I'm Robert Willim, cultural analyst and new media artist. I work as a researcher and teacher at Lund university, Sweden, holding a PhD in European Ethnology. In my work I try to mix scientific approaches with art, film and music.

Research interests: New media. Aestheticization of earlier manufacturing industry. Mixes of material and digital culture.

Contact info: Department of European Ethnology / Lund University / Finngatan 8 / SE-223 62 Lund / Sweden. E-mail: robert.willimATetn.lu.se alt. robertATpleazure.org (please replace AT with @)

Going on / Coming up

IC-blog
I've started a blog on the Industrial Cool-concept (in Swedish). It is related to the coming launch of my IC-book. Visit the blog.

Shanghai
Domestic Safari will be screened at Shanghai International Science & Art Exposition. May 16th - May 25th.

Cartes Flux
Domestic Safari will be screened at Cartes Flux in Espoo, Finland, May 14th.

Artificial Past
A new sound- and light installation by me and light designer Anna Jönsson will open 27th of April at the museum Kulturen in Lund, Sweden. It is placed in one of the museum's peasant houses from the 1800th century. It deals with ideas about authenticity and museological representation techniques.

FLEFF
Being There was screened at The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) 2008, Ithaca College, NY, US. March 31 - April 6.

Transmediale
Being There was selected for Transmediale.08 in Berlin 30 January - 3 February. The festival for digital art and culture took place in the House of World Cultures.

Rio
Surreal Scania was selected for the FILE Rio 2008 edition. The event took place at Oi Futuro, an art institute in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from February 26th to March 29th.

GPS-walking in London
On monday October 29th I presented the paper Walking Through The Screen at The Department of Anthropology, University College London. You can download a pdf of the paper here.

Backup in Weimar
Being There was screened at The 9th Annual Backup_festival 18. – 21. October 2007 in Weimar, Germany.

IC @ Konstfack
Industrial Cool was the departure point for a four month undergraduate course at The Department of Interior Architecture and Furniture Design at Konstfack (Univerity College of Arts, Crafts and Design) in Stockholm last Autumn. The students produced proposals for a rework of an industrial estate in the town Eskilstuna. I held an inspirational lecture to start off the course, and has been invited to examine the works at the end of the course.

IC at The Museum
In collaboration with New Media Meeting 07 September 21-22, The Museum of Work in Norrköping arranged a smaller live version of the IC1-concept. Sounds were recorded in factories and workplaces around the city. The sounds were then transformed, interpreted and performed by electronica artist Christian Björklund. . Emilie Bardon did a dance performance to the music. During the event I lectured on the background and concept of Industrial Cool

Electrofringe
Being There was selected for Electrofringe 2007's ElectroOnline in Newcastle, Australia.

File Festival
Surreal Scania was exhibited at FILE Electronic Language International Festival, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 13 - September 9th.