Pecha Kucha comes to Jerusalem – October 18, 2012 at Bezalel/Yaffo23, Jerusalem, at 20:20. Entrance FREE!
The fun, fascinating and fast 20 X 20 cultural format combines the entertaining with the informative: 20 images are presented for 20 seconds each, adding up to 7 minutes stage time for each presenter. Initiated by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, the first Pecha Kucha took place in Tokyo, February 2003, and has since expanded worldwide.
Pecha Kucha (which loosely translated from Japanese means “chit chat”) was brought to Israel by Anat Safran and Itay Mautner, and has become so popular in Tel Aviv that these events not only regularly sell out, but in recent years has expanded to two shows per night!
The first Jerusalem Pecha Kucha promises to be special, entrance is free, but does require advance registration (remember, those places go fast!) online.
What’s on the menu?
An all-Jerusalem feast, including:
Muslala – artists and residents of the Musrara neighborhood.
Poetry Place – Jerusalem poets, founders of the One Square Meter Poetry Festival.
Anat Zuria – award winning documentary filmmaker – Purity (Tehora 2002), Sentenced to Marriage(Mekudeshet 2004), Black Bus (Soreret 2009), and most recently The Lesson (2012), which received the Documentary Film Award at the Haifa International Film Festival 2012.
The White Soldier – Yehuda Braun is a multi-disciplinary artist focusing on performance and painting, and social issues.
The Nose – an independent urban magazine.
Tomer Persico – A blogger and cultural researcher of New Age Spirituality, lecturer at Tel Aviv University and Editor of “Ruach HaAretz.”
Bayit Rek (Empty House) – a group of artists who build cultural creations in abandoned buildings.
Tsafira Stern Assal – an independent creator in the field of multi-disciplinary dance, manager of the Kolben Dance Company School for Dance, social activist and leader of the “Not Censored” campaign.
Sala-Manca – Leah Mauss and Diego Rotman, Jerusalem based artists/activists, involved in a wide range of creative projects.
Yair Harel – musician, researcher and musical arranger. Artistic director of the Piyyut Festival, his work focuses on Jewish musical traditions, Classical Middle Eastern music and contemporary music.
Post-event art party will take place at the “Arba VeEsrim” bar, 5 Elishar Street, Jerusalem.
