Pecha Kucha: Volume VI [with Bruce Mau]

In my inbox [Bruce Mau is coming to Denver--sweet!]:

Tuesday, July 21st, will be Denver's 6th volume of PechaKucha Night. The line-up of presenters is amazing - from Big Blue Bears to Biennials, furniture design to fashion, this round includes some of Denver's top local creatives along with a special guest presenter: Bruce Mau, Artistic Director for the 2010 Denver Biennial of the Americas.

Since it's summer, we're taking the show outside. We'll still be at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St., we're still asking for a $5 donation, and the show still begins at 8:20, but unlike PKN events in the past, this will be an OUTDOOR event. Please bring your own blanket or low-slung chair - larger chairs will be asked to move towards the back. Come at 8 and set up in the parking lot or grass outside the theater. Being outside will let us fit more folks than usual and you can camp out early to get a good spot. In the event of bad weather however, the event will be held indoors and seating will be limited, first come first served.

PRESENTERS:

Lawrence Argent: Artist & DU Professor, Argent Studios
Berger, Henry & Foehr: Design Team, cypher13
Charles Carpenter: Graphic Designer, EBD
Larabee & Thornton: Furniture Makers, DoubleButter
Scott Lary: Art Director & Sculpture Artist, Slary Design
Bruce Mau: Designer and Artistic Director, Bruce Mau Design Inc.
Ted Schultz: Architect, CTA Architects Engineers
Brandi Shigley: Dreamer & Doer, Fashion Denver
Ravi Zupa: Visual/Video Artist, Parts and Labor Union

PechaKucha FAQ:

What is PechaKucha Night? start here: www.pecha-kucha.org/

What's it doing in Denver? www.pechakuchanightdenver.com/about/

Who has presented in the past? we name-drop for each volume here: www.pechakuchanightdenver.com/

What about online social networking? totally. flickr / twitter / facebook

Please forward this email and the attached flier to family, friends, and colleagues.

If you have any questions let us know!

Your hosts,
Jaime and Angela

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Angela Schwab and Jaime Kopke
PechaKucha Night Denver
www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/denver

www.pechakuchanightdenver.com

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ghost lab 11

photo by RShott on flickr

this year's ghost lab has been completed for about a week now, and through evidence at the Ghost 11 flickr Pool this year's lab was quite different from past projects. from the photos, what we can tell is that this year's ghost was a re-construction [and re-locating] of an existing structure onto the ghost village site. being an alumnus of ghost lab 8 ourselves, the documentation of these exploits in nova scotia are always a pleasure to view.

*Update*--here is an article briefly explaining how this year's historically significant ghost 11 came to be:

"...Granville Centre may have lost its Troop [family name] barn heritage landmark, but the 121-year-old octagonal building has found a new home.

Halifax architect Brian MacKay-Lyons bought the historic barn with its vertical faded red clapboard and cupola. Last month he had the barn dismantled, loaded on a truck, and taken to his farm in Kingsburg.

Catherine Pretty of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects writes that the Troop barn will get a new life as part of the Ghost Architectural Laboratory, an intensive two-week design program currently underway in Kingsburg. For background, go to www.mlsarchitects.ca and click on Ghost.

Ms. Pretty says the barn will become a community building on the campus. When it’s finished later this year, the new/old Troop barn will be christened with a Lennie Gallant performance.

The Troop barn was built by William B. Troop in 1888, and is one of two surviving octagonal barns in Nova Scotia. The other one is in Old Barns, just outside of Truro."

we will leave you to discover the ghost photo set on your own. here are some more highlights of ghost 11:

photo by RShott on flickr

photo by RShott on flickr


photo by RShott on flickr

also linked from another fellow ghostie: with love and squalor

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plotter postmortem

Information technology support CSI photo: front

Information technology support CSI photo: back

our plotter literally blew out its back side [of the magenta cartridge], and here are the crime scene photos. ambiguously eerie and almost david lynch-ian in aesthetic...

speaking of...try dark night of the soul on for size. listen here.

we can't stop listening and visualizing the types of spaces this music should be heard in.

cover art for danger mouse, sparklhorse, david lynch collaboration: dark night of the soul

promotional art for dark night of the soul; imagery by david lynch

promotional art for dark night of the soul; imagery by david lynch

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high line [phase I] is open!

photo by iwan baan; friends of the high line

phase I of the new high line park in manhattan was recently opened, and it is a stunner! articles and praises galore for this unique urban space:

NYT: Renovated High Line Open for Strolling

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NYT: On High, A Fresh Outlook

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High Line.org

Friends of the High Line Blog

Arch Daily

photo by librado romero, new york times

photo by librado romero, new york times

photo by iwan baan; friends of the high line

photo by iwan baan; friends of the high line

More photos of the high line on flickr search.

time for a field trip!

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denver-modern: the blog

always on the lookout for good blogs about modern architecture in our area, we were able to get in touch with angelo marasco--an architect and fellow blogger in the denver area who has been tenaciously documenting his journey of designing/building his own house from scratch.

photos by micheal deleon at denver_modern's flickr site.

over at denver-modern: the blog, you can follow along with angelo's latest updates [which has moved on to landscaping & interiors], and some links to in-depth documentation of the entire process, including hand sketches.

house section found at denver_modern's flickr site.

photos by micheal deleon at denver_modern's flickr site.

the finished exterior photos of the house can be found on denver modern's flickr photostream.


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historic denver: annual house tour

this weekend, historic denver, inc. is featuring a mid-century modern house tour through the hilltop neighborhood. this is all part of their "summer of modernism" which encompasses the aforementioned tour, a lecture by landscape architect susan saarinen [eero's daughter], free admission to the end of summer party along with admission to the [unsinkable] molly brown house [pictured below] and the kirkland museum.






this also includes a lecture/cocktail hour hosted at the new sugar cube building in lodo, designed by kuwabara payne mckenna blumberg.




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studio 804_2009: open house visit

previous post

a couple weekends ago, we were able to attend the studio804 open house for this year's design build project [*update: it has been extended through this week, so if you are in the area check it out!]. headed up by professor and architect dan rockhill, this year's project was barely able to get off and running. the first proposal for the semester was slated to be a sustainable laundromat from the ground up. when the city officials balked at the idea, the contingency plan of building a residence near the KU medical campus in KC, KS was underway.

renderings by students at studio804

renderings by students at studio804

designed at a break neck pace of two weeks, the property purchase was secured and the 16 week construction process was underway. you can follow the [retro] progress on their website.

some of the best parts of the house are hidden, including geothermal heat with hydronic radiant flooring, super efficient windows filled with krypton gas, photovoltaic roof panels, rain water collection for toilets, blown cellulose insulation, and wind generated electricity.



the next best parts are things you can see, and they are truly stunning: FSC certified cumaru [brazilian teak] rainscreen, energy star appliances, motorized skylights, high gloss black epoxy floors, pervious concrete driveway, stairs clad in lapped glass [got to be seen to be believed], 2-story living room, and loft style bedrooms upstairs.




for more images, check out our set on flickr:

studio804_2009

also, our images made the daily dose #316. special thanks to john hill at archidose for the link.

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