Pecha Kucha in PHX this weekend
Pecha Kuchas are another one of these presentation-slam-style events, where folks get to expatiate on an idea or project they are working on, using a set amount of power-point slides and a limited time frame. (Others are TED and Ignite.)
This variant was started in Japan and has its roots in the architecture community. As part of a worldwide benefit for those hurt by the earthquake in Haiti, there’s a 24-hour web cast of Pecha Kucha presentations from around the globe Saturday.
Phoenix is participating as well; according to the local organizers, locals will have a ten-minute window in the web cast sometime between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m..
They will be broadcast from a viewing party at the Urban Beans Coffeehouse, 3508 North 7th Street, which runs from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m..
Facebook page here.
8:31 PM
An interesting photography-about-Warhol show in Tucson
Scott Andrews at Hearsight has a preview of a large upcoming photography show in Tucson featuring a wide variety of shots of Warhol and his world by a lot of different people. The potential for a voyeuristic hall of mirrors is lost on neither Andrews nor the organizer.
The curator, Eric Kroll, tells a story of one photo shoot at which his daughter was playing nearby. Warhol began taking pitures of her, and then …:
As was the norm for Warhol, a crowd had gathered around rows deep, and people in the crowd pulled out their own cameras, too. Soon one row of paparazzi was taking pictures of Andy taking pictures, and behind them the next row was taking pictures of people taking pictures of Andy taking pictures, and the next row took pictures of people taking pictures of people taking pictures of Andy taking pictures…
The show, titled “Warhol: From Dylan to Duchamp,” is up from Feb. 27 to April 11. Details here.
11:13 PM