The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Detroit Synergy are hosting Pecha-Kucha Night, volume two. This event will take place on Tuesday, November 25 at the Detroit Institute of Arts, beginning at 20:20 (8:20 p.m.).

Pecha-Kucha Night Detroit is a condensed presentation format for local artists and creative professionals to showcase their work. Each presenter is allotted 20 slides, to be shown for 20 seconds each, totaling 6 minutes and 40 seconds of screen time for each of the 12 presentations. This abbreviated format keeps the presentations brief and the audience focused.

Pecha Kucha Night is a forum for designers & artists to present their work in a concise format. Each presenter discusses 20 slides for 20 seconds per slide.

Pecha-Kucha is Japanese for “the sound of conversation” and pronounced “pechak-cha.” Pecha-Kucha Night originated in 2003 as the brain child of Tokyo architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham architecture. Pecha-Kucha Night is now happening in 145 cities across the world.

“The AIA Detroit Emerging Professionals Committee was looking to bring something big to the Detroit creative scene,” explained Derek Roberts, chair of the AIA Detroit Emerging Professionals Committee.  “We partnered with Detroit Synergy and established the local iteration of this critically acclaimed, globally recognized event.  For a city so full of cutting-edge creative talent, Pecha Kucha Night Detroit provides the perfect platform for showing this talent off.”

The Emerging Professionals Committee of the American Institute of Architects – Detroit Chapter and Detroit Synergy hosted Detroit’s first Pecha-Kucha Night last August. An audience of 300 turned out at the Atwater Brewery to tune in to 12 presentations. The event will be recurring on a quarterly basis. Please visit www.detroitsynergy.org for more information about the event.