Evening of the Living Dead: Innovation Zombies

While promoted with shiny campaigns that feature amazing capabilities, many tech innovations quickly become obsolete or don’t even reach maturity. What happens once the hype is over and the hyperbolic promises aren’t delivered? What remains of the slick devices after the manufacturer’s servers and support systems are shut down? The innovation zombies are lurking…

With:
Dani Ploeger
Johannes Grenzfurthner (monochrom)
Nadine Kooiker (Philips)
Boris Debackere
Lija Groenewoud van Vliet

|| EVENING OF THE LIVING DEAD ||

During the Evening of the Living Dead, Dani Ploeger will present his living dead robot project-in-progress and exchange ideas in conversation with two experts in the field of consumer electronics from very different backgrounds: Austrian filmmaker and ‘Leitnerd’ Johannes Grenzfurthner, who is also artistic director of Vienna-based art-technology-philosophy group monochrom, and Nadine Kooiker, Global Brand Creation Manager at Philips in Amsterdam.

Moderation by Boris Debackere and Lija Groenewoud van Vliet

|| TIME AND ENTRANCE ||

This event starts at 20:00h (doors open 19:30h). The entrance fee is €5,-. The entrance can be paid at the door by card or with cash.

V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam. 14. Juni 2019 20:00.