Pecha Kucha is coming to Phoenix! What's Pecha Kucha, you ask?
Pecha Kucha Night (pronounced pee-chack-shaw is Japanese for the sound of conversation or chatter) [was] devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham... in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
But as we all know, give a mike 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... 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.
(From Pecha-Kucha.org)
The basic idea is that it is a night of presentations by local artists of all flavors. Think musicians, sculptors, architects, knitters, poets, etc., who are given exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds to talk about their passion. It's a great way for artists to meet artists and to be introduced to local philanthropists and art lovers alike.
As of this writing, 119 cities across the world are running Pecha Kucha events, and Phoenix, AZ is finally getting it's own chapter. If all goes well, the first event should be within the first half of the year. Stay tuned.
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