...was conceived in Tokyo in 2003 as an event for young designers, architects and photographers amongst others to show their work in public. But as Mark Dytham, inventor of Pecha Kucha, puts it: "Give a microphone to a designer, especially an architect, and you'll be trapped for hours." The key to Pecha Kucha is its patented system for avoiding this fate: each presenter is allowed 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds, without control.
Now a worldwide concept for presentations amongst the creative scene, a few of us got the chance to present their work at the very roots of Pecha Kucha, in club SuperDeluxe in Tokyo. Four students shared two slots, giving me 10 slides and 200 seconds to present my latest project to the audience, 400 artists and designers from different backgrounds. It was an amazing experience, certainly when Steve managed to crash the system for the first time in 4 years of Pecha Kucha. Mark knew why [You shouldn't be talking about God] and bought us beers.