21st – 22nd October 2016, National Audiovisual Institute (NInA), Warsaw
LAUGHTER CONFERENCE
A set of workshops, public events and a 2-day conference devoted to the role of sense of humor in communication, problem and conflict solving in the Age of Robots.
The “Laughter" consists of interdisciplinary presentations and workshops related to communication, interactivity, services, social-, graphic-, object- and interior design as well as psychology, philosophy, history and performing arts, including short videos and films.
KONFERENCJA LAUGHTER CZYLI ŚMIECH
Cykl warsztatów, publicznych wydarzeń i dwudniowa konferencja poświęcone roli poczucia humoru w komunikacji, rozwiązywaniu problemów i konfliktów w Epoce Robotów.
„Laughter” obejmuje interdyscyplinarne prezentacje i warsztaty związane z komunikacją, interaktywnością, usługami, projektowaniem społecznym i graficznym, wzornictwem, projektowaniem wnętrz, a także psychologią, filozofią, historią i sztukami performatywnymi, włącznie z krótkimi klipami i filmami.
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SPEAKERS
Katerina
Antonaki
Athens
Alexandra Antonopoulou
London – Greenwich
Nick
Asbury
London
Jan
Bajtlik
Warsaw
Jakub
Berdych
Prague
Dorota
Brzozowska
Opole
Susanne
Dechant
Vienna
Lorcan
Finnegan
Dublin
Marta
Kamińska
Warsaw
Justyna
Kucharczyk
Katowice
Loesje
Arnhem
Anna
Machwic
Katowice
Ronni
Madsen
Aarhus
Madalena
Martins
Porto
Lucas
Nijs
Antwerp
Radu
Paraschivescu
Bukarest
Greg
Quinton
London
Tom
de Smedt
Antwerp
Peter
Stasny
St. Poelten
Zacharias
Stoufis
Zakhyntos
Henning
Wagenbreth
Berlin
Yadzia
Williams
Wrexham
PROGRAM
Friday 21st October 2016
08.30 registration
09.00 welcome – together: Martin Meisel,
NInA representative, President of PJAIT
09.15 Ronni Madsen
Commercial humor in Danish TV campaigns
and online content // M2Film
09.45 Susanne Dechant
Anti-Schadenfreude. Am I still smiling or laughing at you?
10.15 Dorota Brzozowska
Styles of humor in communication
10.45 coffee break
11.15 Katerina Antonaki & Alexandra Antonopoulou
Let’s have a laugh
12.00 Madalena Martins
Funny objects – a way of communication
12.30 Marta Kamińska
Theater of improvisation in social communication
13.00 lunch break
14.00 Jakub Berdych & Lenka Kohoutova
5 Years Later
14.30 Justyna Kucharczyk
Public space taken with a pinch of salt
15.00 coffee break
15.30 Peter Stasny
Bauhaus Wit or “Humour is when you laugh despite
of everything“ – O. J. Bierbaum
16.00 Greg Quinton & Nick Asbury
Smile in the mind
WORKSHOPS
17.00 Marta Kamińska
Theatre of improvisation in social communication
17.00 Marjatta Itkonen
Social design – students proposals review
Saturday 22nd October 2016
09.00 welcome tea/coffee
09.30 Anna Machwic
The role of humour in children’s picture books
10.00 Yadzia Williams
Laughter is the best Medicine
10.30 Henning Wagenbreth
A smile is a serious matter
11.00 coffee break
11.30 Lorcan Finnegan
Humorous commercials
12.00 Radu Paraschivescu
Laughter in vowels, laughter in proverbs
12.30 Lucas Nijs & Tom de Smedt
Laughter in the Age of Robots
13.15 lunch break
14.15 Loesje
Loesje experience on using sense of humor
in communication and problem solving
WORKSHOPS
14.45 Loesje
Creative writing – Out of the box is my everyday routine
14.45 Yadzia Williams, Anna Machwic, Jan Bajtlik
Family workshops
Throughout the conference
EXHIBITIONS
– Plakatatak – a series of 50 Posters by Agata Dudek/Acapulco Studio, Lex Drewinski, Götz Gramlich, Frank Höhne,
Krzysztof Iwański, Tymek Jezierski, Uwe Loesch, Mario Lombardo, Ariane Spanier, Studio Syfon,
curated by Lars Harmsen – Slanted Publishers and Rene Wawrzkiewicz – Design Crit for Goethe-Institute Warsaw
– Zacharias Stoufis – L.I.P. (Laugh in Peace)
ORGANIZERS
CONTACT
VENUE
National Audiovisual Institute (NInA)
Wałbrzyska 3/5 Street
Warsaw
Poland
22 380 49 00
A TEAM OF PRODUCERS
EUNIC PRESIDENT
Martin Meisel
Austriackie Forum Kultury
martin.meisel@bmeia.gv.at
SUPERVISORS
Georg Blochmann
georg.blochmann@warschau.goethe.org
Martin van Dijk
war-pcz@minbuza.nl
Agata Kołacz
agata.kolacz@nina.gov.pl
CURATOR/EDITOR
Ewa Satalecka
ewasatalecka@ewasatalecka.a4.pl
PROOFREADER/EDITOR
Ala Gorgon
alagorgon@interia.pl
RESEARCHER
Agata Szydłowska
szydlowska.a@gmail.com
OFFICE MANAGER
Nina Król
s14167@pjwstk.edu.pl
office.laughter@gmail.com
VOLONTEERS MANAGER
Anastasia Buialo
s12847@pjwstk.edu.pl
LOGISTIC
AND ACCOUNTANTS
Dyr. Jan Jedliński
Mariola Rejmund
Iwona Orlińska
Anna Szwejkowska
IDENTITY/INFORMATION
& WEB PAGE
DESIGNER/ENGINEER
Agata Juszkiewicz
juszkiewicz.agata@gmail.com
TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST
Jan Duda
jasiekduda@gmail.com
Marta Kamieńska
kamienska.marta@gmail.com
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