CCMIX @ PechaKucha Night

What is Pecha Kucha Night? from Pecha Kucha website:

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. (Admittedly, it was also a way to get more people to visit SuperDeluxe - their then newly opened multimedia event space in Tokyo).

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. Find a location and join the conversation.

What is "Collective Creativity", the underlying idea of the projects?

Introduction of the first project, "JUMP"

Video of JUMP
(for last night, I edited out to 80 seconds)

Introduction of the 2nd project, "MOGA"

In the world of text, when you create contents you write "text" like in Wikipedia,
and when you search contents you write "text" into search box in Google.

In the world of MOGA, when you create contents you take action (such as lift your hand)
and that video content is created.
When you search contents, you take action (such as lift your hand)
and the video of other people who did the same action or pose will be displayed on the screen.

It's sort of like a mirror, but it doesn't get your own reflection- it get a reflection of other people.

Video of MOGA
(for last night, I edited out to 30 seconds)

Future plans (such as a dance festival with MOGA, connection with virtual space such as Second Life)

Pecha Kucha Night とはAstrid Klein と Mark Dytham が率いる Klein Dytham architecture
という建築の会社が中心となって 2003 に始められた若いデザイナー達の会合で、
様々な人がプレゼンを行い、ネットワーキングを行う場として有名。

プレゼンターは20枚のスライドを準備し、一枚につき20秒が与えられる。
つまり、6分40秒しか話すことはできない。
映像は2分以内であれば使ってOKだが、
映像の秒数だけスライドの枚数を削減しなければならない。

このフォーマットは技術者／デザイナー／建築家等がコンパクトに要点をまとめて話せるようにとの配慮
およびなるべく多くの人に話す機会を与えたいとの配慮から産まれたもの。

Pecha Kucha Night はいまや91都市で開催されている。
特に多都市展開を推進していたわけではなく、純粋にクチコミで。。。

内容は建築系が多いもののアート系／パフォーマンス系／工業デザイン系等多岐に渡り、
普通でないものをプレゼンしにくる人が多いので極めて濃くて面白い物を見ることができます。

次回は11月1日に開催予定。是非一度お試しください。

ちなみに英語と日本語は半々です。