When Project Arts Centre reopened the Gallery on May 13th with Luminous Void, a celebration of 20 years of the Experimental Film Society, it was the third time the exhibition had been rescheduled. âThe plan had been for this big programme of events,â says artistic director Cian OâBrien. Now some will be online, but there is an increasing sense that cultureâs digital phase may be fading â though not entirely disappearing.
While Covid has made arts organisations up their digital game, and online events have removed geographical barriers, they are no replacement. âI have struggled to engage with work online,â says OâBrien. âUnless something really holds your attention, it doesnât work. In a theatre you have that collective sense to bring you back if your attention wanders. Also, Iâm spending my whole day in front of a screen, so Iâm not differentiating. Thatâs a challenge.â
Mother, son found dead inside west Birmingham home
February 3, 2021 GMT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) An Alabama police department is investigating a double slaying in Birmingham that left a woman and her son dead.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Eula Mae Moore, 75, and Derrick Cornell Moore, 54. Eula Mae Moore lived at the west Birmingham home where the two were found dead on Monday.
One of the deaths is being investigated as a homicide, police said, and the other death remains unclassified pending further investigation, al.com reported.
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Officer Truman Fitzgerald said responding officers found one victim unresponsive in the hallway suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. A search of the residence led officers to a second victim unresponsive in a nearby bedroom. That person had also been shot, Fitzgerald said. Both victims were pronounced dead on the scene by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service.