Cafe Neu Romance 2014: Program: Friday 28 November

Galerie NTK

CNR 2014: 9am-8pm
Exhibition: Andras Nagy (HUN), Andy Fairhurst (GBR), BTTP Films (GBR), Daniel Nash (GBR), Elliot Cohen (USA), Engineered Arts, Ltd. (GBR), Fernando Orellana (SLV), Fred Barton (USA), Gary Hirsch (USA), Gruponove (BRA), The Golem Mythologie (GER), Golem Stvanice (CZE), Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory, ATR (JPN), Jak Gibberish (GBR), Jirí Barta (CZE), Joe Vetoe (USA), Mariusz Dobies (POL), Matt Ferguson (GBR), Min Su Kim (KOR), Old Prague Legends (CZE), Oliver Uberti (USA), Orlando Arocena (USA), Pauline Baillon (FRA), Robotic Ewe (GBR), Scott Park (CAN), Sigrid Rødli (NOR), Simon Raffy (FRA), Steph Doyle (USA), Terri Ogle (GBR), Theo Costantini (FRA), Vladimir Zimakov (USA), Yes I Do (UKR), Zaier Jihed (TUN)
Demonstrations: LEGO Group (DNK): Marc-Andre Bazergui (CAN), Matthias-Paul Scholz (GER), Michael Brandl (AUT), LEGO Education, Zwax (AUT)
Meet: Bernie Stern (USA), Edgar Dutka (CZE), Fernando Orellana (USA), Ivo Kristián Kubák (CZE), Jiri Barta (CZE), Jozef Kelemen (SVK), Louis Armand (AUS), Lucy Burns (USA), Nigel Ackland (GBR), Olga Pek CZE), Rupert Young (GBR), Sascha Schulze (GER), Terri Ogle (GBR), Vít Bohal (CZE), ::vtol:: (RUS), Zuzana Husárová (SVK)

Morning

CNR 2014: 10am - 5pm: LEGO MINDSTORMS Workshops
Workshop: 10am-12am: Marc-André Bazergui (CAN): LEGO® MINDSTORMS®: Using muliple EV3
Workshop: 1pm-5pm: Matthias Paul Scholz (GER): LEGO® MINDSTORMS®: The Universe of LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Robots

School kids can watch Bibo by Anton Chisitiakov and Mikhail Dmitriev in the morning at Balling Hall, NTK.

Balling Hall, NTK
CNR 2014: 9:30am - 11:30am: Robot movies
Short Movie: 9:30am-9:35am: Red Echo Post (USA): Gumball Wars
Short Movie: 9:35am-9:45am: Red Echo Post (USA): Desire
Short Movie: 9:45am-9:50am: Gruponove (BRA): Brilux cleaning supplies adds
Break: 9:50am-10am
Short Movie: 10am-10:05am: Old Prague Legends (CZE): Golem
Short Movie: 10:05am-10:15am: Anton Chistiakov & Mikhail Dmitriev (RUS): Bibo
Short Movie: 10:15am-10:25am: James Cunningham (NZL): Shelved
Short Movie: 10:25am-10:35am: Alex Rivera (USA): A Robot Walks Into a Bar
Break: 10:35am-10:45am
Short Movie: 10:45am-11:15am: Eli Sasich (USA): HENRi
Short Movie: 11:15am-11:20am: BTTP Films (GBR): FIRA Robotics

IIM (Institute of Intermedia)
CNR 2014: 9am - 11am: Golem & the Mechanical Man of the Future Day (Vol. I)
Presentation: 9:15am-9:40am: Rupert Young (GBR): Perceptual Robots
Presentation: 9:40am-10am: Martin Cermák (CZE) and Ludek Fedurca (CZE): Robot Artik
Break: 10pm-10:10am
Presentation: 10:10am-10:30am: Nigel Ackland (GBR): BeBionic3 hand
Panel: 10:30am-11:00am: Rupert Young (GBR), Martin Cermák (CZE) & Ludek Fedurca (CZE), Nigel Ackland (GBR)


Come to the lecture iRobot: Human-Robot Sociality in Asian American Theater with Lucy Burns who is professor in the Asian American Studies Department at the University of California Los Angeles.

Afternoon

Balling Hall, NTK
CNR 2014: 12am - 2:30pm: Golem & the Mechanical Man of the Future Day (Vol. I)
Presentation: 12:10am-12:40am: Ivo Kristián Kubák (CZE): GOLEM Stvanice
Trailer: 12:40am-12:50am: GOLEM Stvanice (CZE)
Break: 12:50am-1pm
Presentation: 1pm-1:25pm: Terri Ogle (GBR): The Golem Illustrations
Short Movie: 1:25pm-1:30pm: Old Prague Legends (CZE): Golem
Presentation: 1:30pm-1:55pm: Sascha Schulze (GER): The Golem Mythology
Panel: 2pm-2:30pm: Ivo Kristián Kubák (CZE), Terri Ogle (GBR), Sascha Schulze (GER)

IIM (Institute of Intermedia)
CNR 2014: 1:30pm - 4pm: Robot & Performance (Vol. II)
Sound Poetry Performance: 1:30pm-2:15pm: Zuzana Husárová (SVK) & Olga Pek (CZE): Trans(who?)man
Short Movie: 2:15pm-2:20pm: Tarik Abdel-Gawad & Ashley Rodholm (USA): FRANCESCA DA RIMINI:
Ballet Meets Robotics

Presentation: 2:20pm-2:45pm: Lucy Burns (USA): iRobot: Human-Robot Sociality in Asian American Theater
Break: 2:45pm-3pm
Lecture: 3pm-3.30pm: Fernando Orellana (SLV): Paradiso
Panel: 3:30pm-4:00pm: Zuzana Husárová (SVK) & Olga Pek (CZE), Lucy Burns (USA), Fernando Orellana (SLV)

Balling Hall, NTK
CNR 2014: 3pm - 5:45pm: Golem & the Mechanical Man of the Future Day (Vol. III)
Short Movie: 3pm-3:05pm: Engineered Arts, Ltd (GBR): RoboThespian reflects on Golem
Lecture: 3:05pm-3:30pm: Jozef Kelemen (SVK): A New Technology for an Old Dream -  Robots, Golems, and Vice Versa
Short Movie: 3:30pm-3:45pm: Jiri Barta (CZE): Golem
Presentation: 3:45pm-4:30pm: Jiri Barta (CZE) & Edgar Dutka (CZE): Golem
Break: 4:30pm-4:45pm
Presentation: 4:45pm-5:15pm: Vít Bohal (CZE): Law and Utility: The Ethics of the Golem
Panel: 5:15pm-5:45pm: Jozef Kelemen (SVK), Jiri Barta (CZE) & Edgar Dutka (CZE), Vít Bohal (CZE)


Meet two of Czech animations Grand Old Men when Director Jiri Barta and Script-writer Edgar Dutka will give a talk about their Golem-project, plus give a short introduction to the classic Golem-movies "The Golem (1920)", "The King's Baker and the Baker's King (1952") and "Slecna-Golém (1972)".

Evening

Balling Hall, NTK
CNR 2014: 7pm - 10pm: Golem & the Mechanical Man of the Future Day (Vol. IV)
Short Movie: 7pm-7:15am: Drew Mylrea (USA): Lisa
Lecture: 7:15pm-7:45pm: Louis Armand (AUS): Mind Fucks: Artificial Intelligence & Robot Evolution
Break: 7:45pm-8pm
Short Movie: 8pm-8:15pm: Helicon Arts Cooperative (USA): R.U.R.: Genesis
Presentation: 8:15pm-8:45pm: Bernie Stern (USA): Alternate Barbarella and Artificial Humans
Performance: 8:45pm-9pm: ::vtol:: (RUS): Reading my body work
Presentation: 9pm-9:30pm: Olga Pek (CZE) & Zuzana Husárova (SVK): Trans(who?)man
Panel: 9:30pm-10pm: Louis Armand (AUS), Bernie Stern (USA), ::vtol:: (RUS), Olga Pek (CZE) & Zuzana Husárova (SVK)

NB!: Please note that this is a preliminary program and subject to change.

[image source: Anton Chisitiakov and Mikhail Dmitriev]
[source: Vive Les Robots!]

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Cafe Neu Romance 2014: Program:

Wednesday 26 November
Thursday 27 November
Friday 28 November
Saturday 29 November
Galerie NTK
Balling Hall NTK
IIM (Institute of Intermedia)

LOGO VIVE LES ROBOTS

The Danish "robot" marking and event firm Vive Les Robots! is the main organizer of Cafe Neu Romance.

LOGO NTK

The Gallery of the National Technical Library in Prague, Galerie NTK, is co-organizer of Cafe Neu Romance.