Test Unit: PechaKucha – Art, Design, Architecture & the City
7pm / Wednesday 6th July
A fast-paced evening of talks from influencers and instigators on the theme of alternative approaches to city development.
We’ll be hearing from those enriching our cities and experimenting with new techniques and partnerships that are pushing at the boundaries of urban development. From artists, producers, architects and designers we’ll glean insight into new perspectives of how we can challenge and break the current process of how, and by whom, our cities are made.
Speakers:
Neil Butler, UZ Arts
Chris Fremantle, Land Art Generator Initiative
Here + Now
Santini Basra, Andthen Studio
Sarah Strang, Civic Room
Andy Milligan, PARKing Day
Frank Bölter, artist
Kate Darby, KDA & co-founder of Studio in the Woods
Becca Davies, artist – The Oasis Social Club
Gemma Holyoak, Caravanserai
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Pecha Kucha is a simple idea: 20 images for 20 seconds each making talks that last just 6:40mins. The event has gone viral with a huge online following and events in over 800 cities worldwide. It’s a format that keeps things concise and moving at a rapid pace.
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Tickets are £6/£4 and are available via eventbrite
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This event is part of the wider Test Unit talks series:
Test Unit: Prototyping Public Space with Kristian Koreman, ZUS & Santiago Cirugeda, Recetas Urbanas
Tues 5th July, 7pm
CCA Glasgow
£6/£4
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Test Unit: Turncoats debate: Rip It Up and Start Again
Thurs 7th July, 7pm
The Glue Factory
free but ticketed
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Test Unit Opening Party
(as part of Speirs Locks Summer Party)
Saturday 9th July, 1pm – late
Bairds Brae, G4 9SW
Design & build workshops, performance, music and showcase of work produced during the week-long art summer school.
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Test Unit is a project conceived and developed TAKTAL & Agile City in partnership with A Feral Studio, BAXENDALE, The Glasgow School of Art, UZ Arts & Scottish Canals.
And is supported by Creative Scotland, EventScotland as part of the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design and Glasgow City Council‘s Stalled Spaces programme.