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January 31st 2008 03:57
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Pecha Kucha night an interactive experience
As with most new technologies that become a permanent fixture in the cultural lexicon, once all practical applications are exploited often more creative uses are revealed.
A great example of this is the newly emerging art form known as Pecha Kucha which utilises “Power Point” slide shows for artistic expression instead of dull business related presentations.
Developed in Tokyo in 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein-Dytham Architecture, the name Pecha Kucha translates to English as “Chatter”.
Created for industry expos to attract more attention to their burgeoning Superdeluxe experimental online multimedia event space. The concept was quickly adopted for its more free form qualities.
Visions of pecha Kucha
From Wikipedia:
“The idea behind Pecha Kucha is to keep presentations concise, the interest level up and to have many presenters sharing their ideas within the course of one night. Therefore the 20x20 Pecha Kucha format was created: each presenter is allowed a slideshow of 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each. This results in a total presentation time of 6 minutes 40 seconds on a stage before the next presenter is up. Each event usually has 14 presenters. Presenters (and much of the audience) are usually from the design, architecture, photography, art and creative fields, but recently it has also stretched over to the business world.”
Since its inception Pecha Kucha has spread on a global level to every major continent. More and more cities are hosting special nights once a month that showcase the unrestricted, infinitely adaptable medium.
As its popularity booms so to does the forte of users, now comedians, media personalities and an eclectic range of industry are all participants. This could well be the first truly original art discipline of the new millennium; it should be interesting to see where the tools are taken in the next decade.
For information about Pecha Kuchu in your city (including Sydney) visit pecha-kucha.org/
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