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Following
last year’s successful one night only show at Whitechapel Gallery, iconic
London technology start-up event organisers 3beards announce an open call to
artists to join in on the second annual Art Meets Tech Hackathon (Arthack) July
26th - 28th at the South Place Hotel
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Once a year
chance for artists to work hand-in-hand with technical developers, programmers
and best minds in technology to turn any form of data into something artistic
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All the
projects will be displayed at a launch event on the 16th August, followed by a
public showcase on the 17th and 18th August at the brand new D&D South
Place Hotel
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Winning hack
projects will be displayed at The Barbican for two weeks in August
From July 26th - 28th, the brand new boutique luxury D&D London-owned South Place Hotel will be transformed into the ultimate collaborative space for a mixture of 100 people - made up of artists, developers, musicians and creatives, guided by a variety of mentors - to just simply “create”. The challenge is simple - take any form of data and turn it into something creative!
Bryce Keane, 3beards co-founder, said, “Last year’s Digital Sizzle Art Meets Tech Hackathon was our biggest event to date, with over 600 people filling the Whitechapel Gallery for an evening to see the results. This year we want to make it even bigger and better, and continue our efforts to foster closer collaboration between two of the most creative communities - art and technology!”
As well as showcasing all of the resulting works across the South Place Hotel for a special weekend exhibition, three of the winning hack projects will be displayed in The Barbican for two weeks during the month of August. In addition to working closely with their fellow ‘Art Hackers’, participants will also have access to a range of high profile mentors. Those announced so far include:
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Tim Regan of the
Cambridge MicrosoftResearch Lab. Tim's current research is on information visualization,
the future of the book, social software and mobile media.
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Stef
Lewandowski, Co-Founder of Makeshift the
company making digital products that 'give a leg up to the little guy'. Stef also particpiated in last year's Art
Hack where he made the WSJ
featured Data
Necklace.
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Ruth Catlow - artist
and curator at FurtherField
Gallery, Ruth has 15 years experience of making and co-creating
networked media arts, artwares and interventions.
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Santi
Ortega - Freelance designer doing 3D design and programming for architectural-scale
installations as well as being a visiting tutor in video projects at the Royal
College of Art.
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Brian
Taylor Co-Founder of PixelPin
As well as all food and drink being included for the weekend, shared accommodation will also be provided* for the Saturday evening at the hotel. As an Art Hotel, South Place hosts a number of inspirational works across its seven floors. Created by D&D London and designed by Conran, it must be one of the most luxurious locations for a hackathon ever.
In terms of format for the event, on the Friday night 3beards will welcome everyone and facilitate ideation and team formation. If participants already have an idea, they can pitch it to the crowd and gather members for the project. If participants don't have an idea, they can simply join any team with a project that interests them. Teams are then invited to begin working on their projects whenever they are ready and throughout the course of the weekend, 3beards will monitor progress, and provide mentorship to make sure the projects are on track. On the Sunday, at around 4/5pm, the final project demo sessions will begin and judging shall commence!
Supported by simple, but powerful, cloud communications API Twilio, the Getty Images API and specialist hosting company Wirehive, the weekend is an experience not to be missed.
Tickets for this year’s Digital Sizzle ArtHack can be found at http://sizzle9hackathon.
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