Artist, entrepreneurs share their journey at Mumbai edition of PechaKucha nights

Sometime in 2003 Tokyobased architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham decided to turn their gallerycumcreative space into a venue for a unique ideasharing platform for a night The duo felt that most cities have virtually no public spaces for people to show their work in a relaxed wayIf you have just graduated from college and finished your first project in the real world where can you show it It probably wont get into a magazine and you dont have enough photos for a gallery show or a lecture but PechaKucha is the perfect platform to show and share your work write Klein and Dytham about PechaKucha Nights on their website a concept that has caught on in more than 1000 cities across the world in a span of 15 yearsThe idea is simple each speaker gets to share their story or talk about a new project in 20 images where each image is allotted 20 seconds So in a little over sixanda halfminutes you have shared your work with an audience in a crisp and succinct manner without running the risk of your presentation being too verbose or seeming like a neverending slideshowNikita KokaWhile Mumbai has witnessed PechaKucha Nights in the past it needs to have at least four such events in a year to become a regular host city This licence or the annual Handshake Agreement as it is called was recently acquired by Nikita Koka of 91Springboard a coworking space in Mumbai and the first edition under the licence will take place this SaturdayMumbai is home to so many people who are passionate about the arts or work tirelessly for a cause above and beyond their day job And several such people use our space I have attended a PechaKucha night and felt it could lend itself perfectly to a similar event here where people from creative fields can share their stories says Koka adding that for the first edition they dipped into their immediate community of artistes and entrepreneurs along with speakers who have conducted TED talks to give attendees an idea of what the event encompassesDedeepya ReddyWhen I first heard of the 20x20 format I felt it fits well with what we do since ours is a picturedriven project says Dedeepya Reddy cofounder of Chal Rang De She will share the story of the nonprofit initiative whose members see the citys slums as a blank canvas to be painted with bright colours as opposed to being an eyesoreEsha SridharThrough 20 slides Esha Sridhar LGBTQIA activist and founder of The Plane Jar a youth activism and outreach forum will dive head on into her story of being a child abuse survivor Indian society does not stigmatise physical violence enough says the 19yearold Would speaking about a complex issue such as abuse through pictures be difficult I plan to share images that break stereotypes A happylooking child playing football could also be a survivor of abuse she explainsAstrid RaoFor young entrepreneurs in the audience the story of Astrid Rao and her residential paragliding school Native Adventures which she founded with her husband in Kamshet could be particularly interesting We got into this at a time when adventure sports in India were almost unheard of we went with our instinct and followed no business plan In the 20 years of its existence the place has also developed into a sustainable ecosystem based on the principles of permaculture shares RaoThe day after Teena Kaur Pasricha got the news that her film 1984 When the Sun Didnt Rise had won the 2018 National Award for Best Investigative Film she learnt that the lump in her breast was cancerous While I will talk about my filmmaking journey I also want to raise awareness about breast cancer and how being alert can help early detection as was the case with me she saysOther speakers for the evening include expressive writing facilitator Elita cofounder of Fab Bag Kaushik Mukherjee who has also completed Ironman Triathlon and Munaf Patel who will talk about his journey from being an MNC employee to being the chief eating officer of his homedining ventureOn June 16 6 pm At 91Springboard Kagalwala House CST Road Kalina Log on to insiderin Entry Rs 200Catch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates