APAC’s First Art x Tech Hackathon 🎊
APAC's first art x tech hackathon
✨ What to expect:
Design / build anything at the intersection of Art × Tech — from motion pieces to interactive portraits to pure creativity.
Solo or squad — register individually and create or join teams up to 4.
All Inclusive Format—
Onsite Hackathon Day on 24 Jan, Saturday @ SMU
Creation, designing / building & judging (programme starts @ 10:30am please arrive on time)
Feature Opportunity (additional / optional) —
Public Showcase from 25th Jan onwards will be launched to feature winning works at Sim Lim (more details to be announced)
AI tools welcome BUT not mandatory — you may use any tools from ElevenLabs to Figma to Open AI to prototype, ideate, animate, or build & design.
Creative vibes and energy throughout the weekend.
🎁 Prizes & Perks
10+ finalists will win PRISM+ Vacuum, electronics accessories (worth up to SGD 2,000) 🎉
very participant gets > $400+ worth in free credits💡
credits by ElevenLabs, v0 by Vercel, Lovable, Figma, OpenAI 🧠
💡 Our participants will receive sponsored AI credits to accelerate their design journey!
📍 Event Overview
Hack @ SMU
📅 24 Jan — Art × Tech Hackathon
On-site creation, designing / building & judging
Public Showcase @ Sim Lim Square (Winning Works)
📅 25 Jan — Public Launch of Winning Works
Selected works will be showcased for one month
🌐 Who should join?
Artist, creative technologists, designers, developers, motion creators, inventors, and anyone excited to explore the future of art!
No experience required — just curiosity.
🧭 High-Level Agenda
24 Jan — Hackathon Day (SMU)
Opening Art × Tech challenge brief (all to arrive @ 10:30am)
Team ideation & building
Mentor check-ins
Submissions
Shortlisting of Top Finalists
Presentation & Judging
Winners announced
25 Jan onwards — Public Showcase (Sim Lim Square)
Installation of winning works
Public-facing showcase launch & media
Ongoing exposure for winning team
Sponsors & Partners
AI-powered visual intelligence for fortune 500 companies — turning complex ideas into clean, expressive visuals.
The team behind the visual identity of over 400 frontier tech companies including VAPI, EXA, Reducto, David AI, SF Compute, and many more.
The leading AI voice engine for next-level audio and creative storytelling, swiss army knife of AI integrated with
🔗 Nano Banana Google
🔗 Flux Black Forest Labs
🔗 Sora 2 OpenAI
🔗 Veo 3.1 Google Deepmind
🔗 Kling 2.5 Kuaishou Tech
V0 by Vercel
AI that builds React components instantly — design to code in seconds.
The world’s collaborative design platform for ideas, prototypes, and creation. Limited edition merch up for grabs!
Creators of Sora & ChatGPT — redefining creativity with multimodal AI.
The fastest AI website builder for creators who want beautiful sites, fast.
SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Nurturing changemakers & founders who aspire who aspire to make the world a better place!
Home appliance and display partner. Trusted Singaporean brand that offers world-class smart electronics and appliances for every household.
We are a food technology start-up that creates more sustainable, low sugar Iced Oat Latte
K array
Unique audio solutions, innovative, compact, powerful professional audio and lighting systems
SIM LIM Square
Hardware prizes & public showcase post hackathon
Menlo Robotics
Hardware innovators building next-gen robotics and frontier tech from Singapore.Thoth AI, Airfoil Studio, Menlo Robotics.
Singapore’s Creative-Tech (SGCT) Community — building Asia’s next wave of creative innovation.
& more!
2 Main Tracks
Choose between two tracks ✅:
1. Open Canvas
Submit any type of art — no strict theme; design anything Art × Tech. Push tools, creativity, and experimentation to the limit, from motion, to sound, to interactivity, visuals, unmistakably creative-tech!
2. Curated Theme: Touch Grass
A conceptual theme curated by our judges, inviting artists to explore nature, tactility, post-internet aesthetics, and the shifting tension between the digital and physical worlds.
This track is designed for participants who want to go deeper into artistic expression — whether through visuals, motion, interaction, or hybrid mediums.
Ideal for artists, creative technologists, and practitioners exploring critical or experimental modes of expression.
Submission Format
🤳🏼 Art × Tech piece — static, motion, demo, with narrative or sound is a plus!
Submission link will be added here closer to the date.
Meet the Team
Organised by
Yee · Amanda · Elie · Joe · Jass
🔗 Designing something cool?
Tag or Connect with us on LinkedIn — we’d love to see it!