What is PechaKucha?
PechaKucha (Japanese for chit-chat) is a simple storytelling format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically on a timer and you talk along to the images. There is no option to ‘pause’ or ‘go back’ - you have a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds to present!
PechaKucha is what “Show and Tell” always dreamed of becoming.
Creative. Connective. Authentic. Memorable. It’s Informative, Fast and above all, FUN!
Inspired by their desire to “talk less, show more,” Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Tokyo's Klein-Dytham Architecture (KDa) created PechaKucha in February 2003. In 2004, cities in Europe began hosting PK Nights, followed over the years by hundreds of others. Today, more than 50,000 people present at 1,100+ global PechaKucha Nights every year.
PechaKucha Nights have been held in more than 1,142 cities worldwide with more than 3 million people attending.
We debuted the format at The Northern Eye way back in 2019, and you loved it! so we bought it back for 2021 and the love continued…
So, WE’RE BRINGING IT BACK, AGAIN for this year’s festival and programming it once again into the Speakers Weekend on the (Saturday 7th October)
We love new photography at Northern Eye it gives us a warm feeling seeing all the wonderful work being created, so we are thrilled to again offer the opportunity for up to 8 photographers to present at this special PechaKucha event.
For this year’s event we throw caution to the wind and have ditched any thematic requirements. Removing the theme element to the presentations this year leaves you free to share any project you may be working on :)
We invite individuals to share personal photographic presentations to show their work, whether ongoing, finished, new or maybe unseen, and we can’t wait to see what you have been making! (you must be able to present your PechaKucha in-person on the afternoon of Saturday 7th October)
We can give you the tools to create the presentation (or create the presentation for you) all you need is 20 images and an eagerness to talk about and present your work. If that sounds like you and you’re up for the challenge, hit that apply button before 24th September (end of day) and tell us a little about the work. We will then get in touch if you are chosen to present.
Successful presenters (if they do not already have a ticket) will be given a full weekend pass to the speakers event. There is no cost to either apply or present.
