Update: PKN Christchurch Vol. 11 has been postponed due to heavy snow warnings. It will instead be held on September 7.
PechaKucha Night in Christchurch Vol. 11 is coming up this Wednesday (August 17) at Telestra Clear Club. You’ll find the full list of presenters with links on the official event page, and here’s more from organizer Jessica Halliday:
We’re getting very excited about our next event. The people of our city continue to face many heartaches, challenges and difficulties — it’s a daily battle in post-earthquake Christchurch. One of the things many of us miss are the array of social and cultural opportunities offered by an urban environment — even one as small as ours. You know the type of thing — immersing yourself in arts and culture, debating the merits of clashing events and happenings, forming part of a crowd of people at a gig, accidental meetings on the street or in a cafe or bar, the freedom offered by widely-shared urban public space. With our central city cordoned off and an estimated 40% of our urban fabric under demolition, we are dispersed across the suburbs and these very ordinary urban experiences have all but evaporated.
Our 11th PechaKucha Night will give us not only a chance to hear and see 11 fascinating presentations but also help provide us with much missed social and cultural contact. We’re delighted to have the support of the Christchurch Arts Festival for PechaKucha Night Christchurch 11 — they are a battler of an organisation that has worked hard to give the city eight weekends of performances and arts events to cheer our hearts despite losing all of their regular venues. Our presenters, unsurprisingly given the current circumstances, weigh a little on the side of architecture and engineering (yes, creative, articulate engineers, we breed ‘em) but it’s still our regular exciting jumble of disciplines and fields. Can’t wait to hear and see what the’ve all got to share with us PechaKucha style.
Also, here are some details on the flyer that was produced for the event:
It’s double sided, so what you see are the two sides side-by-side. We’re mainly using it folded as a flyer concertina style. The design work was a collaborative effort between local designers Matt Galloway and Lizzie Parker (who did our Heavy Metal PKNCHCH8 posters last year). Matt printed it on a risograph at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts.
