What is Pecha Kucha?
"PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds."
But I'm not a graphic designer, architect or artist. Nor do I have good connections in the design community that would have enabled me to suggest the idea and collaborate with a team of people.
I continued to read about events in Vancouver, Edmonton and even Dawson City (pop. 1500) with envy.
Then, in early 2010, Elisa Yon, architect, Aleya Samji of Anonymous Advertising, and Amanda Smith, general manager of VEC, announced the first volume of Pecha Kucha at the Victoria Event Centre
From the beginning Pecha Kucha Nights in Victoria have been well attended, drawing from not only Victoria's design and social media communities, but also regular attendees of the Event Centre.
The format of 20 x 20 (20 slides and 20 seconds per slide) is extremely constraining, and yet, remarkable freeing. Images need to be bold and there is little room for missteps, as the slides scroll inexorably onward. This is most definitely NOT PowerPoint!
And so it is that Jaryd Zinkewich and I will take the plunge, Thursday November 25th, for our inaugural Pecha Kucha presentation, at PKN Victoria #4. We hope you will join us!
Doors open at 7pm for 7:30pm start.
$10/$8students
1415 Broad Street Victoria BC V8W 2B2250-380-1280http://1415broad.ca/portal/