Pecha Kucha Updates

I'm getting more and more excited for Pecha Kucha!  The slide show is almost finished and they've sent out new info, including a new speaker and everyone's websites and the promotional image...

PECHA kUCHA V4

Friday; Jan 15, 2010 

20slides x 20 seconds + 8 presenters = a great night of art, innovation and creative thinking

presenters include:

RAINA BENOIT  -  Artist  -  www.rainabenoit.com
APRIL CHILDERS  Visual Artist  -   www.destineezchild.org
KATHY GUSTAFSON HILTON  -  Exhibit Developer  -  Hands On!  www.hofl.org
BECKY FLANDERS  -  Artist  -  www.beckyflanders.com
PETER KAGEYAMA  -  Creative Consultant -  www.creativecitiesproduction.com
ELLEN MUELLER  -  Visual and Performance Artist  -   www.ellenmeuller.com
ROBERT NERF  -  Photographer  -  www.5thworldart.com
TOM WAGNER  -  Florida Aquarium  -  www.flaquarium.org

Come join us at the studio @ 620 in St Petersburg.

Friday, January 15th, 2009
studio@620  |  620 1st ave S, St Petersburg ((map))

7:00 doors, 8:20 presentations
$5 at the door
cash bar

click here for more info

follow us on facebook.

Pronounced ("peh chak cha") is the Japanese word for "chit-chat." It is also a blend open mike, happy hour and forum for new ideas. Designers, advocates and overall creative people are given 20 slides shown for 20 seconds a piece. Originated in Japan, Pecha Kucha has spread virally over 260 cities around the world.

Mark your calendars for Pecha Kucha V4

PECHA kUCHA V4
Friday; Jan 15, 2010

20slides x 20 seconds + 8 presenters = a great night of art, innovation and creative thinking

presenters include:
becky flanders | april childers | robert neff | ellen mueller | michelle malott | raina benoit | tom wagner | kathy gustafson hilton

Come join us at studio 620 in St Petersburg.

Friday, January 15th, 2009
studio@620  |  620 1st ave S, St Petersburg
7:00 doors, 8:20 presentations
$5 at the door
cash bar

Pronounced ("peh chak cha") is the Japanese word for "chit-chat." It is also a blend open mike, happy hour and forum for new ideas. Designers, adovocates and overall creative people are given 20 slides shown for 20 seconds a piece. Originated in Japan, Pecha Kucha has spread virally over 260 cities around the world.

follow Pecha Kucha Tampa on facebook .

BREAKDOWN: A Mental Incursion

My next performance will be on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 8pm at the William and Nancy Oliver Gallery as a part of BREAKDOWN: A Mental Incursion.

I'll be premiering a character I've been developing the past few months, Valerie Hartman. She'll be giving a brief intro to The System, and why you should attend the infomercial on February 17 at 8pm.



BREAKDOWN is:
Private acts and thoughts expressed in public spaces.
"Madness" and "vulgar" emotion; i.e., unrestrained grief.
Anthropomorphism.
A celebration of unseen/ignored elements of humanity.
A confrontation of human (un)consciousness.
Social awkwardness.
Insidious laughter.

LIVE PERFORMANCE:
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 8pm.

Confirmed guest artists include:
Natasha Marin (Butoh) + Aaron Roth (flute)
Anastacia Tolbert (indigo madness)
Ellen Mueller (Valerie Hartman/Time travel with The System)
Ashaki M. Jackson (Cannibalistic poetry/Altar-making)
Becky Flanders - (Ana Suromai - Female Genital Revelation)
Khadijah Queen (Fearful Beloved) + Zak Hemsteger (drums)
More TBA...

BREAKDOWN is organized by Khadijah Queen.
Multidisciplinary artist and writer Khadijah Queen is a graduate fellow in studio art at University of South Florida. Her first book of poetry, Conduit, was published in 2008 by Akashic Books. She has performed and exhibited nationally, and curates an annual multi-genre performance series, "Courting Risk," in NYC.