & Friday 28th August 2009


They only select 17 individual business leaders in a year for their world exclusive “Organismic ® Pulse” business programme that takes you beyond ‘skills’ and ‘models’. Before you apply, they are offering you a unique opportunity to meet with Russell and Lily and discover how they combine scientific processes with pragmatic business thinking to fast track your ultimate performance and success.

This is a rare opportunity in which you will receive 2 hours of free and undivided attention from the Directors of The Naked Gene Juggler.

Places are limited and strictly BY APPOINTMENT ONLY; subject to availability.

Appointments are between 10am and 8pm

To book your appointment e-mail freedom@nakedgj.com

 

NB: The Naked Gene Juggler Ltd reserves the right to amend or cancel this offer at any time.
 

BMC Events

BMC Networking Event!

HOW TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MORE ENVIRONMENTALY FRIENDLY.

'GREEN SHOOTS'

 


 

At the Brighton Media Centre we realise how much the environment has an important place in our society and that’s why we are inviting you to our networking event on Wednesday 12th August at 18.00pm for a talk on how to make your business more environmentally friendly.

The East Sussex BETRE project has already helped 1,800 local businesses to save over £1 million over the last six years. They will be discussing the impact of the business on our environment, how to cut costs through reducing waste and energy and water use.

Their free services include:
 

  • Green Action Grants - They can give you up to £500 towards the cost of implementing actions to reduce waste, energy or water.
  • Environmental Reviews - A FREE review of your energy, water and waste bills, carrying out a short site survey and providing you with a detailed report on savings opportunities and legislation.
  • Training events - on topics ranging from practical energy and water efficiency, waste minimisation, climate change adaptation, environmental management systems and environmental legislation.
     

Join us at 6pm for drinks and refreshments before the seminar at 18.30pm, there will be an opportunity to ask questions, meet other guests and check out our facilities until 19.30pm.

To represent your company and book a free place at the event contact carl@mediacentre.org or telephone Carl on 01273 201375.

Limited places available and bookings will be on a first come first serve basis!

BMC Exhibitions

'Negritude'

 

  • An exhibition of paintings and prints by Robbie Robb to raise funds for the children of Africa
  • August 3rd - September 5th
  • Weekdays 9.30am - 5pm / Weekends 10.30am - 5.30 pm
     
  • Brighton Media Centre Gallery 15 - 17 Middle Street

 

 

‘Negritude’ is an exhibition of portraits of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo and luminaries from the jazz and hip hop worlds. 


Proceeds from the musician’s portraits will be shared with GUA Africa, a charity founded by Emmanuel Jal, which is raising funds to build a school in southern Sudan.  And the children’s portraits will contribute to The Living Brush, a charity which delivers art materials to children in southern Africa.


As well as the paintings offered for sale, some open-edition prints will be available for purchase and others can be ordered when visiting.

GUA Africa has been granted 15 acres of land in Leer, West Upper Nile, by the government of South Sudan. Their goal is to build a high quality education centre for the whole community, which will also serve as a safe haven for children whose lives have been shattered by years of war and poverty.


 


GUA Africa was founded by Emmanuel Jal, an ex-child soldier turned rap artist. The word GUA (pronounced gwaah) means peace in Nuer, a tribal language of Southern Sudan. GUA’s mission is to work with individuals, families and communities to help them overcome the effects of war and poverty.

Artist's Statement

As my subjects so far have all been of African descent, it feels right to me to give something back to Africa, hence my decision to share any proceeds, with African charities – and mostly with Emmanual Jal’s GUA - Africa, as his story and  his spirit have touched and inspired me so much.

Although I could write at length about my experiences of painting (and before that of being a musician, as the two are inextricably linked for me) I think the only thing that matters is that for me it is an intuitive process and, as such, cannot really be adequately explained.

I am mostly self-taught - apart from a few Saturday morning classes where I was mostly just left to get on with whatever I was doing.

I have enjoyed the support of some very accomplished artists, especially one of the founders of hyperrealism, Denis Peterson, who has acted as a mentor to me in my early development and done a great deal to support and encourage me. Although I am not a hyperrealist, Denis had a background in abstract expressionism as well as the restoration of old masters, and has been a professor of art at the Pratt Institute in NYC.

I have also had some musicians I very much admire express appreciation of my work, including: Blak Twang, Soweto Kinch, Geoff Wilkinson (of Us3), Julian Vaughan, Ty Showers, Lynx & Kemo and DJ WattsRiot.

Robbie Robb.
 

otherstuff

Artwork in the Old Steine reception

 

 

 

We've had quite a few enquires about the art work hanging in the old Steine reception area.

Saffron Reichenbacker is a Brighton based artist and illustrator.

In her work, Saffron attempts to create a world born out of obsessions with early cinema, vamps, flappers, vintage erotica, Mexican folk art, sultry sailors and fallen stars.

 

www.saffronreichenbacker.co.uk

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