Pecha Kucha is starting up in Sydney. Radness.

Following on from last years successful 10×10x10 Slidenight/Pecha Kucha in the Tusculum carpark,
DARCH is starting a regular Pecha Kucha night in Sydney.

“Whoa, Nellie, Hold on. What’s Pecha Kucha?”

Pecha Kucha is a slidenight each presenter has 20 slides to present and 20 seconds to talk about each image. Quickfire presentations for the ADD generation. In addition to this, the night is open to anyone with something interesting to show, just fill out the form, send it back to me and off you go. It was started by Klein Dytham in Tokyo and has since spread globally, with Pecha Kucha nights in London, New York, Bagota, Shanghai amongst others.

The Sydney Pecha Kucha will be held on the last thursday of every second month in the Bar at the Commercial Travellers Association. (Google Earth Link) You know, under Seidler’s mushroom on Martin Place - in the bar that time forgot. No? Well, go to the base of the mushroom, in through the glass door and down the lift to Level 2. We’ll see you there.

Spaces will be limited to 20 presenters and the spots will be filled in a first in, best dressed manner. SO BE QUICK. If you are running late and there are spaces available, bring your files in on the night - no later than 6:45 and we willl throw them in. Or if you just want to turn up and watch the show, come along at 7pm on the 28th September.

Presentation Requirements (word document) to email (marcus at gravestmor.com) back to me if you would like to present on the night.

Peter Weigl’s corroded concrete tiles are pristine white cement strips that have been machine-gun acid etched. Discrete areas of the concrete turned into molten landscapes.

“Fossil, Splatter”

“Fossil, Detail”

“Erode”

Techniques that are coming soon, no doubt, to a H@DeM building new you.

Some things that are coming up, that may be of interest to those of you in the Sydney Metropolitan Region. If you are in Katrina trying to build an eco-wonderland, then you probably have more pressing concerns. “Brad!”

a.
Supermodels is an exhibition of models on display at the Object Gallery in Surry Hills. Also on exhibition at Object is ‘reorder’ a showcase of Yuken Teruya’s work, and the MangaPod, an installation by the irrepressible Atelier Bow Wow. These two appear as a part of the Rapt! festival which has brought twenty Japanese artists and architects to Australia to do their thing in the antipodes. More on that later. Maybe.

b.
Architorture is the resurection of the Sydney University Architecture Revue.

Judging by the poster, you appears that Greg (?) is going to rise from the dead and eat your brains. Which should be amusing.