Garage48 Arts&Culture Yerevan

This event will be a double-debut for Garage48 : it's the first time we'll hack the field of arts and heritage culture and come to Armenia!

Therefore, we are super thrilled and excited to invite all the future founders and hackers to join us on 15.12-17.12 for Garage48 Arts&Culture 2017 hackathon in Yerevan!

Armenian culture scene is known worldwide for its prominent carpet-weavers, its oldest, richest and most varied dance tradition in the Near East, its music and of course local cuisine and wine.At the same time Armenian tech industry is growing at an annual rate of 20 percent and the country has been called the new Silicon Valley of the former Soviet Union.

Garage48 Arts&Culture 2017 development weekend is co-organised with EIVA Arts Foundation under the auspices of Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Estonian Development Cooperation. This hackathon aims to bring together the brightest minds of Armenian cultural heritage and arts community with the technological sector and startup community specialists to develop innovative and sustainable products fostering the improvement, growth and preservation of Armenian cultural heritage.

The main focus topics for the hackathon are:

• Traditional Culture and Culture Heritage

• Cultural Tourism

• Cultural Education

• Art and Technology

• Showcasing Culture Heritage in Contemporary Environment

All product & spatial designers, skilled graphic, UI and UX designers, passionate ethnographers, art historians, cultural theorists and artists, inspired and inspiring project managers, dedicated developers & engineers and representatives of any other field with a passionate attitude towards arts, culture, heritage and hacking are welcomed to join us to deliver innovative working prototypes in just 48 hours!

You can join the event with the plan to pitch an idea or just join a team most likeable for you. The event will be held in English and we'll take very good care of you by providing mentorship by strongest experts, feeding you with comforting food and keeping up the positive energy!

What is Garage48 about?

Garage48 is a weekend long intensive development event to work out innovative technological solutions. In 48 hours, participants turn their ideas into working prototypes. A Garage48 event is a mixture of a hackathon and an exercise from a bootstrapper's bible. With origins from Estonia & the Silicon Valley, Garage48 events evolved being the first of its kind events in rapidly developing tech countries: Ukraine, Latvia, Belarus, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya & elsewhere. The aim of Garage48 is to bring innovative ideas and new startups into life.

How does Garage48 work?

• The event begins on the Friday night with pitching ideas and forming teams.

• Experienced technical mentors and field experts guide the teams towards better solutions and working prototypes over the weekend.

• Sunday evening the event ends with presenting prototypes and selecting winners. Although, everyone is a winner after making many new contacts, crazy progress and learning a lot over the weekend.

What's self-explanatory today can be heritage tomorrow!

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Have questions? Contact us at info@garage48.org

Register to the hackathon HERE

Register to pre-event HERE
The pre-event is meant for the participants of Garage48 Arts&Culture 2017 hackathon in Yerevan to get to know each other, mix & mingle, share their ideas and get a better understanding of what will follow in the weekend. 

In case of any questions write to natalie@garage48.org