8pm Saturday, 15th October at the
Centre Pier Building, Galway Harbour
INCENDIARY TALKS IGNITE GALWAY
An Explosion Of Architecture Ideas in the West of Ireland
GALWAY –– Are you curious what’s hot and what’s not in design, architecture and visions for the future among Galway’s avant garde? Do you want to hear it straight from the horses’ mouth?
In the seanchaí tradition, tales were never written down. Fusing all the imaginative skills and lyrical power to keep the audience engaged, the seanchaí used his skills to earn his living. A glimmer of those old seanchaí ways is re-emerging in the sensational new networking phenomenon, Ignite the West, which is touring the West of Ireland to showcase the region’s resources of imagination and entrepreneurship. After its unmissable previous IGNITE THE WEST events in Westport and Galway in 2010, the next Ignite kicks off at 8pm on Saturday 15 October as part of Galway’s OPEN HOUSE festival at the big green Warehouse on the Docks.
The fun Ignite formula – that has spread like wildfire across over 200 cities worldwide – is an ideas cabaret that showcases new thinking, inspiring stories, and some hilarious gibberish along the way. Ignite is the social event in the West’s calendar for the crowd who want to shoot the breeze about locally-inspired ideas over a beer; and for local movers and shakers who accept the challenge as encapsulated by the Ignite motto: “Enlighten us, but make it quick.”
Speakers have 5 minutes to get their idea across – with twenty slides which revolve every 15 seconds on the screen. There’s no time for waffle. You get up there and tell your tale. The venue is the Warehouse on the docks, and its ambience will be enhanced for one night only to include a relaxing beanbag lounge, interval and after-show music and visuals from the loveable Mr Whippy Soundsystem, and other surprises.
The range of speakers at the OPEN HOUSE GALWAY Ignite The West gig is guaranteed to fire your imagination. Speakers from near and far away with an interest in all things architecture have been invited for this OPEN HOUSE GALWAY special Ignite The West event. Details of speakers to follow – stay tuned!
Ignite the West is for anyone who wants to laugh, talk and be inspired. Whether you want to start your own business, discover local iconoclasts or have a wild and wonderful sense of curiosity, or simply fancy a stimulating Saturday night out; these talks are designed for you. Come along and enjoy the craic – the enlightenment is free!
Event Location
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