The cultural and artistic innovation center named Baharestan coworking was launched with the focus of producing content and cultural and artistic products for children and teenagers with 3 dedicated studios and the capacity to host 50 teams and 400 people
According to the IDEA, Ruhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi, the president’s vice president for science, technology and knowledge-based economy, said at the opening ceremony of this innovation center: adding economy to art creates a paradigm called art industry. As we have music, painting and cinema industries today. On the other hand, the ecosystems of science and art are also similar.
Dehghani Firouzabadi said: An example of the combination of science and art is animation. Baharestan coworking is a collection that people tell themselves when entering it, Baharestan coworking is an accelerator, a research fund, an innovation center, and a studio. It is almost similar to other centers of innovation, growth and technology parks. What distinguishes these centers from each other is what happened in these centers and the products that are produced.
He emphasized: More important than equipment and facilities are the software issues of innovation centers. What is important is how the cultural cores are created in this center and how they grow. The main problem is the programs that are implemented in Baharestan coworking and other innovation centers.
Dehghani Firouzabadi said: I hope that this center will create a new path for the growth, interaction and creativity of artists and soon this center will become a place where great activities are carried out.
The largest innovation campus of culture and art
Seyed amir Chavoshi, the CEO of Baharestan coworking, also said in this ceremony: Baharestan coworking is the biggest innovation campus of culture and art in the country. Before implementing this project, we carried out its study phase and examined the gaps in the cultural and artistic ecosystem.
He added: With the experiences we gained at the Omid Innovation Center as the country’s first accelerator, we tried to quantify the issues of media, artistic and cultural teams in Baharestan coworking. We created a space so that the production team of art products can settle down there and have no more worries except for their art product.
Chavoshi emphasized: In response to the problems in the field of culture and art, among all the solutions, we decided to establish a center and provide the necessary equipment to the activists so that the artists do not have to worry about the infrastructure and facilities they need.
He added: Baharestan coworking is not an accelerator, it is not an innovation factory, it is not a shared workspace, it is not an academy or a school. It is not a multimedia studio either. Although Baharestan coworking is not an investment fund, there are actors in this field in this center. In Baharestan coworking, we provide facilities, equipment and infrastructure to the applicants in an integrated manner. The facilities are so complete that producers will no longer need facilities outside the complex.
Chavoshi said: Sound and music studio, cinematheque, doll making and toy production workshop, office, meeting room are among the facilities of this center. Baharestan coworking has an area of 4,800 square meters and in the past it was the Sepehr printing house.
He added: Baharestan coworking campus has 3 departments; Artists can work in each sector according to their needs. The visual and audio section, the visual arts and industries section, which is special for visual artists, and the culture and art section.
The CEO of Baharestan coworking emphasized: The focus of the first year and the priority of activity in Baharestan coworking is the field of children and adolescents. Of course, if collections are active in other fields, they are also accepted, but priority is given to those active in the field of children and teenagers.
He added: If we want to provide a definition of Baharestan coworking; We are the smart host here. A small host next to the big actors, teams and people are supposed to get to know each other here and grow and improve in relation to each other.
Chavoshi emphasized: We are doing inflow engineering to meet people’s needs in Baharestan coworking. In this space, we try to make the collections interact more with each other. We are a platform where teams appear in the showcase of this platform. Our task is to communicate between different teams.
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