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Pecha Kucha Austin 4/27/2011

Pecha Kucha is a controlled creative convergence where architects, artists, musician, performers, idea activists and designers meet to showcase their work in a unique, high-energy format. Japanese for “chit-chat,” Pecha Kucha is the brainchild of Klein-Dytham Architecture of Tokyo; wired.com explains the events as a combination of “business meeting and poetry slam to transform corporate cliché into surprisingly compelling beat-the-clock performance art.” Since 2003, Pecha Kucha has spread to close to 300 cities across the world, including Austin.

Austin Pecha Kucha Presenters of 4/7/2011 include:

1. Bieli Liu (Fine Artist)
2. Adrian Quesada (Musician)
3. Johnny Walker (Artist and Curator of the “Play Me” Piano project)
4. Tiffany Harelik (Trailer Park Diarist)
5. George O. Jackson (Photographer)
6. Michael Yates (Furniture Designer)
7. Jori Lodes (Burlesque Dancer)
8. Dana Friis-Hansen (Art Connoisseur)
9. Southpaw Jones (Musician)
10. Hancock Brothers (Graphic Designers)

Wednesday, April 25th 2011
7:30pm – 10:30pm

Seaholm Power Plant
214 West Avenue, Austin, TX 78701
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/austin/

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Pecha Kucha Austin 2/10/2011


Pecha Kucha is a controlled creative convergence where architects, artists, musician, performers, idea activists and designers meet to showcase their work in a unique, high-energy format. Japanese for “chit-chat,” Pecha Kucha is the brainchild of Klein-Dytham Architecture of Tokyo; wired.com explains the events as a combination of “business meeting and poetry slam to transform corporate cliché into surprisingly compelling beat-the-clock performance art.” Since 2003, Pecha Kucha has spread to close to 300 cities across the world, including Austin.

The first Austin Pecha Kucha Presenters of 2011 include:

(1) Turk Pipkin- filmmaker/activist
(2) Harmoni Kelley- bass player
(3) Jody Denberg – broadcaster
(4) Virginia Fleck- visual artist
(5) Willie Graham- architecture student/musician
(6) Liz Cass- opera singer
(7) Federico Archuleta- graffiti artist/muralist
(8) Larry Speck- architect
(9)Tyson Cole- culinary artist
(10) David Kampa- graphic designer

Thursday, February 10
doors open at 7:30 pm; event starts at 8:20 pm
Austin Speed Shop 1414 S Lamar Blvd
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/austin/

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