pechakucha

Decadimento – Italian Decay

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 | decay, exhibitions, gallery | No Comments

Yesterday, I presented at the third Basel PechaKucha Night, taking place at Unternehmen Mitte. I was honored to be invited again after last year’s presentation about Chernobyl. If you don’t know what Pecha Kucha is: It’s a presentation format where a couple of people present 20 slides for 20 seconds each, resulting in a 6:40 minutes show. Great fun – go see one if you have the chance.

My topic this time was “Decadimento – Italian Decay”, where I presented urbex four locations from Northern Italy. Each of these places has its own history which I will explain another time with a full set. Enjoy!

Tags: decay, Italy, pechakucha, photography, presentation, slides, travel, urbanexploration

Pecha Kucha Reviews

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 | decay, events, gallery, project wormwood, video | No Comments

Participating in Basel’s first Pecha Kucha Night was great. The PK rules – present 20 slides for 20 seconds each – impose a set of boundaries that makes presenting a completely different experience than your usual Powerpoint spiel: There’s just too much going on to have stage fright, it’s all about the excitement of making the most of the 20 x 20 seconds.

Pecha Kucha Daily has a nice overview with event photos about the evening.

I’m especially pleased with the great review the Tagesanzeiger, one of Switzerland’s biggest newspapers, wrote about the event and my presentation:

“He shows what probably no one in the audience – around 100 people – has ever seen: A deserted classroom, children’s respirators, an amusement park that was never used, the totally irradiated forest – everything in close proximity to the decomissioned reactor, deserted, in unbelievably warm colors, and at the same time icy cold in its mood. Suess manages to distract even the chatterers at the back of the room and make a big impact with his entertaining performance.” (translated from German)

If you haven’t seen the slide deck, here it is.

The next event is on October 22nd, again in “Unternehmen Mitte” in Basel. Put it in your calendars!

Tags: basel, Chernobyl, event, pecha kucha, pechakucha, reviews, switzerland

Chernobyl Pics Live at Pecha-Kucha Basel

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | decay, exhibitions, project wormwood | No Comments

If you’re in Basel, Switzerland, tomorrow night, join us at “Unternehmen Mitte” in the city center for the first public presentation of my Chernobyl series. As part of Basel’s first Pecha-Kucha Night, I will be showing 20 chernopics, wrapped up in a short presentation.