Roboexotica
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Roboexotica (sometimes spelled: Roböxotica) is an annual festival and conference where scientists, researchers, computer experts and artists from all over the world build cocktail robots and discuss technological innovation, futurology and science fiction.[1][2] Roboexotica is also an ironic attempt to criticize techno-triumphalism and to dissect technological hypes.[3][4]
Roboexotica | |
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Status | active |
Genre | festival, exhibition |
Frequency | annually |
Location(s) | Vienna |
Country | Austria |
Inaugurated | founded 1999 (1999) |
Attendance | 1,500–3,000 |
Organized by | monochrom, Shifz |
Website | roboexotica |
The festival is currently produced by art collective monochrom. Until 2018, the festival was a cooperation of monochrom, Shifz, and the 'Bureau for Philosophy' (of the Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna).
The festival is usually held in the end of November or early December.