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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 microphone 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 110 cities across the world.
Pecha Kucha Night Frankfurt is organised by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum
(DAM), always in changing locations. The first events took place
in a private club (Pure Basement PKN001+002)
or at the Festhalle Frankfurt (Design Annual 2007 PKN003),
inside the courtyard of a former police custody (PKN004)
or in empty spaces (Velvet Club PKN005).
Subsequently the DAM organized travelling PKNs – to Sao Paulo
for the VII.Architecture Biennal (PKN006)
or to Darmstadt for the 1. Architektursommer (PKN008).
During the light festival Luminale 2008 the first PKN was held
in the DAM itself (PKN007). Further locations up to now were the Palmengarten, the Weissfrauen Diakoniekirche, the Frankfurt Bookfair and the Frankfurter Kunstverein.
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