artscope magazine: November/December 2009 Welcome Statement: Brian Goslow, managing editor Letters to the Editor roundtable - Three Professionals. One Question. cornered: a conversation with an art exhibition attendee FEATURED ARTIST CHARLIE HUNTER - The Humor of Decline, Memory, and Time FEATURE: DAMIÁN ORTEGA DOES IT AT THE ICA ADRIA ARCH: GLYPHOLOGY NO MAN'S LAND: BONNELL ROBINSON AND DANA MUELLER SKIPPING, SPLASHING, AND PLAINTIVE - THE WEIGHTY WORKS OF CASEY ROBERTS SACRED MONSTERS: EVERYDAY ANIMISM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ART AND ANIMATION DEEP SPACE: KATHLEEN CAMMARATA FEATURE: MRS. DELANEY AND HER CIRCLE Connecting the Dots... The Warhol Legacy INNER CITY at RISD EXPANDING THE POSSIBILITIES: New England Watercolor Society Regional Show THE ART OF DEVOTION: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy FABRICATING TIME: ALICE SPENCER MIGRATIONS: New Directions in Native American Art wanderlust - Historic and Contemporary: Portland, Maine's Art Scene Industry focus: A Moldmaker's Mecca - Reynolds Advanced Materials BOSTON THEATER: A 2009-2010 SEASON PREVIEW PECHA WHAT? PECHA KUCHA, WORCESTER Capsule Previews

PECHA WHAT? PECHA KUCHA, WORCESTER Brian Goslow A chef whose food is a work of art, an artist who uses food to make art. A robotics engineer, a painter of taste buds, an artist/musician, two fine art photographers. And a preserver of the art of letterpress. Over 100 artists and designers assembled on a Sunday night in Worcester to listen to these eight people tell their creative stories — with a catch: each had six minutes, 40 seconds to display 20 images while making their presentations. It was one of 250+ Pecha Kucha Nights held worldwide. In 2003, Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture, Tokyo, created the event for young designers to meet, network and publicly show their work. Worcester’s gatherings are coordinated by Michelle May, Scott Zoback and Cynthia Woehrle, who learned of Pecha Kucha through a friend who spoke at a P-K event in Portsmouth, NH; the group’s goal is to provide a format for artists to share their ideas, projects and creative spirits. It’s a delicious mix. Photographer Trish Barry explained the history of her “12 Months with a New England Farmer” series before 55 Pearl Street chef Ian Hickey, who mesmerized attendees with preevent appetizers, discussed “The Creative Process of Cooking.” Jeffrey “Jeffu” Warmouth’s “Playing with Food Artistically” drew laughs with images of his “Milk Kabobs,” “Day of the Cabbage” and “Spudnik” creations. Read the entire article in our magazine pages...