PechaKucha Night 20×20, London #2

I am really happy about my find on Brain Pickings, where they listed top 10 cross disciplinary conferences. I joined PechaKucha 20×20 group on Facebook and went to their second London event at The Archers. PechaKucha means chit-chat in Japanese. The 20×20 is a presentation of 20 slides while talking for 20 seconds about each slide.

PechaKucha Night started in Tokyo about 7 years ago as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has now moved its way around the globe, covering 268 cities. The event is open to any topic to talk about. Photography and art seem to be the most popular.

The Speakers of Event #2

In Nerys Mathias‘s 20 slides, she showed off artwork of more explicit nature in mediums such as photography, painting and illustration. Including work of Marlene Dumas.

Trashed is the new online platform for teenagers to get creative! It is packed with news in the creative industry in the UK. Teenagers can also pick up new skills for projects and get access to work experience placements and workshops.

I enjoyed Valerie Pezeron‘s illustrations. Her style is the kind that I am rather fond of. She also presented it well with a bit of wit. She went through some of her archives and shared the beginning of a new project she is working on.

Bruno Wizard from the The Homosexuals / The Rejects presented with a lot of passion. Entertaining photos and (quick) stories about their career and friends of The Homosexuals.

Martin Barrett is an artist who likes making apocalyptic installations/art. At the event he preferred to share his experiences hanging on a rope off a mountain in mid air. The photos that he had in his presentation had stunning views of different mountains all over the world.

Jane Kellock has a lot of experience in the fashion industry. She is a trend forecaster, designer, writer, lecturer and creative thinker. I fully regret the fact that I missed out on this presentation {blush}.

Zoe Holloway showed some of her photography and shared the stories, with some travel related. She is also making tees from photos of street art.

Richard Adams talked about the new School of Communication Arts 2.0 that will be opening soon, operating as a not-for-profit organisation. It is a school that will focus on the practical side of things to prepare talented students for a successful career.

Minxy McNaughty ended off the evening on a high note. Very entertaining, excellent sense of humour and I loved the way she presented the slides about Deptford. I so want to go to Deptford!

It enlightens me to hear a person talk so passionate about his/her work or hobby. It really opens up a personality to grasp and appreciate. There was also enough time during the evening for socialising and getting to know some of the attendees, sharing the same interests and passions. From what I have heard, there is a PechaKucha Night every second month. I am already looking forward to the next one!