Prompt Battle

15 March
Image: [Prompt battle], at republica, Berlin. Photo by Lina Schwarzenberg. The original Prompt Battle was developed at HTW Dresden by Sebastian Schmieg, Florian A. Schmidt, Bernadette Geiger, Robert Hellwig, Emily Krause, Levi Stein, Lina Schwarzenberg and Ella Zickerick.

Image: Prompt battle, at republica, Berlin. Photo by Lina Schwarzenberg. The original Prompt Battle was developed at HTW Dresden by Sebastian Schmieg, Florian A. Schmidt, Bernadette Geiger, Robert Hellwig, Emily Krause, Levi Stein, Lina Schwarzenberg and Ella Zickerick.

‘Prompt engineer’ has been touted as a career of the future. But what does that mean, and what really lies at the core of those strange image-summoning incantations?

When

15 March

Friday - Friday, 5:30-7pm (AEST)

Venue

ACMI [i]
Federation Square, Melbourne
Daily, 10am – 5pm

Theme

Technological Futures

Accessibility

Wheelchair access, Accessible Toilets, Accessible Parking

Please contact us directly at info@photo.org.au if additional accessibility needs are required.

Price

Free

Prompt Battle comes from its tour of European art festivals to Melbourne for one night only to ask and answer these questions. Join artist Sebastian Schmieg for a live head-to-head AI-image-generation battle, where competitors are invited on stage to creatively slug it out. Come to watch or come to compete!

Need to practice before you compete in Prompt Battle? Visit the execute_photography exhibition at RMIT Gallery from 1 March and start your training with Schmieg’s Prompt Battle Training Station (2023).

The original Prompt Battle was developed at HTW Dresden by Sebastian Schmieg, Florian A. Schmidt, Bernadette Geiger, Robert Hellwig, Emily Krause, Levi Stein, Lina Schwarzenberg and Ella Zickerick.

This event will take place in ACMI Cinema 2.

Supported by ACMI, RMIT Culture and RMIT University Enabling Impact Platforms

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Founding Partners
  • Bowness Family Foundation
  • Naomi Milgrom Foundation
Major Government Partners
  • City of Melbourne Arts Grants Program
Major Partners
  • Maddocks

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