Deadline: 15-Feb-23

Entries are now open for the “Second SAAI Factory Hackathon”.

Program Components

• SAAI Factory:
  • organizes its second international contemporary art-based hackathon on artificial intelligence.
  • calls for hackers, artists, coders, designers, tech evangelists, creatives, and developers from all disciplines to explore artificial intelligence as a means and field of artistic practice.
  • invites projects throughout all artistic domains: Text, Writing, Music, Sound, Image, Pictures, Movement, and Motion.
  • arranges a forum for discussion and reflection on the influence of AI for and into the lives.
  • loves to learn with all participants how to use AI for a creative future.
• Participants from art and tech will be brought together through online social encounters and match-making to form international teams.
• Internationally renowned and dedicated mentors in the field will give talks, workshops, and guidance throughout the hackathon.
• All participating creators, project ideas, and prototypes will be presented at the international exhibition at the Foundry Dubai.
• Four projects will be selected by the jury for post-production. These projects and prototypes from the hackathon will be shown in subsequent showcases and exhibitions around the world.

Prize Details

• $6,500 in prizes
• 1st Prize – Golden Gate
  • Best Project Creating Interaction between Humans, AI/ML, Datasets and Neural Networks.
  • Presentation in the upcoming exhibition series
• 2nd Prize – Silver Dove
  • Best Project Challenging Interoperability or Synesthesia between Text, Music, Image and Motion.
  • And Integrating Advanced Machine Learning Knowledge.
  • Presentation in the upcoming exhibition series.
• 3rd Prize – White Mountain
  • Best Project Identifying the Momentum of Creation, of Inspiration, and Real-time Experience.
  • Presentation in the upcoming exhibition series.
• Audience Award @Public Voting
  • Project Receiving most of the Public Votes.
  • Presentation in the upcoming exhibition series.

Eligibility Criteria

• Who can participate:
  • Above legal age of majority in country of residence
  • Students only
  • Team required
  • Companies/professional organizations excluded from participation
  • All countries/territories, excluding standard exceptions – Brazil, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Quebec, Russia, Syria.
• Participants must be of legal age in their respective countries.
• The Hackathon is open to a global audience.
• Registering for the Hackathon is free of charge.
• Participants are to ensure that the personal information provided upon registration online is true and accurate.
• Individuals may join more than one team. Each team consists of min. one coder + one artist.
• Participants shall bear all expenses in relation to their participation in the Hackathon. They acknowledge that they have no right to compensation or reimbursement of any kind.
• The Hackathon will happen as a worldwide and simultaneously organized event. Although mainly online conducted, they are working to provide local hubs in a couple of places around the world. If it is possible to gather and makes sense to you, you are invited to show and connect physically.
• You can register with skills or ideas. They encourage you to build international teams, consisting of artists and coders, max 5 persons.
• It is required that each team consists of at least one coder and one artist.They won’t consider submissions on an individual basis.
• Teams are encouraged to present what they have done even if your hack is broken or you weren’t able to finish.

Judging Criteria

• General
  • The Hackathon will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by SAAI Factory. One of the main goals is to recognize the potential of the projects for further development and subsequent presentation to the public.
• Creativity and Originality
  • How unique and creative is the project from an artistic perspective? How original and innovative are the depicted concept, vision, and visual theme? What are the references to contemporary art?
• Art and Technology
  • How effective is the infusion of technology to enhance the work? Does it integrate deep learning in an innovative, unexpected way? Is it showing a new approach towards data input, data output or dataset? The level of complexity of the usage of AI/ML/DL.
• Potential for Further Development – Feasibility
  • Does the proposed prototype have the potential to grow and deliver the imagined result in the post-production stage? Are the team’s skills able to maintain and improve the project? Did they utilize the tools in the best way?
• Clarity and Quality
  • Is the depicted theme clear to the viewer? How well is the concept reflected on the piece? Does the artwork stand on its own as a complete and outstanding work of art? Does it work outside of the competition?
• Inspiration
  • Can the project inspire other ideas?
• Scale of Awesome
  • Something in the project that is beyond the expected, surprising, and exciting.

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