PechaKucha Night, now in over 700 cities, was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
For this week's "City Focus" we want to highlight another successful new series, and so we head to the Canadian town of Wolfville, to share its growing presentation archive, and that's with only two PechaKucha Nights so far (Wolfville's Vol. 3 is already set for September).
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Tel Aviv is known for having the biggest PechaKucha Nights in the world -- with double showings in one night that combine for an audience of 4000. With the recent Vol. 16 it managed to double that number over two consecutive nights -- yes, 8000 attendees for a PechaKucha Night!
Photographer Anil Sharma describes his journey in concert photography beginning with his first show, when he had to sneak his camera into the show. Since then he has photographed many performers, including U2, Radiohead, and Taylor Swift, and has been published in Rolling Stone Magazine. He mentions some of his photography tips and tricks, and discusses the legitimization of print in our digital age.
Artist Jo Atherton weaves artwork from flotsam found washed up on beaches. Their cheerful familiar forms belie a shocking truth: we get older but plastic remains.
Saltwater aquarist Daniel Churchman takes care of fish for a living, and he has raised over twenty sharks, skates, and rays. Many people view sharks as dangerous and scary, but Daniel is here to debunk these common misconceptions and reveal the truth behind these myterious, curious creatures.
After discovering leftover material from Kikutake's 1970 Osaka Expo tower, architectural researcher Nick Bruscia and his students began experimenting with textured stainless steel sheets to create a system of woven face frames. Its reflection of sunlight and resistance to winde make the installation's specular quality and the structural integrity one in the same. Nick comments that he is trying to create knowledge about materials, rather than implement knowledge.
A huge fan of reading, James Walker wants to address some issues with modern reading: engaging kids in reading and disengaging them from their computers; making libraries a focal point of communities; and reigniting appreciation for physical reading over digital reading. For James, the answer to these problems was zombies. After many collaborations, Dawn of the Unread- an interactive graphic novel- was created. Reading in the modern age is no longer a passive act, and James has come up with creative and fun ways to engage all ages of the community in sharing a love for reading.