PechaKucha is creating a global, 24-hour “Mexican wave” of presentations to raise money for rebuilding efforts in Haiti.
The global design network has teamed up with Architecture for Humanity in a Global PechaKucha Day for Haiti to be held on 20th February.
On this date, PechaKucha events will be held all around the world.
The PechaKucha Night cities will be connected by a 24-hour presentation “wave” that will gradually move westward, city by city, to circumnavigate the globe.
The wave will drop in on each city for a 10-minute video link up and live presentation. This presentation wave will be streamed over the internet, as part of a 24-hour “wavecast”.
The PechaKucha presentation wave will start simultaneously in Tokyo’s SuperDeluxe, where PechaKucha Night was first conceived, and in New Zealand.
It will then move westwards, crossing all times zones and cultures, before reaching the headquarters of Architecture for Humanity in San Francisco, where the charity’s founder, Cameron Sinclair, will present.
As well as raising awareness for Haiti, the event aims to raise money through discretionary donations. ??With 20 seconds, 20 images, 200 cities, 2,000 presentations and 200,000, the event aims to raise $1,000,000 for rebuilding Haiti.
PechaKucha Founders, Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, launched the project with Cameron Sinclair in Tokyo, the video of which is below.
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