Event: Global PechaKucha Day – INSPIRE JAPAN
When: Sat, Apr 16, 7pm-10pm
Where: Design Exchange DX, 234 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5J 2W4
On April 16, PechaKucha Night Toronto will be joining 100s of cities around the world and holding a ‘Global PechaKucha Day – Inspire Japan’ event. These events will be broadcasted to the world and Japan on multiple Ustreams.
What is PechaKucha?
PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in 2003 as an informal and fun gathering where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps – just about anything really, in the PechaKucha 20×20 format. PechaKucha 20×20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and you talk along to the images.
Why INSPIRE JAPAN?
http://global-day.pecha-kucha.org/
Japan has inspired artists, designers, musicians… for many generations. It is where the “PechaKucha 20 images x 20 seconds” show-and-tell event format was born, and it has gone on to inspire designers to get together in 400 cities around the world, to share their creativity at more than 1000 events each year.
Japan has inspired us all, now it is our turn to “Inspire Japan.”Let’s all come together and show Japan that the creative world is thinking of them, that all is not lost, and that it is possible to stand up and rebuild, even in villages and towns which have been completely destroyed. With creativity and passion, anything is possible.
The 20×20 presentations will focus on 3 main themes INSPIRE, JAPAN, THE ISSUES, RECOVERY. They could be simply about things that inspire us, or Japan how it has inspired you. Great ideas or solutions that help deal with the issues at hand whether earthquake, tsunami or nuclear – and the road to recovery.
Suggested door donations: $15 All proceeds from the event will go directly to Architecture for Humanity’s rebuild Japan plan.
http://architectureforhumanity.org/updates/2011-03-27-sendai-update-moving-from-relief-to-recovery
Here is the Facebook page for more information