Pecha Kucha is coming to Christchurch
Hello Visitor,
PECHA KUCHA NIGHT Christchurch VOL. 01
29th may | start 8.20pm | doors open 7.30pm | The Basement, SOL Square, Corner Manchester and Lichfield Streets (underneath Ishimoto, #6 SOL Square) | $7 entry, tickets on the door
Dear Pecha Kucha Lovers,
the first Pecha Kucha Night in Christchurch is coming up. Running successfully in Auckland, Wellington and 121 other cities around the globe, Pecha Kucha is now coming regularly to Christchurch.
Pecha Kucha - which originated in Tokyo - is a unique, rapid-fire format in which each speaker shows 20 images, each for 20 seconds. With each presentation lasting just 6 minutes and 40 seconds, the audience experiences an exhilarating variety of ideas and projects.
If you have no idea what Pecha Kucha is about, please check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha
Here is the list of speakers who have confimed so far:
* Jared Davidson & Zoe Thompson-Moore // Designer & Artist // on the challenges and opportunities they face developing and sustaining a creative practice in Christchurch
* Jessica Halliday // architectural historian // about Brutalism
* Luka Hinse // designer // about Pecha Kucha, fast bikes and Chess-Boxing
* Dean MacKenzie // Photographer // about his work
* Pippa Makgill // artist // about the concept of ‘Post-institution’
* Nik Mavromatis // chef // about using molecular gastronomy to create new tastes
* Bruce Russell // sound artist // about his current projects
* John Chrisstoffels
* Jason Mills
Also check our website for updates: http://www.pechakucha.co.nz
next Pecha Kucha Nights around the country:
Auckland: PKN_AKL_08 Friday 23 May 2008 Start 8.20pm / Doors open 7.30pm
Level 5, Sky City Convention Centre Federal Street Auckland City
Wellington: PKN_WGN_02 Wednesday 28 May 2008 Start 8.20pm / Doors open 7.30pm
TheNewDowse 45 Laings Road Lower Hutt
If you want to be a presenter at one of our next Pecha Kucha Nights, please send an email with the subject "PechaKuchaNight Presenters" to curators@pechakucha.co.nz
Your Pecha Kucha Team Christchurch Vanessa Coxhead, Nic Ammundsen, Luka Hinse
www.pechakucha.co.nz www.pecha-kucha.org
Pecha Kucha Night is non profit and is now running in 142 cities globally.
Adelaide, Amsterdam, Athens, Atlanta, Auckland, Austin, Bandung, Bangalore, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beijing, Beirut, Belfast, Belgrade, Berlin, Bern, Bogota, Boston, Bratislava, Brisbane, Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Buffalo, Canberra, Cape Town, Caracas, Catania, Charlotte, Chicago, Christchurch, Cleveland, Cologne, Columbus, Copenhagen, Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Doha, Dortmund, Dubai, Dublin, Edinburgh, Edmonton, Eindhoven, El Paso, Florence, Frankfurt, Ghent, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Groningen, Guadalajara, Hamamatsu, Hamburg, Hamilton, Helsinki, Hobart, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Indianapolis, Istanbul, Jacksonville , Kaiserslautern, Kampala, Kansas City, Kolding, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mallorca, Malmö, Manila, Marseille, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Milwaukee, Montreal, Munich, Nagano, Nairobi, Nancy, Nelson, New York, Newcastle, Omaha, Oslo, Oulu, Paris, Perth, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Maine, Portland Oregon, Porto Alegre, Prague, Reykjavik, Riga, Rotterdam, Sacramento, Salisbury, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Schiedam, Seattle, Seoul, Seville, Shanghai, Singapore, Sophia Antipolis, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney, Taipei, Tel Aviv, Tijuana, Tokyo, Toronto, Treviso, Trieste, Tromsø, Turin, Udine, Valencia, Vancouver, Venice, Vienna, Washington DC, Wellington, Zilina, Zürich
http://www.pecha-kucha.org Find a location and join the conversation
Pecha Kucha Night is for CONTENT and not profit As always - thank you for your amazing support