Friday 27 April 2018

Algorithmic Art Hackathon at PyData London 2018

PyData London is one of London's leading meetup communities focussing on Python, open source and data science. They also organise a popular and well regarded annual conference.

This year, Algorithmic Art have been kindly selected as a community sponsor.  As well as an expo, we will run a hackathon as part of the conference schedule.


Theme: In The News




Hackathons

An art hackathon means coming together in a shared space, and being collectively inspired to create algorithmic art at the event itself.

Hackathons are really fun, hands on practical (there's no talk or lecture), and we're often surprised how much can be created in a limited time.

Beginners are very welcome, as well as more experienced friends who can help others.


Artistic and Practical Constraints

All the best art emerges from constraints, often consciously self-imposed. This hack will have some constraints:

  • Your art must be accessible over the internet using a web browser - without the need for additional plug-ins or extensions.
  • The code which creates your art must also be available over the internet.
  • You must allow your code and work to be publicly viewable, freely copyable and reusable (CC-SA). 
  • We have 90 minutes to create the art from scratch.
  • The work must be inspired by the theme "In The News". You are free to interpret this as you wish. You may wish to consider using data or algorithms based on current affairs and issues currently in the news. Unlike more objective data visualisation, you're encouraged to infuse your art with your opinion or emotional response.
  • You should use open source tools wherever possible. Others should be able to recreate your work or re-apply your method without undue barriers.
  • Your own constraints (colour, shape, mathematical, other) - do tell us when you're showing your work.



Timing

To make sure things get done, we'll stick to the following schedule:

  • 13.30 - 13.45 Introduction, organising teams if you wish to work in a team, identifying helpers
  • 13.45 - 15.15 Art Hackathon!
  • 15.15 - 15.45 Showcase - talk about your work, inspiration, aim, method, algorithm. 
  • 15.45 Prizes awarded!



Beginners

Support will be available for beginners to get going. Volunteers for helping out really welcome!

If you're very new, an good option is using Processing - an easy to learn and use language designed for artists and designers. Code directly on the web using openprocessing which makes it even easier to use p5js, the very popular web version of Processing. You can refer to online tutorials for p5js, including:




Prizes

Three prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

  1. Complete beginner award
  2. Best use of algorithms and/or data
  3. Most effective emotional impact
  4. Most convincing algorithmic text generation


Submissions

Please complete this online form to make your submission:



Your work may be displayed on the Algorithmic Art blog or shared on Twitter @algorithmic_art. Do let us know if you prefer your work not to be shared like this.

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