Pecha Kucha, v1

C made a nice sum up of things that were superb lat night at Pecha Kucha Brussels.
With more than enough people to attend, the event turned out a success I think.

What's Pecha Kucha, you ask?
Clearly the reporter who called me during the day didn't do his research to well...
No, it isn't a 'how to learn how to present'-event.
Instead it is a daring challenge for the speaker to explain what he or she is busy with, in only 5 minutes, during 20 slides.
The subject? Could be anything.
From their site:

Pecha Kucha, a Japanese expression for the sound of conversation, is a series of “show and tell evenings” for designers, architects, artists, creatives, … started by Klein Dytham Architecture in Tokyo.
Since 2003, groups have sprung up in cities all over the world (over 80 so far) and adopted the Pecha Kucha format: each presenter has 20 slides which are displayed for 20 seconds each.

10 speakers instead of 15, who'd talk 20 seconds on 20 slides.
I liked it. For my favs, look at Soundscapes (though, after hearing Jan Kriekels for too many times, I'd leave him out of my list. Dunno why but I kind of think it is strange that when he talks about sustainability during his whole presentation, he always ends up with their 'Burning Man' project, where they burn almost half a rainforest...)

My remarks about the event?
I'd advise Nando to stick to the format of 10 people instead of 15. Longer is not necessary in my eyes: I got enough input for one night.
And the location was kind of hyped, yet not particularly perfect. I guess that had to do with the overwhelming response to the event.
(Similar to our 'find a parking spot' problem...)

Am I going to the second Pecha Kucha? Certainly!

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