PechaKucha London Vol 11 #PKNLDN11

PechaKucha is about getting inspiring people together over a drink or two one evening and for them to share their ideas and stories with other (also) inspiring people. All in an easy and simple presentation style - PechaKucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds; meaning it is both easy to produce for the presenter and easy to digest for the audience.

The presentation format was devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham architecture. The first PechaKucha Night was held in Tokyo in their gallery/lounge/bar/club/creative kitchen, SuperDeluxe, in February, 2003. Pecha Kucha evenings currently take place in 920 cities throughout the world.

PechaKucha London is back on the scene after a few years hiatus; with two sold out events under our belts, we're excited to bring you PechaKucha Volume 11 at Protein Studios. Mark Dytham will be joining us for this classic PechaKucha event on June 16. We hope you can join us!


This month's speakers:

Mark Dytham, Dytham Architechture
Little did we know that a one off event in Tokyo, based on a simple format we came up with to stop architects from talking to much, would grow into a truly global celebration of creativity - if we did we may have named the event something a little easier to pronounce and spell!

Marcus Bastel, Faces of Mustang
Marcus Bastel is a London based photographer originally from Germany. He first came to the UK to study Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University, followed by a 2 year program at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. At the time he was very much a multi media artist but now concentrates on photography and the writing of short stories. He has exhibited internationally most recently in Tokyo as part of the Portrait Salon Group exhibition, in London at the 125 Magazine Show and Berlin at Cruise and Callas. His self-published 2010 book BUT WHERE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE won honorable mention at the Photography Book Now competition. His work is perhaps best described as having a filmic quality, like a set getting ready for action. He refers to his work as being still movies, a narrative is implied and a hint of suspense introduced.
Karen McPherson, Memeber of the Legislature - Alberta, Canada

Sarah Thompson, You're so Mummy
Freelance journalist, blogger and author. Sarah writes for newspapers and magazines on themes including relationships, health and parenting. She is one half of the motherhood blog youresomummy.com, which she co-wrote with her friend, Alex Manson-Smith. The book of the blog was published by Penguin in Spring 2016.

Jonathan Gales, Factory Fifteen
Jonathan Gales is a creative director and co-founder of Factory Fifteen. Jonathan’s work focusses on design and visual storytelling using film, animation and visual effects. Jonathan trained as an architect at the Bartlett School of Architecture before moving into film and animation. Since founding Factory Fifteen he has exhibited work internationally; notably Sundance Film Festival, The Royal Academy, The Creators Project, ARS Electronica and the Whitechapel Gallery. Jonathan and Factory Fifteen were recently included in the 2015 Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase.

Ronald Jones, PhD, Interdisciplinarian

Harry Knight, Knight Life
Originally from Christchurch, New Zealand Harry has been in London for the last year working with the WikiHouse Foundation as their community host. WikiHouse is reinventing the housing industry by digitising the whole supply chain with the help of a global community. Before moving to London Harry completed a Jazz Degree, lived through a series of devastating earthquakes and the aftermath, became a generalist and completely changed his direction in life. Currently when travelling he always changes what he writes in the 'occupation' section of his landing card.