Pecha Kucha Night Colombo

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Pecha Kucha Night (PKN), now in over 700 cities, was devised in Tokyo in February 2003. Pecha Kucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works and thoughts in the Pecha Kucha 20x20 format – where they show 20 images, speaking for 20 seconds each. This non profit event hosted at the Saskia Fernando Gallery in Colombo will promote and support Sri Lanka’s vibrant creative industries. The 3rd Volume of Pecha Kucha Night Colombo will take place on 17 August at 6 p.m. at the gallery on 41 Horton Place in Colombo 7. An eclectic group of young creatives will be speaking at this PKN, making it a must see event for this year. Isuri Dayaratne is a freelance Illustrator based in Colombo, Sri Lanka who graduated from Columbus. Her current work focuses mainly on creating colourful character based illustrations for children’s picture books and editorial/publishing illustrations. Alain Parizeau is a Canadian educator, designer and artist. Parizeau is currently leading the graphic design education at AOD. He also murals in and around Colombo city under the artistic alias Simon Blackfoot. Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke is an actor, writer and director, and a graduate in Drama and Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths College, London. Arun most recently directed the Mind Adventures immersive production Paraya at the Rio. Larry T Hill’s initial live vocal looping performances in Colombo have been mesmerizing audiences (within the English language-savvy arts scene). However, his visions are wider with a focus on study: Sinhala language, Oriental Vocal Music and Hatha Yoga. Pathum Egodawatta is a Graphic Designer based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A graduate of Academy of Design, Pathum currently works as a Freelance Design consultant to Google, working on fonts, but plans on setting up his own studio Yohan Medhanka is 23 years old. He is a self-taught artist who at his young age has a skill and intensity that is uncommon in artists with no formal education in fine art. His latest series of works was strongly influenced by graffiti and street art while also featuring imagery from Sri Lankan history and contemporary culture. There will be an admission charge of Rs. 250 that will be donated to Women In Need (WIN), the pioneer centre in Sri Lanka committed to the elimination of domestic violence and other forms of violence against women. PKN will take place at Saskia Fernando Gallery at 41, Horton Place Colombo 7 on 17 August. For further information contact [email protected] or 117429010.