Pecha Kucha Night Wakefield Vol 6: Prized Posessions
Thursday 12th July 2012
The Hepworth, Wakefield
I’ve been invited to curate a year of quarterly PKN events at The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield in collaboration with The Arthouse. PKN is an event composed of 20×20 format presentations originating in Japan in 2003, Pecha Kucha translating as “chit-chat.” Each speaker presents 20 slides for exactly 20 seconds each in a short and quick-fire presentation.
http://www.the-arthouse.org.uk/
http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/
I themed the first event on prized possession, intrinsically linked to and possibly the antithesis to rubbish, and put a call out for presentations:
In the spectacular setting of the Hepworth Wakefield amidst prized collections of major modern and contemporary artists, and on the cusp of Olympic medal winning in London, we want to celebrate the personally important things we each hold in high regard. From favourite pens, personal mementos and badge collections to favourite albums and material obsessions – we want to hear all about yours and the nation’s prized possessions. We are celebrating the materiality of life from the seemingly mundane to popular culture. Whatever is special and personally or collectively prized – we want to indulge in these passions.
The following were selected from an open call and presented their diverse ideas, projects, obsessions: Paula Chambers, Dave Charlesworth, Anne Cunningham, Jill Green, Lesley Guy, Vanessa Haley, Jessica Longmore, Phil Moody and Sally Sallett.
Crofton Silver Band also performed 2 pieces on their prized possessions. http://www.croftonsilverband.org/
Lesley Guy wrote a piece for Corridor8 on the event with photos from Julian Lister: http://www.corridor8.co.uk/blog/pecha-kucha-night-…
The next event PKN Wakefield Vol 7 is scheduled for Thursday 18th October 2012 and probably won’t be rubbish-related this time, but Vol 8 or 9 may well be!
