Robots are everywhere. The theme is as topical as it is explosive especially because of its pervasiveness in the media and the film industry. However, our knowledge and ideas about robots appear to be shaped by science fiction. On the one hand the exhibition looks at the relationship between reality and fiction today and on the other, is particularly concerned with the emotional effect of robots, which is generated by characteristics of form and functional capabilities. On show is everything that is to be understood under the term robots, what they look like, where they are used and what they should be able to accomplish in the future. This raises the question of why robots are accepted or rejected and what characteristics determine the relationship of people to machines. Around 200 exhibits are on show, ranging from historical automata to robots in the household, in industry, in medicine and in the military to toy robots. Many of the objects are interactive and are presented in motion.
Program accompanying the exhibition
Day of Action: Media and Robot Competition "bugnplay.ch" Saturday, 27 June 2009, 9.30 am – 5.30 pm, meeting point: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich in cooperation with the Specialization in Media Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts and Migros Kulturprozent.
Symposium "The Artificial Human – Medical Perspectives of Robot Technology" Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 6 – 9 pm, Lecture Hall, Ausstellungsstrasse 60
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich in cooperation with MAS Cultural Media Studies of the Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts (ICS) at the Zurich University of the Arts.
Guided tours
June 2009
Tue
30.6.
6.30 pm
Nils Röller, lecturer Specialization in Media Arts at Zurich University of the Arts
July 2009
Sun
5.7.
3 pm
Natalie Kilias, research associate, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
7.7.
6.30 pm
In-depth tour: Zwischen Wunschbild und Albtraum – Roboterphantasien und ihre Geschichte Werner Oeder, cultural scientist, lecturer at Zurich University of the Arts and Cynthia Gavranic, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
14.7.
6.30 pm
Angeli Sachs, Head of Exhibition, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
21.7.
6.30 pm
Gabriela Dietrich, research associate Design and Graphics Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
28.7.
6.30 pm
Nathalie Killias, research associate, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
August 2009
Sun
2.8.
3 pm
Gabriela Dietrich, research associate Design and Graphics Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
4.8.
6.30 pm
Natalie Killias, research associate, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
11.8.
6.30 pm
Angeli Sachs, Head of Exhibition, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
18.8.
6.30 pm
Cynthia Gavranic, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
25.8.
6.30 pm
In-depth tour: Von der Bewegung zum Fortschritt − Roboter in der Zukunft Prof. Dr. Roland Siegwart, Autonomous Systems Lab, ETH Zurich and Cynthia Gavranic, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
September 2009
Tue
1.9.
6.30 pm
Angeli Sachs, Head of Exhibition, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Sun
6.9.
3 pm
Gabriela Dietrich, research associate Design and Graphics Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
8.9.
6.30 pm
Gabriela Dietrich, research associate Design and Graphics Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
15.9.
6.30 pm
Nils Röller, lecturer Specialization in Media Arts at Zurich University of the Arts
Tue
22.9.
6.30 pm
Gabriela Dietrich, research associate Design and Graphics Collection, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Tue
29.9.
6.30 pm
In-depth tour: Roboter: Emotion und Reaktion Nils Röller, lecturer Specialization in Media Arts at Zurich University of the Arts
October 2009
Sun
4.10.
3 pm
Cynthia Gavranic, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
