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

For those who were not able to watch it live on May 25 for the celebration of Argentina's Bicentennial, the video mapping show on the facade of the Cabildo in Plaza de Mayo will be repeated on June 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st, 2010, this time celebrating the National Flag Day.

There will be three performances daily, at 7pm, 8pm, and 9pm. During the intervals the military band "Fanfarria Alto Peru" from the Regiment "Granaderos a Caballo" will perform classic marches, and each day will culminate with a fireworks show.

With different images the history of Argentina in these two hundred years will be projected in a continuous ten minutes. From the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata to the present, highlighting passages such as immigration, the Centenary, the bombing of 1955, the 70s, the struggle of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, the return of democracy to the assumption of Alfonsin, among others.

The mapping consists of projecting video images on real surfaces, generally inanimate, to obtain 3D motion effects or resulting in an unusual artistic performance. The more common practice in this technique is to project images onto buildings, accompanying the visual effects with sounds to make the show even more spectacular.

arteBA Contemporary Art Fair, that will take place on June 25 - 29, 2010, is the most popular cultural event in the city of Buenos Aires and the most important one of its kind in Latin America. arteBA is an art exhibition where art galleries display their best Latin American artworks, offering the general public the chance to come face to face with truly unique collectors’ pieces. It is also an opportunity for the newer art centers from all over the region to present their younger artists and reveal the very latest trends, which are simply absent from other art fairs. Over 800 Latin American artists present their works at this great cultural event.

arteBA Foundation called for the seventh edition of arteBA-Petrobras Prize for the Visual Arts. Each one of the five selected projects will be awarded the amount of $ 12,000 pesos to be used for its realization and exhibition at arteBA `10. Once the winning projects have been exhibited at the Fair, a second, International Prize-Giving Jury will award a (non-acquisitional) Incentive Prize of $ 50,000 pesos. The prize will be granted after the final in situ installation of the works.

On this new edition of arteBA`10 Contemporary Art Fair the Chandon Young Quarter will consist of 19 stands, sponsored by Chandon for the fourth consecutive year. 

A series of conferences will take place every day at 6.00 at the auditorium.

Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Blue and Green Pavillions. Av. Sarmiento 2704, Buenos Aires

Dates and hours: June 25 - 29, 2010. 1 pm to 10 pm

Entry fees:

General: AR $30

Students and pensioners: AR $15

Children under 12: Free

For more information, visit arteBA'10 official website.

Los Pumas, Argentina's National Rugby team, will play again in Buenos Aires, this time against the French team.
This will be the third of a series  of friendly matches in which Los Pumas will face the national teams of Scotland and France. The first two test matches against Scotland will take place in the cities of Tucuman, on June 12th, and Mar del Plata, on June  19th.
The test match against France will take place in Buenos Aires on Saturday June 26th, at the Velez Sarsfield Stadium.
Don't miss the opportunity of attending this exciting game the easiest and safest way, with a service that includes tickets, transfers, and bilingual host. Contact me and make your reservation.