Creative Pursuit: Illustrators

(late post)
PECHA KUCHA WAS SOOOO WORTH IT!
EVEN IF:

- The ticket was Php 220
I got more than my money's worth!
I had a free cup of Golden Spoon Yogurt + Drink + Popcorn
and to top it all

I got loads of magazines for FWEEEEEE! (5 Rogue's, 2 Adobo's, & 1 BluPrint)

Though I'm pretty sure we weren't supposed to get that many. But hey, I just followed the people before me.

- I had to go through the worst MRT ride of my life!
(Imagine being squished by sweaty stinky people from both doors/sides. People were forcing themselves in even if the train was clearly full. They shoved their freaking way in >.< ) So why did I take the MRT instead of taking a cab? Well, I was trying to save money coz I was so broke from all the school projects already. And I seriously thought that I went early enough to avoid all the rush hour chaos. But I estimated wrong.

- I ended up going alone
I bumped into a few friends and ended up not being alone

Pecha Kucha Night Manila Volume 3
Shangri-la Plaza Mall, Cineplex 4
September 2, Thursday. 7:30PM - 10:30PM

THE SPEAKERS:
(all info from http://pechakuchamanila.com)

AJ DIMARUCOT is a full-time freelance t-shirt and apparel graphic artist with works sold at Urban Outfitters, Hot Topic, and Karmaloop. His designs are wildly popular at t-shirt design competitions like Threadless.com, Designbyhumans.com, and Uneetee.com.

IRENE SARMIENTO is an author and therapist for kids with special needs. As a writer, her stories have been awarded two grand prizes from the Palanca Awards, as well second prizes from the Philippine Free Press Literary Contest and the Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards. Her first book, “Spinning” (Anvil, 2009), is a children’s story about a boy with autism, available at National Book Store and Powerbooks.

PAULO ALCAZAREN is an architect and landscape architect based in the Philippines with projects abroad. He is the editor-in-chief of BluPrint, a publication on architecture, design, and urban planning. He is a columnist for the Philippine Star, writing on architecture and heritage conservation.

TULDOK ANIMATION STUDIOS is a non profit organization that champions Filipino talent. With more than 30 visual artists, animators, storytellers, and voice actors working under their name, Tuldok showcases the potential of Filipino creativity, not only as a resource for international companies but as an illustration of what the Filipino artist can achieve.

WAWI NAVAROZZA is a multi-awarded fine art photographer and visual artist based in Manila. By night, she is the front woman for the Late Isobel, an alternative goth rock band.

MARK MEILY is an award winning director with works shown at various international film festivals. His third film, “Baler”, won 10 awards at the Metro Manila Film Festival and was exhibited at the MoMA in New York in 2009. His new film “Donor” won 5 awards at the 6th Cinemalaya Film Festival including Best Film.

ELECTROLYCHEE is a design studio by Marcus Nada and Bru Sim, merging design and illustration creating works in their signature quirky style. Aside from their art works, the studio produces their own Electrolychee-branded Strange Creations merchandise.

CARL JAVIER is a writer, critic, and indie publisher. A fellow at the UP and Dumaguete National Writers Workshops, his short stories appear in anthologies and publications such as the Free Press, Philippine Graphic, and Fudge.

PEACHIE DIOQUINO-VALERA has been a spirit questor since she was 19 years old. Spirit Questors Inc. is a group of young, psychic volunteers, who communicate with human and non-human entities in the service of peaceful co-existence and unconditional love. They investigate cases of different matters like hauntings, energies, elemental issues (kapres, tikbalangs, diwatas, etc), doppelgangers, and chakra imbalances.

NIñA TEROL-ZIALCITA is a creative soul whose passion lies in advocating causes, evangelizing ideas, working with civic groups, blogging and social media, performing poetry, and enjoying the performing arts. Her writings appear in publications such as MEGA Magazine, Entrepreneur Philippines, Cosmopolitan Philippines, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

BY IMPLICATION is the creator of Wildfire, the winning entry to the 2010 Microsoft Imagine Cup . Comprised of students from the country’s top schools, they led the Philippine team to victory by designing a game inspired by the volunteerism Filipinos showed after Typhoon Ondoy flooded Manila in 2009.

MARC NICDAO is an acclaimed photographer well known for his portraits of high profile personalities and fashion spreads for some of the biggest brands and magazines in the country. He set up Wildbunch MN, a photography company that assembles stylists, art directors, production designers making each photo unique.

And Marc Nicdao, a personal idol of mine, closes the night. He's surprisingly not comfortable speaking in public. He showed us pictures from his trips that he has never shown to an audience. So I guess we were lucky :)

The night was pure awesomeness! I'm definitely going to the next one this December. Hope to see you there! :)