Presented at
HOPE 2020 Virtual Rescheduled,
July 31, 2020, 9 p.m.
(50 minutes)
Johannes has been co-organizing the world's leading cocktail-robotics festival, Roboexotica, for two decades. In it, he's seen a lot of inebriating and ingeniously designed machinery. This annual event brings scientists, researchers, computer experts, and artists from all over the world to Austria. They build and present cocktail robots. They also discuss technological innovations and pitfalls, futurology, and the marvels of hands-on science fiction. It's time to dedicate an entire HOPE presentation to the concept and underlying philosophy of this bizarre and boozy endeavor. Roboexotica is all about the flair, the atmosphere, and the personality a robot can have. The contraptions presented can be efficient, but the primary goal is to display unique mechanical charm and character. With thousands of guests each year, there is also an exciting educational opportunity.
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Johannes Grenzfurthner
**Johannes Grenzfurthner** is an artist and a filmmaker, writer, performer, and researcher. _Boing Boing_ referred to him as "leitnerd," a wordplay that ironically hints at his role in nerd, hacker, and art culture. He's the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an art and theory group that acts internationally, and the editor-in-chief of the art/tech/activism magazine _The Free Lunch._ After directing feature length documentaries _Traceroute_ (2016) and _Glossary of Broken Dreams_ (2018), Johannes continues working on feature film projects such as _Masking Threshold_ and _Je Suis Auto._ He's head of the Arse Elektronika sex and tech festival and the Hedonistika food-tech festival, and he's the host of Roboexotica, the festival for cocktail robotics.
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