Pecha Kucha #5 / Dunedin – line up revealed

Pecha Kucha Night Dunedin #5 – Topics Unveiled

Sunday March 21 // Dunedin Public Gallery (Moray Place entrance) // no eftpos)

PRESENTER // AREA OF EXPERTISE // TOPIC

Order of presenters:
Full Fucking Moon // artists/musicians // New Age Farming
Marchell J.T. Linzey // Children’s broadcaster// Japanese Influences on a Children’s Radio Show – Contrast vs Constant
Joseph Worley // artist // War, Shelter and Origami
Sarah Gallagher // writer/researcher/photographer // Named flats as ephemeral street art
Cathy Helps // artist // Stories of paintings, a faith healer, a farmer and other stuff
Callum Stembridge, Ascia Maybury and Eve Gordon of The Dust Palace an aerial theatre company dedicated to creating from the ideas ‘Magic’ and ‘the Political’ // Burlesque: the struggle to be both sexy and intelligent

CHIT CHAT BREAK // REFRESHMENTS

Ali Bramwell // artist // risk management structures
David Eggleton // poet // How to write a poem
Jay Hutchinson // artist // The Scribble and the Stitch
Christy Flaws // circus performer// Circus and social change
Regan Gentry // artist // Dabbling in Dunedin
Erika Wolf // visual historian // The Post-Socialist Toilet

BACKGROUND

A Pecha Kucha night is like an action-packed slide show. 12 invited presenters show 20 images each, with only 20 seconds to speak to each image (a total of 6.40 minutes per presentation). The magic is the rapid-fire presentation and the diversity of presenters and topics on the night. It is about bringing artists and designers together to share their ideas. Pecha Kucha Nights now take place in over 230 cities around the world.

See the NZ website here: http://www.pechakucha.co.nz/

The world Pecha Kucha site is at: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

Ori10 – digitally Clyde Street

For the first time in I don’t know how long, OUSA is advertising Orientation Week (ORI10) without using a humorous popular culture reference. A wonderful collection of them can be viewed at Poppa’s Pizza on Albany Street opposite the University Library.

This year its a digitally rendered view of the corner of Frederick and Clyde Streets, showing student flats. Known named flats, Hyde Street RSA and Pink Flat the Door, are featured, the former two with their names intact.

The student and the landlady / University of Otago Capping Book 1947, p21

The Student and the Landlady were sitting by the fire,

The Student wept like anything to feel starvation dire.

“If I don’t get a feed,” he said, “I really shall expire.”

“Seven deaths in seven months will ruin me,” she cried.

“You wouldn’t care,” the Student said, “if I lay down and died.”

“What nonsense!” said the Landlady, “do you think I’ve got no pride?”

The Student and the Landlady are bitter foes you know;

The Student wept like anything because she bade him go.

“How cruel it is, ” the Student said, “to deal me such a blow.

Seven shifts in seven weeks I really can’t afford;

But pack my books and shirts and things I’ll go and hire a Ford –

“I doubt it,” said the Landlady, “unless you pay your board.”

Dunedin Festival Fringe 2010 presents Pecha Kucha Dunedin #5

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, March 21, 7.30pm $8/$5

We have a stimulating line-up of presenters for this Festival event.

The performance artists Fullfuckingmoon promise a tag team presentation (possibly a world first)

David Eggleton promises to tell you ‘How to write a poem’.

We have curator Amanda Symons on Maori Rock Art and Sarah Gallagher on a different sort of rock art, the sort that adorns student flats.

We have several Fringe performers: Christy Flaws from the circus duo Bubblewrap and Boxes and the amazing Joe Worley who will be crossing the Leith on his hybrid exercise machine ‘The Beam-Crawler’ .

Art historian Erika Wolf promises to be scatalogical and Captain Cornflakes will tell us about contrasts in Japan.

Also presenting the artists Ali Bramwell …. Jay Hutchinson …Cathy Helps…..

There will be a bar serving wine beer and fine orange juice. There will be sushi.

Will there be U?

For further details contact Richard Dingwall (PK coordinator) rding(at)earthlight.co.nz 0276943641

In the habit of students / ODT 27.02.10

An article in the weekend magazine giving a brief view of the history of some student traditions that have come, gone, and some of those that remain. There’s a lot not mentioned … things that have been banned, like the Knox howl. And there are also traditions not so commonly recognised, like naming flats. This is unique to Dunedin, it’s pretty special.

In the habit of students / ODT 27.02.10

Flatnames are going to the Fringe!

The sixth Pecha Kucha evening in Dunedin is taking place at Dunedin Public Art Gallery on Sunday March 21st as part of the wider Dunedin Fringe Festival. EXCITING! How am I feeling about presenting? I’m PACKING myself – but excited 😀

Tickets to all events are limited, so GET ORGANSIED and book. Pecha Kucha is a sweet $8. Good value when you get to see 12 people talk about stuff they dig, stuff that you might like too.

Flatnames are going to the Fringe!

First time naming a flat?

Just a thought. If you’re going to name your flat, think about how you’re going to do it and what you’re going to name it, then have a wee chat with your landlord to ok it before you go ahead. It’s just polite y’know.

Most landlord’s and agencies get this tradition and are keen for you to have a good time at Otago. In some cases it’s possibly a key reason they get tenants … If they haven’t heard about flat naming you can always point them to this site so they can see where legends have begun 😀