7 - 8/10/2016
ART & DATA
We did it! We got together with an amazing group of graphic designers, software artisans, UX specialists, back-end engineers, game designers, iOS developers and VR researchers to comine Data, Art and Technology. 6 teams worked tirelessly for 24 hours, blending custom software and design with data and content from the Slovak National Gallery and the Norwegian Nasjonal Museet. Scroll on to check out the winning teams and see all the results of the hackathon below.
Thank you to all the participants, mentors and co-organisers for making the event a success!
The event is part of "Art, collections and data across borders" project, supported by Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein in the framework of the EEA Financial Mechanism and the state budget of the Slovak Republic.
You can find more information and supporting material at hackdash.org/dashboards/artdata.
A mobile weather app that aims to be useful, be relatable and get people into galleries.
Winner: Best Prototype
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Ever wondered how likely you are to be a vampire? Now you can find out by tracing your face through art history.
Winner: Best Presentation, Most Original Concept
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Imagine you are walking in the gallery and one of the paintings starts to mirror your face and movements in its original art style.
Winner: Most Original Concept
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An immersive art experience that places users in a magical land of virtual reality where art can be explored more closely.
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Generate your poster composition based on the experience of the old Masters.
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An interactive Photobooth installation, inspired by Artistic Style transfer algorithms.
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During the hackathon teams will be supported by an international selection of experienced mentors
VR researcher
Amalia Roxana Filip aka chaosdroid plays mostly with sound, live visuals and graphics. Her latest research topic is VR
Creative coder
Matej has a keen interest in artificial intelligence, natural interfaces, multi-agent modeling and computer vision. He uses his technical skills to create captivating online and offline experience at Mladý pes.
general director SNG
Besides being a curator and General Director at SNG, Alexandra lectures at the Department of History of art at The Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University. She devotes herself to the art of 20. century and its role in other disciplines.
curator
Dušan is the head curator of Old Art Collections at the Slovak National Gallery. He specializes in medieval art and sculpture, partly also art and architecture of the 20th century and the issues of museology and heritage preservation.
digital collection team
Magnus Bognerud and Gro Benedicte Pedersen provide insights to the Nasjonalmuseet collections and metadata. Dag Hensten is the developer of samling.nasjonalmuseet.no and will provide methods and tips on how to get the most out of the DigitaltMuseum API.
digital R&D
lab.SNG members Igor Rjabinin and Philo van Kemenade will help you to use data and content from webumenia.sk via the Elastic Search API, help teams collaborate via Git and open up other projects that lab has open-sourced.
Teams share progress, problems & plans for their projects
Time to get some healthy sleep ;)
1 hour
Seeing Computationally using OpenCV — by Matej Fandl
Using the Nasjonalmuseet and Webumenia APIs — by Dag Hensten and Igor Rjabinin
Collaboration via Git for Designers and Developers — by Philo van Kemenade
Served by Berlinka
Teams present their creations in a 5 minute live demo open to the public
Best Prototype
Most Original Concept
Best Presentation
* Talks and workshops will be in English. If this creates a language barrier for anyone, we will do our best to provide translation on the spot. All group collaboration in teams can take place in any language you like.
* Prednášky a workshopy budú prebiehať v anglickom jazyku. Pre účastníkov, ktorí nerozumejú po anglicky, sa budeme snažiť zabezpečiť čo najlepší preklad na mieste. Práca v rámci tímu môže samozrejme prebiehať v ľubovoľnom jazyku.
Besides delicious food & beverages and super fast WiFi, we will provide the following media and tech resources:
Winners will be awarded in the categories: Best Prototype, Most Original Concept and Best Presentation
Audio Technica headphones, Bluetooth speakers, Leap Motion, 2 TB Harddisk, Arduino Starter Kit
Supported by EEA Communication Solutions
High quality in house prints from SNG
From SNG & Nasjonalmuseet
The last time we organised a hackathon like this was in 2014. Watch the video below to get an idea of the event, or check out photos and projects developed during the event.
Názov projektu:
Umenie, zbierky a dáta bez hraníc
Projekt je financovaný z grantov Islandu, Lichtenštajnska a Nórska prostredníctvom Finančného mechanizmu EHP a zo štátneho rozpočtu Slovenskej republiky.
Prijímateľ grantu:
Slovenská národná galéria
Výška projektového grantu: 92 412 €
