Jan De Coster has been making physical interactive installations since 1999. He has worked as an art director and producer for most large agencies in Belgium. Since 2012 his focus is on Robots and their place in society. He gives talks and makes exhibitions and workshops for many creative festivals. His robots have traveled the world, from Mexico City to Moscow and Beijing.
Since 2018 he has devoted a lot of time to activism, working on several campaigns to protect city forests and helping people start their own campaigns.
Jan De Coster is based right between Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium.
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After creating physical projects for many years there comes a moment that you are confronted with the size of your body of work. How did it come to this? What will happen to all my robots in the future? What is my role after I created them? How long do I need to take care of them? What do they expect from me?
This talk will leave you with more questions than answers, and hopefully you will learn something about robots and yourself along the way.
