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Pecha Kucha Night at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington
Posted by Susanna at 5:26 AM, Mar 19, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Events
Rouzita Vahhabaghai (left) and Bita Vahhabaghai (right) hosted Pecha Kucha in Washington. In the middle Karim Chrobog.
A PECHA KUCHA gathering was held on Wednesday night, March 18, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. There have been Pecha Kucha events in more than 170 cities all over the world. Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds, giving 6 minutes and 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise. Pecha Kucha, which is Japanese for the sound of conversation, has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown.
THE NIGHT'S PRESENTERS were Antje Kharchi, Associate Professor, Corcoran College of Art + Design; Ayo Okunseinde, Adrian Loving and Eric Brewer, Dissident Display - Multimedia Design Studio; photographer Christiana Aretta; Anya Pinchuk, Jewelry Designer of Jewelers Werk; Lawyer/Artist/Photographer Ali Herischi; John Athayde, Meticulous; Harry Chun, Marc Ross, Creative Director + Furniture Designer, Spectrum West Collection; Marielle Mariano, East Coast Coordinator of CHALK4PEACE, Inc.; and Gaurav Mishra, The Marketer Who Went Off Consumption.
THIS PECHA KUCHA event was sponsored by Corcoran College of Art + Design, Capitol Restaurant Concepts LTD and Bisnow, and the reception was sponsored by Neyla Restaurant in Georgetown. The next Pecha Kucha event in Washington will be held at House of Sweden on April 17.
Caroline Nord, Jenny Mählqvist, Linda Tocchini-Valentini, and Daniella Fridl
Antje Kharchi talks about her trip to Tibet and Kashmir.
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