Pecha Kucha Night Buenos Aires Vol. 17

On Tuesday, June 29, 2010, Ciudad Cultural Konex presents the seventeenth edition of Pecha Kucha Night, a “showcasing + networking” event created in Japan in 2003 by architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, in which 12-15 creators from different disciplines have 6 minutes and 40 seconds each to show an idea or project, through 20 images screened for 20 seconds. Once the presentations are finished, the guest artists get together to exchange their opinions, and the public is invited to enjoy some music and conversation.

The participating artists confirmed for this edition are:

José Eduardo Abadi (psychoanalysis)
Laura Varsky (design and illustration)
Revista THC (editorial)
L’epi (gastronomy)
Max Aguirre (comics)
Elevate (business design)
Fundación Huerta Niño (NGO)
Enrique Avogrado (creative industries)
Ralph Haiek (media and technology)
Gustavo Di Mario (photography)
José Eduardo Abadi (psicoanalysis)
Ezequiel Borra (music)
Cinco (audiovisual production)

“Pecha kucha” (which means chit-chat in Japanese), is presented in several cities around the world, including: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Auckland, Austin, Bangladore, Bangkok , Beijing, Belfast, Berlin, Bern, Bogotá , Budapest, Buenos Aires, Buffalo, Chicago, Cologne, Copenhagen, Costa Rica, Delhi, Dublin , Frankfurt, Glasgow, Gothenberg, Groningen, Hamburg, Harvard, Helsinki, Hobart, Lagos, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Mexico city, Miami, New York, Newcastle, Oslo, Perth, Portland, Porto Alegre, Prague, Riga, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Santiago, Seattle, Seoul, Seville, Shanghai, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Udine, Vienna, Washington DC. 

Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010. 8 PM 

Location: Ciudad Cultural Konex. Sarmiento 3131. Buenos Aires. 

Tickets: AR$ 25. Ticketek Argentina or Ciudad Cultural Konex ticket office: Monday to Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM, Friday and Saturday 5 PM to 11.30 PM, Sunday 5 Pm to 9:30 PM.

More information: www.pechakucha.com.ar