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2021 was named “Year One of Metaverse” in China. Beeple in auction ignited a warm-up flame in the art circle, and Facebook becoming Meta was the big torch firing up everyone’s appetite.Before that, China has been proactive in integrating the virtual world into the IRL economy, well manifested by the…

How can you shift from classical ballet into the tech field? It seems almost like ‘mission impossible’, right? But not for Caitlin Hafer, the co-founder of What the Hack. And discussing with her, we found out that ballet and tech have many facets in common. Caitlin started to do work…

THIS ARTICLE IS THE SECOND PART OF A SERIES THAT DISCUSS HACKATHONS IN THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE FIELDS. THE FIRST PART YOU CAN READ HERE. Hacking Culture definitely had its own story. First of all, not many hackathons with this vertical were organised, so not really an extensive experience in…

Once Covid started, hackathons started too. Art and creative industries were massively affected (different cultural sectors more than others) and they showed interest in the digital world. Finally, startup-ers said, let’s take a glimpse into the creative field, and Hack the Culture. Little did we know that the difference between…