FILM
A film that branches.
A choice changes what the audience understands about the same self.
THE ANSWER
HAS TO BE
MADETHE ANSWER
HAS TO BE MADE
When AI can do almost anything,
what can only YOU choose?
Latent Hacks invites creators aged 13-18, globally, to turn "Who am I?" into interactive works. Start with a concept, sketch, prototype, previous work, experiment, or question.
Ages 13-18, globallyInterest opens nowDeadline: Sunday 19 July 2026, 11:59pm AEST
what can be submitted
What could the answer become?
Begin with a concept, sketch, prototype, previous creative work, screen recording, or one small question that could become an experience.
GAME
A game that remembers.
The rules begin to copy, resist, or misread the player.
SYSTEM
A machine that labels you.
It classifies you before you can explain yourself.
OBJECT
An object that keeps a trace.
Touch, refusal, or selection remains after the visitor leaves.
ROOM
A rule that changes the room.
A repeated gesture stops belonging to only one person.
IMAGE
A mirror that misreads you.
An image can become a system: a sequence, archive, annotation, generated trail, screen, label, or rule.
conceptsketchprototypeprevious workscreen recordingone small question
what this isinterest firstopen call 00
The founding open call.
Open Call 00 is the first real cycle of Latent Hacks. It is the first public mechanism: interest, public brief, submission, review, and selected outcomes.
Interest first.
Submission later.
Register interest to receive updates and reminders. Use the public examples and prompts to shape a concept, sketch, prototype, previous work, or question before sending anything for review.
built for interactive work, creator choice, and public outcomes.
Register interest first. Submit only when the idea has a shape.
what can be submitted
Start with the thingyou actually have.
Do not wait for a perfect idea. Start with the thing that keeps pulling you back.
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accepted start
Concept or short written idea
accepted start
Sketch, image, sound, or storyboard
accepted start
Prototype, link, file, or screen recording
accepted start
Previous creative work that points toward the idea
accepted start
One small question that could become an experience
AI's place
AI is a material.Choice is the work.
AI can help generate, translate, classify, remix, or respond. It can also be questioned, refused, or made visible as part of the work.
What matters is what the creator chooses, changes, rejects, reveals, and how another person encounters the final work.
toward the first exhibition
Toward the first exhibition.
Latent Hacks begins as a Founding Open Call, but it is being built toward public presentation.
Selected directions may be developed into works that can be watched, heard, played, entered, questioned, or encountered.
public work
Film, sound, games, interfaces, AI experiments, objects, performances, installations, or forms we do not have a name for yet.
production funding
Interactive work needs materials, screens, sensors, sound, space, testing, documentation, and production time.
From interest to a direction.
The first step is interest, then shaping what you already have. Public outcomes require separate permission.
01 / INTEREST
Register interest.
Tell us your role and where to send Open Call 00 updates, examples, reminders, and next steps.
02 / PUBLIC PAGE
Read the open call.
The public page is the brief. You can read what counts as a direction before sharing anything.
03 / MAKE
Shape the idea.
Make with code, film, sound, image, object, performance, interface, text, AI, or no AI yet.
04 / SUBMIT
Submit when ready.
Send a concept, prototype, image, video, link, code sketch, document, or previous work for review only.
05 / DIRECTION
Develop the direction.
Some works may be developed for exhibition, recap, or online presentation with separate permission.
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Interest.
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Register InterestRead FAQ and safety notesOpen Call 00 interest registrationAges 13-18, globally
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Start before the answer is clear.
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