I made a presentation about Lomography and Roll Swap and Double Exposed photography at Dubai's 2nd Pecha Kucha night. There were around 350 in the room and I received very good feedback. There was a 'wow' from the crowd when the above image came up on the screen. It's from a roll swap I did with a Bruna from Brazil.
Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
But as we all know, give a mike to a designer
(especially an architect) and you'll be trapped for hours. The key to
Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each
presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each - giving
6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This
keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more
people the chance to show.
Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for
the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in
which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having
to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor. This is a demand that
seems to be global - as Pecha Kucha Night, without any pushing, has
spread virally to over 80 cities across the world.
Pecha Kucha in Dubai is held at The Third Line and is organized by the
Architectural Association of the UAE (aaUAE), S*uce (a fashion and
lifestyle boutique), Traffic (a design gallery), 9714 (an events and
design company), and The Third Line (a gallery of contemporary Middle
Eastern artists).
Image courtesy The Third Line.
