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A quoi rêvent les inventeurs de robots ?
On Nov. 17 takes place at Mundaneum in Mons a conference by Frédéric Kaplan, from Sony CSL, on what makes the researchers in robotics dream. In the context of the exhibition “Jules Verne: savoir rêver, savoirs rêvés” (rêve = dream and savoir = knowledge). After the conference, will take place a discussion Alok Nandi will be moderating: the Aibo of Sony will take part in the debate, of course …

Interactive Media Art Lab imal’s Yves Bernard is organising a session on real-time interaction installations / performances and he invited Alok Nandi to be one of the speakers, with Thierry Coduys | la Kitchen and Yacine Ait Kaci | Electronic Shadow. It will take place on Monday 17th October in Le Fresnoy, Studio National d’Arts Contemporains. imal is also organising in November a residence of Open Lab Projects and Yves Bernard proposed Alok Nandi to be part of the selection committee. Looking forward to interesting conversations and bravo to imal for giving a name and a place to new media in Belgium …

As this site is a portfolio in progress, there are currently five exhibitions running, in which Alok Nandi is deeply involved, covering different subjects, using different media:

- Brussels Nova Cinema India Zindabad !, BNGL:1943, video installation
- Mons Mundaneum, Jules Verne, savoir rêver, savoirs rêvés, exhibition design
- Paris Beaubourg Centre Pompidou D.Day Le design aujourd’hui, Sustainable Everyday Project, with E. Manzini & F. Jégou, interaction design of the conversation platform
- Saline Royale d’Arc et Senans, France, Jardins indiens, garden concept & environment design
- Vienne Univ., utHOPEia2005, real-time interactive installation

Meanwhile, two websites are in conception/design and to be released soon

Jules Verne: savoir rêver, savoirs rêvés
Opening today of the exhibition I have been designing (scénographie) on Jules Verne, for the Mundaneum in Mons, as well as launch of the catalogue in which I have contributed a text: “Avatars et autres extensions”.

More on the Jules Verne exhibition on the site of Mundaneum
The exhibition will run from October 7th to March 24th, 2006.
Several conferences are planned: Christian De Duve (Medecine Nobel Prize), Frédéric Kaplan (Sony Computer Lab, Paris), …
On March 16th 2006, Louis Bec, zoosystémicien, and I will be giving a conference: “Avatars et fabrique du du vivant”.