Pecha Kucha Night Wellington #03
The third Wellington Pecha Kucha Night is upon us! It's happening Wed 30 July at the City Gallery. Doors open at 7pm, the event starts at 8.20, and it's $7 admission.
A Pecha Kucha night involves a number of presenters, usually from the design, architecture, photography, art and creative fields, who present a slideshow of 20 images and speak for 20 seconds per image.
After the jump, check out the stellar line-up of people who'll be speaking on the night.
Ann Shelton - Photographer - on smoke and mirrors in room room, her new show
Candywhistle - Furniture Designer - on furniture, retail and product design
Christian Penny - Theatre Maker - Toi Whakaari - "making the most of this meeting"
Nathan Goldsworthy - Product/Furniture Design - Compromise, conflict and the life and times of an inanimate object
Dorita Hannah - Architect/Set Designer - Massey - The Black Widow and its link to theatre
Duncan Sarkies - Writer - his super-mega 'so secret it's a secret that it's even a secret' formula for long term creative happiness
James Everett - Game Designer - Game design - mechanics, dynamics and aesthetics
Rachel Davies - Film Maker - "permission to fail - the Golden ticket"
Luka Hinse - Industrial Designer and Pecha Kucha co-ordinator
Adam Errington - Cluster Creative - illustration - By drawing everyday things I find the mundane isn't so
Nic Marshall - Square Eyes - New Zealand Children's Film Foundation - A more compelling film culture for New Zealand children
Sophie Jerram - Sustainability and Art - Current climate crisis and human immortality
Ron Hanson - Eclectic Art Magazine - White Fungus - Walter Benjamin And His Times
More information at the Pecha Kucha NZ blog.
Well, the bus was twenty minutes late and when they said 8.20pm sharp they meant it. We were left with our faces pressed against the glass. The only people admitted after 8.20 were ticket holders, aging rock stars and staff bearing wine (way to rub it in!)
I ended up sitting in the overflow area, which they'd set up in the foyer, projecting the slide show on a giant screen in front of us, and the speaker on a big-screen TV to the right of the stage - just like the real set-up. It was worked well (though there were a few technical problems).
I enjoyed the Candywhistle designers presentation - a delicious risotto recipe, Ron Hanson's tribute to Walter Benjamin, James Everett's enlightening look at video game design and Duncan Sarkies examination of writing (he yelled a bit).
Also: chess-boxing.
I was snug (and not smug at all) inside city gallery cinema. Enjoyed the mix, particularly Christian Penny, Rachel Davies (and her sharks), and Ann Shelton's images blew me away. I came away with new thoughts which I like, and a feeling of hope and possibility, as a number of presenters had focussed on same. Also made me think how this might work inside organisations, rather than those nightmarish powerpoint presentations.
"Also made me think how this might work inside organisations, rather than those nightmarish powerpoint presentations."
Word.
It's amazing how different speakers tackle the restriction/freedom of the 20x20 format. Sometimes the 20 seconds feels like 2 minutes, other times it feels like 2 seconds.
And I noticed some speakers would use two consecutive slides on a similar theme to give themselves 40 seconds on that topic.
Yay! And those sound like good presents too! :P