See creativity flow at PechaKucha Night Kuching Vol 4 next weekend

KUCHING: Prepared to be inspired, challenged and educated as a host of creative speakers share their ideas, works, thoughts and achievements with the audience at the ‘PechaKucha Night Volume 4’, taking place at ‘The Granary Kitchen’ this April 15.

The PechaKucha Night Kuching, organised by IDC Architects, is aimed at unearthing more local talents and ideas.

According to IDC Architects design director Jeffery Yeung Lok Hin, 14 people have confirmed their participation – namely Alan Lau of IDC Architects, Chloe Ling (Stories in Motion), Jau Goh (Jau*), Julian Rang (Bario Asal Lembaa Agrobiodiversity Tourism Hub), Jian Goh Kheng Swee (Miao &Wafu Pafu), Danny Lee (leebin studio), Jee Foong (JeePhotography), Colin MacGillivrary, Rebecca Chieng (Kids Speak), Annette Chung (Chapter & Star), Raven Kwok (Earthlings), Nazreen (Haus), Khoa Do (Curtin University– Perth), and Ahdah Moosa (Curtin University–Perth).

“We are very excited to present the fourth volume of PechaKucha Night, which is a perfect platform for creative and passionate people to show and share their work with the public.

“We are also in the midst of planning ‘PechaKucha for Primary and Secondary

We are also in the midst of planning ‘PechaKucha for Primary and Secondary Students’. — Jeffery Yeung Lok Hin, IDC Architects design director

Students’.

“We plan to visit all local schools to create awareness of this event next month, and we hope to get the support and encouragement from parents and teachers,” said Yeung during the run-through session with speakers and members of the organising committee at IDC Architects office, Jalan Chan Chin Ann here on Friday.

He said the event would be a fun and informal gathering, where creative people could get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps – just about anything in the PechaKucha 20 × 20 format.

The 20 × 20 is a simple presentation, where a participant shows 20 images, each for 20 seconds, which advance automatically as they ‘talk along’.

Each presentation should take less than seven minutes.

Yeung also said the PechaKucha Night would be strictly run for content, not profit – any charge to the those attending would be used to cover the costs of running the event.

“All PKN (PechaKucha Night) organisers must have a regular day job and they run PKN only for the inspiration, love and fun of it. The PKN organiser is usually supported by a big team of volunteers. When it comes to putting on a PKN, the more helping hands the better.

“PKN is also trademarked to protect all the efforts and hard work of the PKN city organisers and network,” he explained.

The run-through also had a rehearsal session for speakers to practise their presentations in front of members of the organising committee.

First devised by Klein Dytham Architecture, the first PKN was held in Tokyo in the SuperDeluxe bar, in February 2003.

Klein Dytham Architecture still supports PechaKucha Night globally – it runs PKN Tokyo every year.

In September 2012, Kuching became the 562nd city in the world to hold its own PechaKucha Night. Today, PKN is being run at over 900 cities around the world.

For more information, visit www.pechakucha.org, or www. facebook.com/PechaKuchaKCH.

Alternatively, contact Yeung at 082-240 406 or email to jeffrey@ i-designconsultant.com.