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Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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Post by vindia »

Rules are in Dutch, so I did a quick translation of the most important parts

Generate Mondriaan's Victory Boogie Woogie in code

Everyone who can make squares appear on a screen can join until March 7th 2013

Submit your code to elegant@setup.nl

  Rules

  * Any programming language can be used
  * Please do try to document your code as good as possible and add a little description how it works, as the judges will not speak all programming languages
  * Please add a little manual on how to run your program on the judges' machine
  * Code will remain secret until the deadline of March 7th 2013
  * After the deadline all code will be published on Github, licensed under MIT license and with proper attribution to the author
  * Your submission must consist of the following:
    * Sourcecode
    * Output of your program (image)
    * Short description of the algorithm used
    * Contact details

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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Post by dkarl »

vindia wrote: post #2

Rules are in Dutch, so I did a quick translation of the most important parts Generate Mondriaan's Victory Boogie Woogie in code Everyone who can make squares appear on a screen can join until March 7th 2013 Submit your code to elegant@setup.nl Rules * Any programming language can be used * Please do try to document your code as good as possible and add a little description how it works, as the judges will not speak a…

Thank you!

Wikipedia says Victory Boogie Woogie is unfinished. Should submissions produce a finished version of the painting?

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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Post by ktf »

More-or-less off-topic, but if you live in SF you should check out the house near Ocean Beach that's painted like a Mondrian:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlbeanlarson/6184099446/

I forget the exact cross street -- somewhere between Judah and Taravel, overlooking the beach. A good excuse for a walk on the beach, if nothing else!

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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Post by rolandboon »

dkarl wrote: post #5
vindia wrote: post #2

Rules are in Dutch, so I did a quick translation of the most important parts Generate Mondriaan's Victory Boogie Woogie in code Everyone who can make squares appear on a screen can join until March 7th 2013 Submit your code to elegant@setup.nl Rules * Any programming language can be used * Please do try to document your code as good as possible and add a little description how it works, as the judges will not speak a…

Thank you! Wikipedia says Victory Boogie Woogie is unfinished. Should submissions produce a finished version of the painting?

"It is a kind of demoscene contest, where beauty come first. You do not have to produce a one-on-one copy of the painting. The jury rates on quality and creativity of the used algorithms."

Re: Contest: recreate Mondrian painting in code, win exposition in museum

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Post by arethuza »

jerf wrote: post #4

The winner is a foregone conclusion, it's the person who submits the solution in Piet: http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html It'll be a worthy victory, though.

Just think of the opportunities for different coding standards that Piet could allow! :-)
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