Creative gathering: Pecha Kucha Night Colombo
View(s):Pecha Kucha Night (PKN), now in over 700 cities, was devised in Tokyo in February 2003. Pecha Kucha Nights are informal and fun
Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke
gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works and thoughts in the Pecha Kucha 20×20 format – where theyshow 20 images, speaking for 20 seconds each.
Yohan Medhanka
This non profit event hosted 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 today, August 17 at 6 p.m. at the gallery on 41 Horton Place in Colombo 7 with an eclectic group of young creatives billed to speak at this event.
A freelance illustrator Isuri Dayaratne who graduated from Columbus 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.
Actor, writer and director, and a graduate in Drama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths College, London, Arun Welandawe-Prematilleke most recently directed the Mind Adventures immersive production Paraya at the Rio.
Alain Parizeau
Larry T. Hill’s live vocal looping performances in Colombo have been mesmerising audiences (within the
Isuri Dayaratne
English language-savvy arts scene).
Graphic designer Pathum Egodawatta currently works as a freelance design consultant to Google, working on fonts, but plans on setting up his own studio
Yohan Medhanka, 23 is a self-taught artist whose 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).