Open Call: Hack the Map
The Charta of Rigas Velestinlis

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary, which began in 1821, the Onassis Foundation and Onassis Library are organizing “ Hack the Map: The Charta of Rigas Velestinlis” – a country-wide competition for the creation of digital works by high-school students – in collaboration with the Cartographic Heritage Archives of the General State Archives of Greece / Historical Archive of Macedonia, and the Geography Department of the Harokopio University of Athens.

Inspired by a rare and celebrated map, this multimedia competition challenges school teams of teenagers to make use of new technologies, riddles and symbols to create digital works.

Are you ready to compete in one of the following categories?

• An augmented reality (AR) app that takes one or more symbols that appear on the map and turns them into 3D animated graphics
  
• A virtual reality (VR) app that recreates one or more scenes that appear on one or more leaves of the map in 3D
  
• A digital narrative (a video of up to five minutes) that deals with a historical event presented as part of the map, or a historical theme relating to the map
  
• A 3D video game that plays on knowledge about the map

• Augmented Reality (AR) Prize: €1,500 in technical / audio-visual equipment
  
• Virtual Reality (VR) Prize: €1,500 in technical / audio-visual equipment
  
• Digital Storytelling Prize: €1,500 in technical / audio-visual equipment
  
• 3D Video Game Prize: €1,500 in technical / audio-visual equipment

The competition is addressed to:
Groups of students of public and private middle and high schools nationwide (such as gymnasiums, lyceums, vocational lyceums, evening lyceums, ecclesiastical schools, music and art gymnasiums and lyceums).

Participation cost:
Free

Timeline of “Hack the Map: The Rigas Velestinlis Charta” competition:

15.01–19.02.2021
Competition Phase 1: applications / digital proposals submitted by school teams

05.03.2021
Shortlist of at least 12 projects (dependent on applications) announced

05.03–31.05.2021
Competition Phase 2: digital works submitted

25.06.2021
Winners of the four digital works categories announced

Information:
Τ. +30 210 3713000
E-mail: education@onassis.org

All interested school teams can enter the educational supporting platform of the competition in order to find:

• Informative materials and a bibliography about the Charta of Rigas Velestinlis
  
• Digital materials from the Onassis Library and the Onassis Foundation YouTube Channel
  
• Supporting technical materials on computing and the creation of 3D graphics (educational videos and online content)
  
• Script suggestions and supporting materials from the Cartographic Heritage Archives of the General State Archives of Greece
  
• Cartographic history materials from the Geography Department of the Harokopio University of Athens
  
• Good practice guidelines for the creation of well-researched documentaries and evidence-based apps
  
• Good practice guidelines for the correct use of digital materials, with respect for intellectual property rights