A series of short presentations from some of our fave Darkroom regulars about what they get up to beyond making music & attending gigs here!
Darkroom's music community is a wonderfully diverse and interesting group of people. We love hearing snippets of everyone's lives when you're at our venue, and want to give folks an opportunity to talk about their hobbies, studies, work, art and interests beyond their time spent here!
Our guest speakers and topics are:
The NZ Praying Mantis - George Gibbs
Wind Farms - Logan Cane
Fossil Crabs - Guin Knight
Trading Cards - Karleshia Wills
Each presenter will deliver a short 15-20min presentation featuring a slide show, physical props, loads of fun facts, and some laughs along the way!
LOGAN CANE - WIND FARMS
Logan works helping to design the electricity grid for our country's power supply. One of his and specialisations is in designing windfarms. He is currently working designing Mt Cass Windfarm in North Canterbury, which will eventually generate enough electricity for 40,000 homes. Logan also frequents the Darkroom stage with his band, Guideless, who play melodic indie rock laced with a touch of psych and a hint of surf.
KARLESHIA WILLS - TRADING CARDS
Karleshia will talk about their obsession with trading card games, which they describe as their bread and butter. Karleshia will host a short Q and A about, and open packs on stage for the lols. Karleshia can often be found at Darkroom performing their own ambient, emotionally-driven music, which blurs the lines between indie, alternative and atmospheric.
GUIN KNIGHT - FOSSIL CRABS
Darkroom regular Guin has a background in geology, geography and water science, and is often found at our monthly quiz night, as well as in the audience supporting our city's latest up-and-coming indie bands. For their presentation, Guin will talk about fossil crab hunting! Guin finds, collects, and uses tools to prepare the specimens for display We'll hear about how the fossils form, tips for finding them, as well as see some examples of some of the coolest ones Guin has found so far!
GEORGE GIBBS - THE NZ PRAYING MANTIS
George will talk about his Masters research on the New Zealand mantis, and why he has spent years on this topic. His studies explore why it is a significant species, including what mātauranga Māori says about the species. George will bring mantis specimens along on the night, as well as other fun insect specimens he uses to teach kids about insects around NZ and in their garden. In summary he tells us "he will just rant about bugs." George is well-loved within the Darkroom community for his friendly and passionate presence at our monthly quiz nights, where he arrives full of of fun facts and often brings freshly made baking to share with all the quiz teams.
Thu July 16th
Doors open 7pm with first talk starting at 7:30pm
