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PKN HK27

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We’re back with a classic un-themed PechaKucha Night HK!

PechaKucha Night is a non-profit live networking event for sharing projects, stories and inspiration. Now in 900+ cities, all presentations follow the same signature format of 20 images x 20 seconds. From emerging talent to established professionals, anyone can take the floor. The event series began in Tokyo 2003, the brainchild of Klein Dytham architecture. PechaKucha (pe-chak-cha) is Japanese for “chit chat.”

PRESENTER PROFILES
• Hayley Ho / The Story Behind the Orochen Forest Family #woodentoys #creativeplay
• Ken Chan / From Architecture to Inclr: A Graphical Data System #uxvsarchitecture #codingvsdesign
• Aaron Anfinson / Photographing the Umbrella Revolution #umbrellarevolution #photography
• Gilles Vanderstocken / From Lobotomy to Osmosis #architecture #obsessions
• Sarie Moolenburgh / A world of fantasy #photography #tension
• Elvy Chang • Jasmine Chiu • Zino Chan / 852 Freedom Campaign #antislavery #connectingskills
• Sharon de Lyster / Fashioning culture #fashion #textilecrafts
• Stephanie Eng / Empowering Women Through Photography #empoweringwomen #photography
• Vince Siu & Wes Mui / Press Start to Begin #boardgames #renaissance
• KokDamon + Nias Lam / Naivety #familyartproject #arteducation
+ PK Wild Card – your chance to take the floor / Five volunteers present 4 slides they have not seen. What does 20 seconds per image feel like when you’re standing in front of an audience? If you’re curious, here’s your chance to try it out. No preparation required, just a dash of humour and a swig of confidence. #improv #audienceparticipation


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Velo 3rd Gear: Bicycle Culture and Stories

ELEKTROKATZE has been featured in Velo 3rd Gear, the latest bicycle book by Gestalten! :-)

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PechaKucha Night HK Vol 26 – Look who’s talking

Mark it down! >> PechaKucha Night Hong Kong: Tuesday, December 1, 8-10pm, in collaboration with deTour 2015 at PMQ. >> RSVP on the Facebook event page Alberto Cipriani, Associate at RAD Ltd. (Research Architecture Design), will present a building renovation… Continue reading

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PKN HK26

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A special PechaKucha Night HK in collaboration with deTour 2015, with a theme of “connection.”

PechaKucha Night is a non-profit live networking event for sharing projects, stories and inspiration. Now in 875+ cities, all presentations follow the same signature format of 20 images x 20 seconds. From emerging talent to established professionals, anyone can take the floor. The event series began in Tokyo 2003, the brainchild of Klein Dytham architecture. PechaKucha (pe-chak-cha) is Japanese for “chit chat.”

deTour is “a ten-day fest celebrating innovation” which runs from November 27 to December 6 at PMQ. Named “one of the most exciting events on Hong Kong’s cultural calendar” by CNN, deTour is an annual event which aims to build a platform for international and interdisciplinary cultural exchanges, through a selection of local and international designs.


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PechaKucha Night Hong Kong has been organised by ChowPourianLab since 2012.

Katze Customs in the press…

A belated thank you to Jasmine Chan at TimeOut HK for the interview on ELEKTROKATZE! A few editorial mishaps but happy for the press just the same! :-) (Photo: Calvin Sit)

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PKN HK24

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We’ve taken a short break, and now we’re back with an uninhibited theme-free PK!

Look who’s talking
• Joanna Bowers – How “The Helper documentary” came to be
Director / screenwriter Joanna Bowers introduces her current work, a timely tribute and documentary about domestic helpers in Hong Kong.
• Anna Cheng – The journey of a contemporary jewellery gallery in HK
Anna Cheng walked away from a career as an interior architect to open a contemporary fine jewellery gallery showcasing international artists and designers. She’s also a certified diamond grader and is the 4th generation in a family of jewellers.
• Tat Lam – Shanzhai City: Bringing Social Innovation to Market
Architect and urban planner Tat Lam is the co-founder and CEO of a social development incubator to empower grassroots communities in rural China.
• Nadine Bubner – Bye-bye boring desk job, hello health and happiness
Nadine Bubner escaped the corporate world and now heads up a full-time business teaching yoga and meditation classes while indulging in Ironman triathlon competitions on the side.
• Kyle Ford – Second Nature: A Discourse in Aesthetics and Culture
Kyle Ford is an American artist and photography professor with a special interest in large format film. His work has been featured in publications, galleries and museums internationally including Popular Photography, Elle Men China and Newsweek Japan.
• Calista Goh – The Future of Food: Why It Matters…
Calista Goh dabbled in psychology, business, law and pastrymaking before finding herself on a mission to combine Western technology with ancient Oriental healing wisdom.
• Doug Woodring – Plastic: The next big thing
Doug Woodring is the Founder of Ocean Recovery Alliance, a NPO which focuses on bringing technology, collaborations and policy together to improve the health of the ocean.
• Patricia Choi – 2 or 3 things I know about wontonmeen
Patricia Choi is an interior architect and design educator. She is also the founder of two Hong Kong-centric enterprises: one is design-based and focuses on local day-to-day objects and street mentality; the other, a creative residence for short and long-term stays which offers an alternative authentic HK experience.
• Jess Jacobsen – A glimpse at the power of images, and how we can strive to move beyond ‘beauty’
Jess Jacobsen is Programme & Campaign Manager of The Women’s Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls in Hong Kong. She discusses the influence of media on gender stereotypes and self-perception, and shares how this has affected her personally.
• Kevin Lynch – The Return of Yearbnb
Self-described adman by day and by night, Kevin Lynch returns to the PechaKucha Night HK stage to share more adventures about using Airbnb to live in, work in, and discover Hong Kong.

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PechaKucha Night is a live networking event for sharing projects, stories and inspiration. Now in 850+ cities, all presentations follow the same signature format of 20 images x 20 seconds. From emerging talent to established professionals, anyone can take the floor. 
The event series began in Tokyo 2003, the brainchild of Klein Dytham architecture.  

Organizer + Sponsor: ChowPourianLab
Venue sponsor: XXX Gallery
Music: DJ Allan Ho (High Tech Orchestra)

ELEKTROKATZE in 6 min 40 seconds

Watch Huschang’s PechaKucha presentation on ELEKTROKATZE (recorded at PKN HK17 on September 20, 2013). >> PechaKucha presentation on ELEKTROKATZE

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PKN HK23

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PechaKucha Night HK rings in the Year of the Goat in a special collaboration with Fotanian, as they get pumped for Fotanian Open Studios 2015!
Get a sneak peek as a cross-section from 9 disciplines share their inspiration and stories, representing a vibrant community of over 250 artists.

TUE MARCH 3, 2015
20:00-22:30 (start time 20:20)

PMQ Marketplace
35 Aberdeen Street, Central

Organizer + Design sponsor: ChowPourianLab
Collaboration partner: Fotanian
Venue sponsor: PMQ

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Winnie Siu Davies / Painting, sculpture
Nina Pryde / Painting
Marc  Leung / Interdisciplinary art
Winnie Wan Lai Chan / Painting
Marcela Gontijo / Painting, photography
Ivy Chan / Sculpture
Miss Elephant / Chinese calligraphy, participatory, mixed-media installation
Wong Yuk Ling / Multimedia, installation
Tim Li / Installation

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PechaKucha (pe-chak-cha) is Japanese for “chit chat.”
PechaKucha Night was devised by Klein Dytham architecture in Tokyo, 2003, as an event for young designers to present their work. Now in 750+ cities worldwide, the event has one simple rule: stick to the signature format of 20 images x 20 seconds. From emerging talent to established professionals, anyone can take the floor.

PechaKucha (發音:pe-chak-cha) 在日文中有 “閒談” 意思。
在2003 年,Klein Dytham Architecture 創辦PechaKucha Night,目的是為新晉設計師提供一個推廣平台。現已在全球超過750個城市舉辦。活動只有一個簡單的規則:20張圖片X 20秒。無論您是新晉或專業人士,均可在活動中展示您的作品。
PechaKucha Night 香港是由ChowPourianLab 的創始人之一Sonia Chow 主辦。ChowPourianLab 是一間設計工作室,主要範疇包括:開發獨立產品及品牌,並為設計理念、品牌設計及傳播、資料搜集及廣告文案提供顧問服務。


About Fotanian Open Studios
The Fotanian Open Studio event brings together a vibrant community of artists and art lovers who transformed industrial lofts into art studios. With the migration of industries to the Mainland, our local creative have started to take refuge in the spacious lofts of vacant industrial buildings since 2000.
Fotanian Open Studio Programme is a major annual event in the local art scene. Every year in January, artists throw open their doors in several consecutive weekends to welcome the general public. We get to go behind the scene and explore their creative works, which encompass a wide array of media, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, mixed media, printmaking, installations, photographic and video works. Visitors can freely explore the artists’ workplace and hear about their artworks and art-making techniques. To foster sharing and exchange of ideas, visitors are also encouraged to engage in friendly dialogues with the artists in an approachable and open atmosphere.
With over 88 studios and over 250 artists joining hands this year, the Fotanian community is growing at an unprecedented scale.

關於「伙炭藝術工作室開放計劃」
「伙炭」意謂一群在火炭工廠大廈內聚集, 對藝術充滿熱誠的一伙人。隨著本港工業北移, 自2000年開始, 不少本地藝術家紛紛在工廠大廈設立工作室。
「伙炭藝術工作室開放計劃」是每年一度的本地藝術界盛事。開放日於每年1月份連續幾個週末於火炭工業區舉行。屆時藝術家將開放他們的工作室, 讓公眾人士按圖索驥, 遊訪他們的創作天地。參與的藝術家來自不同背境, 展出作品包括有繪畫、雕塑、 陶瓷、混合媒介、版畫、攝影及錄像等。觀眾在參觀各藝術家的創作天地及體驗他們創作歷程時,更可與藝術家直接對話, 在輕鬆的氣氛下交流創作心得和經驗。
是年開放計劃亦為歷屆規模最大,集合近 250 位藝術家及 88 個工作室, 讓您發掘本地藝術的最新面貌。

TONIGHT’S PECHAKUCHA POSTPONED

In light of current events with the protests, tonight’s PechaKucha Night will be postponed. It really feels wrong to hold a PechaKucha Night Hong Kong while Hong Kong is going through one of the biggest moments in its history. Sincerest… Continue reading

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PKN HK20

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PechaKucha Night HK is back after an extended break! Join us in Kwun Tong at Fly the Flyover 01 – an outdoor venue sponsored by UABB / HKIA / EKEO. Free admission as usual. And free beer, courtesy of San Miguel! :-)


MAP TO VENUE (Fly the Flyover 01, 126 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong)


Look who’s talking

Helena Lim / The Other Hundred
Danil Nagy /  Data Mining the City: Culture, Urbanism, and Web 2.0
Cath Love /  A love story by Cath Love
Winsome Lok / Couture Fashion
Roger Ng / The Voice of Design
PK MIX / WILD CARD!
Ajax Law & Virginia Lung (One Plus Partnership) / Art vs Design 
Vilislava Petrova / Imagining Beauty
Tom & Garcia (Fixieaholic Fixed Gear Crew) / Share the Road

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PechaKucha (pe-chak-cha) is Japanese for “chit chat.”

PechaKucha Night was devised by Klein Dytham architecture in Tokyo, 2003, as an event for young designers to present their work. Now in 750+ cities worldwide, the event has one simple rule: stick to the signature format of 20 images x 20 seconds. From emerging talent to established professionals, anyone can take the floor.

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More GDA Gold news…

A bit delayed with this post – but better late than never! As part of the GDA Gold Award Winners Seminar Series, we were pleased to speak at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on May 10 with the… Continue reading

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Where You Going? book launch

ChowPourianLab was interviewed by Jamie Winder and Iain Hector for their new book, Where You Going? Design Adventures in Southeast Asia, published by Basheer Graphic Books. There will be a book launch on August 7 in Singapore. Drop by if… Continue reading

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PechaKucha Night HK in LOFT Magazine

LOFT magazine, Spring 2013. Written by Catherine Shaw, photographs by Cheehaur Tan, Vic Shing (Art Surveillance), and Sean Creamer. Thanks for the coverage! >> LOFT Magazine

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PechaKucha Night HK – Chinese poster

Working toward bilingual communications… So far all but one of our presentations have been in English, but Cantonese presentations are welcome!

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UNESCO Focus Issues Seminar Series: Cultural Development & Sustainability in Hong Kong

Sonia Chow will be one of five invited speakers at UNESCO’s Arts in Education Observatory for Research in Local Cultures and Creativity in Education “Focus Issues Seminar Series.” Join the discussion on cultural development and sustainability in Hong Kong. Open… Continue reading

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PechaKucha Night HK in Cathay Pacific’s inflight magazine!

Four-page article on PechaKucha Night HK by Kate Whitehead in the November 2012 issue of Silkroad, DragonAir / Cathay Pacific’s in-flight magazine for Asia-Pacific. Happy to be featured!

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PechaKucha Night HK – Wed Dec 5, 2012 @ XXX Gallery

Special guest at the next PKN HK: Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham architecture, and co-founder of PechaKucha Night! RSVP list is not open yet, so check back here or on the Facebook page closer to the date for priority entry.… Continue reading

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The ways to prepare for a typhoon

Around this time last week, HK was bracing itself for the possibility of being hit by one or two typhoons (Tembin and Bolaven). A local grocery chain on Central side put up some helpful posters, with suggestions on what to… Continue reading

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The Anniversary: 10 years ago today

TEN YEARS ago today, I left Canada for what I thought would be one year in Japan. That year quickly became five, followed by another five in HK. I’d never imagined this. As a student, I thought about moving to… Continue reading

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The Spectacle: Rashaad Newsome @ FEAST Projects

This was back in May but I’ve just come across the video and had to share it. A special performance by Rashaad Newsome at FEAST Projects during ArtHK – it was a true spectacle, the energy was uncontainable. The show… Continue reading

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The casting call: JR Inside Out in HK

As 2011 TED Prize Winner, French artist JR was challenged to change the world. His response? Inside Out: a global art project transforming messages of personal identity into works of art. Well worth 24 minutes of your attention, his presentation… Continue reading

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