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Pecha Kucha Night Vol. 13 took place on May 6th 2010, opening of Humane Cities Festival.

The speakers in Bozar Brussels were :

_ Brigitte Grouwels - Minister, Transportation and Mobility a.o., Brussels Region
_ Sergio Honorez - Editorial Director, Editions Dupuis, radio chronicler, …
_ François Jégou - Designer, SDS, an ideal Human City
_ Avi Laiser - Architect - AL/Arch, Tel Aviv
_ Emmanuel Lambion - B-1010 the 20th Brussels Borough
_ Ezio Manzini - Social Innovation and Sustainability, Politecnico di Milano
_ Anna Michalska - Visual Artist
_ Alexander Muspratt-Williams - Bespoke Bollywood
_ Josep Ma Serra - Santa & Cole, Barcelona
_ Antoine Tshitungu Kongolo - Congo BD Strip
_ BUUR, Bureau voor Urbanism, Leuven
_ Esquisse Commune - Ecole d’Architecture Horta La Cambre ULB
_ Evelyne Huytebroeck - Minister, Environment and Energy, Brussels Region
was represented by her advisers Catherine Fierens and Mathieu Berger

For the programme of the festival, check Human Cities Festival
For the next Pecha Kucha in Brussels, check Pecha Kucha Night Brussels

Volcano Ash Chaos resulted in burning time which was already flying.

March 19th saw the 12th Pecha Kucha Brussels, in partnership with architecture students Box L, of Horta Architecture School.

Last week of March, Esquisse Commune, a one-week seminar by Horat Architecture School students, took place in Brussels City center - the best group will present at Pecha Kucha Vol. 13, on May 6th in Bozar.

Alok Nandi and Giovanna Massoni are selected to set the design exhibition “Multiple Plan” for end October at Red Dot Design Museum, in Essen, as part of the Ruhr European Cultural Capital activities, as well as in the programme of the EU Belgian Presidency. More soon.

April will be busy with a “non-conference” on Design Household Energy Practices, organised by ULB and Strategic Design Scenarios. The Tempocode software (an Ecocode & Architempo collaboration) will power the “conversations” in the workshop.

Alok Nandi is invited to speak on April 29th at Paris INHA (Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art), in the Sens Public conference.

A special Pecha Kucha Brunch this 24th of January 2010 at Claridge

Go here to register for the Pecha Kucha Brunch - Please note that this PK will essentially take place in French. For the next Pecha Kucha Night - in English, see you on January 28th and you can register on Pecha Kucha Night

Just got an article published this Dec. 23rd 2009. A nice way to close 2009 and work on 2010. Thank you Cluster, a magazine in Torino about City, Design, Innovation.

Article on Cluster

January 12th and 13th 2010 will be Bengaluru days to exchange about Wikipedia and ideas, knowledge, power, representation, ethics and aesthetics. Alok Nandi will be one of the speakers there.

“The Wikipedia has emerged as the de facto global reference of dynamic knowledge. Different stakeholders – Wikipedians, users, academics, researchers, gurus of Web 2.0, publishing houses and governments have entered into fierce debates and discussions about what the rise of Wikipedia and Wiki cultures means and how they influence the information societies we live in. The Wikipedia itself has been at the centre of much controversy, pivoted around questions of accuracy, anonymity, vandalism, expertise and authority.
The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) and the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, Netherlands) are working together to produce a critical Reader on Wikipedia and to build a Wikipedia Knowledge Network. Under the rubric CPOV, we propose two events that bring together different perspectives, approaches, experiences and stories that critically explore different questions and concerns around Wikipedia. The proceeds from these two events will result in a Reader that consolidates critical points of view about Wikipedia.”

Read more http://cis-india.org/research/conferences/wikiwars

Heading to Singapore Design Festival.
It takes place Nov. 20 to 30, 2009.
Giving a talk at LASALLE College of the Arts about storytelling and design.
Registration via www.narrative.architempo.net

Brussels Bozar will be the place and the “Palace” for the 10th Pecha Kucha Night, in connection with Post-Flux, looking at digital in all senses and meanings. See you there.
It takes place on Nov. 6, 7 & 8, at Bozar.
Line-up and registration via www.pechakucha.architempo.net
Post-Flux programme via www.post-flux.architempo.net

Sept-Oct-Nov 2009 is active. See you at:

- Energy Efficiency Workshop, by Crosstalks VUB, on Sept. 11, 2009 in Brussels
- Pecha Kucha Night Brussels, by Architempo, during Design September, at Recylart, on Sept. 19, 2009
- Design Brunch, by Architempo, during Design September, at Recylart, on Sept. 20, 2009
- Post-Flux in Bozar Brussels, Nov. 6, 7 and 8, 2009: a forum on interaction, art, design, incl. rights, technologies, writings

Why “Indian Summer” then ? Get in touch

Alok Nandi has conceived/directed an audio installation for a very public plazza, The Brussels Grand Place / Grote Markt, in the heart of the city.
It takes place every week day, between 10.00 and 18.00, every twenty minutes. Voices from different parts of the world will offer their accent, sharing a sentence by novelist Alain Berenboom.
More on http://accents.asuivre.com
On March 21st, a workshop with the design School St-Lukas will allow visual investigations of what could Accents mean, with the students of Annelies Vaneycken.

Alok Nandi is launching “Accents”, a series of urban interventions - the first one will be audio and take place in one of the well-known plazza in Europe: Grand-Place in Brussels, as part of the “Bruxelles, ville des mots” events. An exploration of what can intonation bring in multiple media art and design, looking beyond interaction. In parallel, there will be a workshop in March with design school St-Lukas Brussels, with Annelies Vaneycken and her students, dept. of visual design. More soon about the urban installation and the workshop.

“Bruxelles, ville des mots” is part of “La langue française en fête” and takes place from March 14th to March 22nd.