Naresh V Narasimhan Architect - Principal Venkataramanan Associates www.vagroup.com > > > PechaKucha 20x20 > > 20 slides, 20 seconds each. The idea of PechaKucha Nights or PKNs was > initiated in February 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham > architecture. Today 600 cities around the world host this fast-paced > multi-speaker event for designers, artists, innovators among others to meet, > show their work and exchange ideas. > > PechaKucha Night Bangalore > > Produced by Venkataramanan Associates (VA), PechaKucha Bangalore started in > 2006 with MOD Institute and JAAGA joining as event partners in 2010. > PechaKucha Bangalore aims to capture the essence of a city where interesting > attempts, small or big, are constantly being made in an attempt to achieve > innovations that are truly Indian! > > PechaKucha Night Bangalore 2013 > > The first PKN (Volume 11) in Bangalore this year will be Trash Talk. > > Bangalore has begun to fight its garbage problem, but weren't we all already? > This PechaKucha Bengaluru will see speakers dive into the depths of the > discarded, pulling out stacks of critical and cultural debris: garbage > collection, scrap art, city planning, rubbish music, trashy movies and other > things from the dumpster. From the serious to the arcane, the joyful to the > profane, this grown-up version of show-and-tell - 20 slides for 20 seconds > each - will be sure to leave you breathless (not to mention the cheap drinks > and great conversations!) > > Please join us on for an evening of sharp and thought-provoking discussions. > > Date: Friday, 15th February 2013 > Time: 7 pm to 9.30 pm > Place: JAAGA, Double Road, Bangalore ..www.jaaga.in > > > Please join us in PechaKucha Bangalore facebook event Trash Talk...please > join the Facebook group to get updates and invites to future events.... Also see our nice posters at http://asiaobscura.com/2013/02/pechakucha-bangalore-coming-this-friday.html...We will have a few posters at the event if you want one!!!! > > > > Looking forward to seeing you there! > > Speakers at Trash Talk > > 1) Akshay Hegde and Pampapathi > These two visual Artists transformed the scrap and other trash lying > unattended for several years in the premises of the NEKRTC bus stand in > Gulbarga into pieces of art in less than three months. > The duo came up with as many as 20 different sculptures that gave a new look > to the bus stand. > > 2) Andy Deemer > Andy Deemer is a fast food horror filmmaker (Poultrygeist: Night of the > Chicken Dead), a Huffington Post blogger, a game-writer, the former editor of > China's largest English-language propaganda magazine, and the voice behind > AsiaObscura.com. > > 3) Chockalingam Vivek > Vivek Chockalingam is an artist based in Bangalore. He primarily uses waste > to create sculptures. The sculptors are intended to provide an experience > that will leave you with wonder and questions. > > 4) Jenny Pinto > Making paper the old fashioned way, she makes a unique range of beautiful, > translucent and textured paper from agricultural and craft waste fibres like > banana, sisal, mulberry, various rivers grasses, pineapple and more, and > designs a range of lights, home accessories and stationery using her own > paper. > > 5) Madison Poche > Madison Poche is an IDEX Fellow working at Daily Dump - Compost at Home. At > Daily Dump, she has been helping the team pilot RecycleGuru.in, a tech > platform for connecting local waste workers to waste-generating households > and businesses. > > 6) Maya Indira Ganesh > Maya Indira Ganesh is the Evidence & Action Program Director at Tactical > Technology Collective, an international organisation based in Bangalore and > Berlin.Maya has spent all of her working life in NGOs as a writer, > researcher, activist and manager. She has Masters Degrees in Applied > Psychology, and in Media & Cultural Studies. > > 7) Sridhar Pabbisetty > Sridhar Pabbisetty is Chief Operating Officer of the Centre for Public > Policy, IIM Bangalore. His focus has been on building and maintaining > relationship with all members in the public policy ecosystem - government, > regulatory bodies, industry, opinion leaders, researchers, partner > institutions and foundations that are focused on policy research. > > 8) Surekha > Surekha is a visual artist from Bengaluru who, over the last decade, has been > exploring how video/video Installation as an artistic form negotiates > contemporary public and private spaces. She uses photography and video > installations to interrelate the domains of Archiving, Documenting and > Performing, by reflecting on how visuality can engage with socially engaged > aesthetics. > > 9) Vinod Eshwer > Polymer Engineer. Organic Farmer. Furniture Designer. Children's book author > and illustrator. Tree Planter. Advertising Creative Director. His work has > been awarded at all major international shows including Cannes, D&AD, One > Show, LIAA, CA, Clio among others. His most rewarding pieces of work are the > two books he wrote and illustrated for children about planting trees and > harvesting rainwater. He played a key role in creating the communication for > the "wake up clean up Bangalore" campaign. > > 10) Zenrainman > Zenrainman is a Civil Engineer and Urban Planner who works on water and > sanitation issues mostly on Twitter. > -- This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. 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