Combine24

A generative art competition by the Finnish National Gallery
1st March 2024 - 31st May 2024

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Competition Overview

The Finnish National Gallery is hosting an open generative art competition Combine24. Participants are asked to create a new generative artwork that innovatively uses the copyright-free, CC0-licensed collection data of the Finnish National Gallery in its implementation. The competition is powered by Highlight.

The competition is judged in two parts. From the initial submissions ten shortlisted works will be selected to compete for the three prizes and to be part of the competition exhibition, held in Helsinki in the autumn of 2024.

SUBMISSION PERIOD
SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT
EXHIBITION & WINNERS

1st March 2024 - 31st May 2024.

In August 2024 on this website.

Sept - Oct 2024 in Helsinki.

SUBMISSION PERIOD

1st March 2024 - 31st May 2024.

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT

In August 2024 on this website.

EXHIBITION & WINNERS

Sept - Oct 2024 in Helsinki.

Download the competition program

Prizes

First Prize

€10,000

Second Prize

€8,000

Audience Favourite

€5,000

How to participate

1

Explore the collection of the Finnish National Gallery and read the competition programme and rules.

2

Create your generative artwork and turn it into a generative art collection on highlight.xyz. Deploy it through sepolia testnet.

3

Enter your submission to the contest through this website. Submission form is open 1st March 2024 - 31st May 2024.

Final Jury

Luka Piškorec

Computational architect and the co-founder of {protocell:labs}

Diana Velasco

Founder and Director of MoNDA, Museum of Nordic Digital Art

Leevi Haapala

Museum Director, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art

Martin Grasser

Generative artist and designer

Melissa Wiederrecht

Algorithmic Fine Artist

Shortlist committee

Sofia Garcia

Founder of ARTXCODE | Generative Art Curator and Dealer | Author

Licia He

Generative artist and human-computer interaction researcher

Joonas Toivonen

Audiovisual and generative artist

Linda Dounia

Artist

Emily Xie

Visual Artist

Evaluation Criteria
Artistic and technical quality of the work
Innovative use of the Finnish National Gallery´s collection data
Strength of the work's concept in relation to the collection data

Submitted works must be unpublished, new and
specifically created for the competition

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