Pecha Kucha Volume 03 took place last Thursday in the bowels of the Commercial Travellers Association. It was a great night, fantastic stuff on show and loads of people to check it all out.

As always, the grabs that follow are a poor representation of the content that was on show, so if you are intrigued then make sure you come along to the next on at the end of May for the full deal.

First up was Kate Bezar, editor of the wonderful Dumbo Feather magazine.

Brendan Cowell and Alice Babidge from Wharf 2 Loud spoke about their new paly which is currently in rehearsals, named Self Esteem, where the mysterious multinational CHAD is invading the lives of suburban Australia.

Hugh Snellgrove and Gabrielle Ulacco of the Sydney University Architecture School spoke about a project they have recently completed - and built a prototype of - for a low cost stand alone unit for bathing and cooking for use in Aboriginal commuties. The project was run by Col James and Paul Pholeros.

Kate Porter, ran the crowd through the commonly misunderstood world of carbon trading markets. From the Kyoto Protocol to the micro markets that are set up when corporations offset their emmsisions by giving away light bulbs.

Lisa Cahill is an artist who works in glass and creates beautiful, serene landscapes.

Matt and Mark of animation and design studio Sixty 40 showed their animation work for the MTV and the Comedey Channel as well as their band and their hosting duties for a burleque revue.

Tony Chenchow, Chenchow Little Architects showed three three finely crafted houses that Chenchow Little have designed.

Lou Weis spoke of the collaborative artowrks that he has been involved in curating and managing in Sydney and Melbourne.

Leanne Rule, AGDA ran a design studio out at Sydney’s in- vogue-industrial-harbour-property-of-the-moment, Cockatoo Island.

Mel Young showed her charming jewellery made up from found objects.

Stephen Collier, rounded off the evening with a presentation on corners. Lots of different kinds of corners, their place in cities, suburbs, and warzones.

The next Pecha Kucha in Sydney will be on Thursday May 31st. I hope to see you there, and I hope we have all the sightline issues sorted….