The Age ofAesthetic Intelligence

Open to ages 13-18

A Global Touring Exhibition of Interactive Art by Teen Creators

Make an interactive artwork about who you are. Selected works join a global touring exhibition. Free, and open to creators aged 13-18 anywhere.

How it works

Painting: Beauty Is An Action With Inaction, by Dr. Yi-Chen Guo.

For people who ask themselves questions like these.

What's the tiny thing you always notice that nobody else does?

Eight circles from paintings by Dr. Guo. They stand for the eight archetypes of his Aesthetic Quotient (AQ): eight ways of seeing, not boxes to fit in.

Everyone keeps talking about what AI will mean for our generation. Almost nobody asks us.

We're the first to grow up with it. It can make almost anything, and sometimes that makes it harder to tell what's really ours. So the old question comes back: who am I?

I think the answer is in what you notice, what moves you and what you choose. That's aesthetic intelligence, and it stays yours, whatever tools you use.

I started this at 15 so we could answer it ourselves, in our own work, and show it to the world. A question and a sketch are enough to start.

I'd love to see yours.Ryan Guo, founder

What you get, and who can take part

What you get

  • An audienceSelected works are shown online and in a global touring exhibition, in art museums around the world.
  • PrizesAwards in different categories, with prize money.
  • Help to finishSelected creators get mentor feedback and production support.
  • A close lookA jury reviews every work with care, a sketch as much as a finished piece.

Who can take part

  • Freefrom start to finish.
  • Ages 13-18anywhere in the world.
  • One creatorone work. It's about who you are.
  • Any formany tool, AI included.
  • An ideaor a sketch is enough to start.

How it works

  1. Open now

    1

    Sign up

    Leave your email and we send you the brief. You decide later whether to take part.

  2. 2

    Start with an idea

    Begin with a question about yourself. A sketch or a prototype is enough.

  3. 3

    Submit

    Send in your idea or your work when submissions open.

  4. If selected

    4

    Jury review

    A jury looks closely at every entry and selects works.

  5. 5

    Develop

    Mentor feedback and production support to finish your work.

  6. 6

    Awards and exhibition

    Awards, prize money and prizes. Selected works are shown, with each creator's permission, online and in a global touring exhibition.

Your work is your answer. Ready to begin?

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