Festival "Polytech"- these are projects of Russian and foreign artists, family and children's programs, experiments and shows of scientific laboratories, lectures by famous scientists from all over the world and the best way to spend your energy. In 2017 the festival under open sky brought together more than 100 thousand spectators.

Theme of the fifth festival - "Energy". With the help of it, we can describe all the processes occurring in the Universe. This is a universal property of the world, "the measure of all things", which allows you to compare the incomparable.

The main event of the festival will be dance performance - VR_I from the team of Swiss choreographer Gilles Joban. Armed with VR glasses, the participants explore the worlds invented by the artist: an endless desert, a non-existent city or a loft on top of a mountain.

Another headliner will be project "Green spark"— an installation demonstrating the technology of biological photovoltaics. The park will also install "Storm Lab" in the form of a transparent membrane, inside which the wind currents will move thousands of charged carbon particles. Visitors to the Festival will be able not only to watch a simulated storm, but also to regulate its strength.

Throughout the festival site will run "Water Robot" is a project of the Hamburg studio Ronnenberg Creative Technology. The robot will offer visitors fresh drinking water, which it extracts with the help of condensation directly from the air, and in return will ask you to recharge its battery by turning a special handle on the side of the body.

Traditionally an important part of the festival - lecture program. This year's keynote speaker is Jesse Behring, an American psychologist and professor at New Zealand's University of Otago. Behring has been called the Hunter Thompson of science journalism. In his latest book, Me, You, He, They and Other Perverts. On the instincts we are ashamed of, the author examines gender issues from a scientific point of view and proves that sexual “oddities” are normal. On Saturday, May 19, Bering will give a lecture on "How Passion Makes Us Stupid."

Also coming to the festival Ben Umbridge, a professor at the University of Liverpool, a favorite TED speaker who works at the intersection of psychology and zoology. Umbridge's new book, Are You Smarter Than a Chimp? Fight amazingly intelligent animals." On Sunday, May 20, Umbridge will present a book, dispel myths about animal life and talk about the latest discoveries of zoologists and zoopsychologists.

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On May 19 and 20, the fifth street festival of science, art and technology "Polytech" will be held in Gorky Park. For 48 hours, the park will become a portal to virtual reality, a platform for space installations and performances, and a space for scientific experiments.

The festival "Polytech" is the projects of Russian and foreign artists, family and children's programs, experiments and shows of the scientific laboratories of the Polytechnic University, lectures by famous scientists from all over the world and the best way to spend your energy.

The theme of the festival this year is "Energy". With it, we can describe all the processes that take place in the universe: from a human whisper to a supernova explosion, from kicking a football player's foot on a ball to launching a rocket. Energy is a universal property of the world, "a measure of all things", which allows you to compare the incomparable.

The main event of the festival dance performance VR_I from the team of Swiss choreographer Gilles Joban.

Armed with virtual reality glasses, the performance participants explore the worlds invented by the artist: an endless desert, a non-existent city or a loft on top of a mountain. Spectators of the performance will be able to interact with each other and move freely in spaces, getting completely new sensations and watching the movements of virtual dancers. The traditional perception of reality will change: thanks to the use of new technological possibilities that the choreographer has in a world free from physical laws.

A special place in the park will be occupied by the winner of the 2018 open call - project "Green spark". Elena and Ivan Mitrofanova, the authors of the project at the Shukhov Lab (Laboratory for Prototyping Future Cities), together with Paolo Bombelli from the University of Cambridge, will bring to the festival an installation demonstrating biological photovoltaic technology. "Green Spark" - a structure with walls two and a half meters high, consisting of dozens of plants suspended in ceramic modules, acting as batteries. They are connected in series and parallel electrical circuits to recharge the screen, illustrating the number of incoming Volts. Electricity is produced by special bacteria that live in the roots of plants: they consume the remnants of life and photosynthesis that enter the soil. The witty synthesis of botany and physics can be explored in detail once inside the installation.

The main property of energy is the conservation of its quantity in the Universe: energy does not appear from anywhere and does not disappear anywhere, but only passes from one form to another. At the festival, we will try to release as much of our energy as possible and convert it into useful things: Nike and Polytech have prepared sports and intellectual quest on the festival "Free the energy" ("Free the energy"). For the spent kilojoules of energy, participants will be able to receive gift cards for visiting the Nike sports center in Gorky Park, which will open on June 10.

Installed in the park "Storm Lab"– an installation in the form of a transparent membrane, inside which thousands of charged carbon particles will be moved by wind currents. They will react to the human electromagnetic field, and festival visitors will be able not only to observe the simulated storm, but also to regulate its strength.

The Water Robot, a project of the Hamburg-based Ronnenberg Creative Technology studio working with computer technology and conceptual design, will cruise around the site.
The robot will offer visitors fresh drinking water, which it extracts by means of condensation directly from the air, and in return will ask you to recharge its battery by turning a special handle on the side of the case.

The traditionally important lecture program, which brought together scientists from all over the world and artists participating in the festival. Jesse Behring, an American psychologist and professor at New Zealand's University of Otago, will be the keynote speaker this year. He is called the Hunter Thompson of science journalism - he has published in Scientific American, Slate, The Guardian, The New York Times. In his latest book, Me, You, He, Them and Other Perverts: On the Instincts We're Ashamed of, he examines sex from a scientific standpoint and argues that sexual "weirdness" is normal.

Another star speaker is Ben Umbridge, a professor at the University of Liverpool and a favorite TED speaker who works at the intersection of psychology and zoology. Umbridge's new book, Are You Smarter Than a Chimpanzee? Fight Amazingly Smart Animals, has just been released by Individuum. On May 20, Umbridge will present a book, dispel myths about animal life and talk about the latest discoveries of zoologists and zoopsychologists.

It will be held with the support of Megafon, a technology partner and trustee of the museum, and a sports partner, Nike.

The theme of the 2018 festival is "Energy". With the help of energy, we can describe all the processes that take place in the Universe: from a human whisper to a supernova explosion, from a football player's foot kicking a ball to a rocket launch. Energy is a universal property of the world, "a measure of all things", which allows you to compare the incomparable.

The main event of the festival is a dance performance - VR_I by the team of Swiss choreographer Gilles Joban

VR_I

Armed with virtual reality glasses, the performance participants explore the worlds invented by the artist: an endless desert, a non-existent city or a loft on top of a mountain. Spectators of the performance will be able to interact with each other and move freely in spaces, getting completely new sensations and watching the movements of virtual dancers. The traditional perception of reality will change - thanks to the use of new technological opportunities that appear in the choreographer in a world free from physical laws.

The winner of the 2018 open call, the Green Spark project, will have a special place in the Park. Elena and Ivan Mitrofanova, the authors of the project at the Shukhov Lab (Laboratory for Prototyping Future Cities), together with Paolo Bombelli from the University of Cambridge, will bring to the festival an installation demonstrating biological photovoltaic technology. "Green Spark" is a structure with walls two and a half meters high, consisting of dozens of plants suspended in ceramic modules, acting as batteries. They are connected in series and parallel electrical circuits to recharge the screen, illustrating the number of incoming Volts. Electricity is produced by special bacteria that live in the roots of plants: they consume the remnants of life and photosynthesis that enter the soil. The witty synthesis of botany and physics can be explored in detail once inside the installation.

Installation by Ekaterina Galyuk (City+Light) Russia / Holland, 2015 Large-scale public art object shaped like a paper boat made using the origami technique and magnified 60 times. The familiar image returns to childhood and reminds of the spirit of pioneering.

The main property of energy is the conservation of its quantity in the Universe: energy does not appear from anywhere and does not disappear anywhere, but only passes from one form to another. At the festival, we will try to release as much of our energy as possible and convert it into useful things: Nike and the Polytechnic University have prepared a sports and intellectual quest for the festival "Free the energy". For the spent kilojoules of energy, participants will be able to receive gift cards for visiting the Nike sports center in Gorky Park, which will open on June 10.

The Storm Laboratory will be installed in the park - an installation in the form of a transparent membrane, inside which thousands of charged carbon particles will be moved by wind currents. The particles will react to the human electromagnetic field, and visitors to the Festival will be able not only to observe the simulated storm, but also to regulate its strength.

The “Water Robot”, a project of the Hamburg studio Ronnenberg Creative Technology, which works with computer technology and conceptual design, will run throughout the festival site.

water robot

The robot will offer visitors fresh drinking water, which it extracts by means of condensation directly from the air, and in return will ask you to recharge its battery by turning a special handle on the side of the case.

The Water Robot is an elegant solution to the issue of free drinking water, which has evolved from an affordable resource into a successful commercial product over several decades. The project is conceived as an illustration of a new reality in which robots are integrated into the daily life of a person.

Traditionally, an important part of the festival is the lecture program, which brought together scientists from all over the world and artists participating in the festival.

Jesse Behring, an American psychologist and professor at New Zealand's University of Otago, will be the keynote speaker this year.

Behring is called the Hunter Thompson of science journalism - he has published in Scientific American, Slate, The Guardian, The New York Times. In his latest book, Me, You, He, They and Other Perverts. On Instincts We're Ashamed of," he takes a scientific standpoint on gender and argues that sexual "strangeness" is normal. On May 19, Bering will give a lecture on "How Passion Makes Us Stupid."

Show "Ice and Fire"

Another star lecturer is Ben Umbridge, a professor at the University of Liverpool, a favorite TED speaker who works at the intersection of psychology and zoology. Umbridge's new book, Are You Smarter Than a Chimp? Fight amazingly intelligent animals." On May 20, Umbridge will present a book, dispel myths about animal life and talk about the latest discoveries of zoologists and zoopsychologists.

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On May 19 and 20, 2018, the fifth street festival of science, art and technology "Polytech" will be held in Gorky Park. For 48 hours, the park of culture and entertainment will become a portal to virtual reality, a platform for space installations and performances, and a space for scientific experiments. The Polytech festival is the projects of Russian and foreign artists, family and children's programs, experiments and shows from the scientific laboratories of the Polytechnic University, lectures by famous scientists from around the world and the best way to spend your energy.

The main event of the festival is a dance performance - VR_I by the team of Swiss choreographer Gilles Joban. Armed with virtual reality glasses, the participants of the performance explore the worlds imagined by the artist - an endless desert, a non-existent city or a loft on top of a mountain. Spectators of the performance can interact with each other and move freely around the locations, getting completely new sensations and watching the movements of virtual dancers that change their size, multiply or disappear altogether. Thus, our traditional perception of reality is changing due to the use of new technological possibilities that appear in the choreographer in a world free from physical laws.

A special place in the Park will be occupied by the winner of the 2018 open call - the Green Spark project. Elena and Ivan Mitrofanova, the authors of the project at the Shukhov Lab (Laboratory for Prototyping Future Cities), together with Paolo Bombelli from the University of Cambridge, will bring to the festival an installation demonstrating biological photovoltaic technology. "Green Spark" - a structure with walls two and a half meters high, consisting of dozens of plants suspended in ceramic modules, acting as batteries. They are connected in series and parallel electrical circuits to recharge the screen, illustrating the number of incoming Volts. Electricity is produced by special bacteria that live in the roots of plants: they consume the remnants of life and photosynthesis that enter the soil. The witty synthesis of botany and physics can be explored in detail once inside the installation.

The park will install the "Storm Laboratory" - an installation in the form of a transparent membrane, inside which wind currents will move thousands of charged carbon particles. The particles will react to the human electromagnetic field. Visitors will be able not only to watch a simulated storm, but also to regulate its strength themselves.

The “Water Robot”, a project of the Hamburg studio Ronnenberg Creative Technology, which works with computer technology and conceptual design, will run throughout the festival site. The robot will offer visitors fresh drinking water, which it extracts with the help of condensation directly from the air, and in return will ask you to recharge its battery by turning a special handle on the side of the body. The "water robot" is an elegant solution to the issue of free drinking water, which has turned from an affordable resource into a successful commercial product over several decades. The project is conceived as an illustration of a new reality in which robots are integrated into the daily life of a person.

Traditionally, an important part of the festival is the lecture program, which brought together scientists from all over the world and artists participating in the festival.

Jesse Behring, an American psychologist and professor at New Zealand's University of Otago, will be the Keenout speaker this year. Behring is called the Hunter Thompson of science journalism - he has published in Scientific American, Slate, The Guardian, The New York Times. In his latest book, Me, You, He, They and Other Perverts. On the Instincts We're Ashamed of" he takes a scientific standpoint on gender and argues that sexual "weirdness" is normal. On May 19, Bering will deliver a lecture, "How Passion Makes Us Stupid."

Another star speaker is Ben Umbridge, a professor at the University of Liverpool, a favorite TED speaker who works at the intersection of psychology and zoology. In May 2018, Umbridge's new book, From Parrot to Dolphin: How Are We Different from Animals, will be published by Bookmate. On May 20, Abridge will present a book, dispel myths about animal life and talk about the latest discoveries of zoologists and zoopsychologists.

The festival will present an extensive children's program. Visitors will be able to know the history of energy by playing the "outdoor" game "Force Field"; join the spirit of invention and try yourself in a real business at the fair of makers; see the extravaganza of chemical experiments; feel like a real restorer and much more.

Admission is free, but registration is required to participate.

#festivalpolytech is a bright interactive street festival, a giant educational attraction for children and adults. This year at the festival: educational, art and game projects from around the world, scientific and theatrical shows, public art and a two-day discussion program from foreign and Russian speakers.

The theme of the 2018 festival is "Energy". The universal property of the world, "the measure of all things", which allows you to compare the incomparable.

Festival guests will be able to dance in virtual reality, control the storm and convert their energy into useful things at the Free the energy sports and intellectual quest, prepared in collaboration with Nike.

This year's keynote speakers are American psychologist Jesse Behring with a lecture “How passion makes us dumber” and University of Liverpool professor Ben Umbridge, who will present his new book “Are You Smarter than a Chimpanzee? Fight amazingly intelligent animals."

This year the festival will be held with the support of MegaFon, technology partner and trustee of the museum, sports partner - Nike + Run Club, British Council Russia - British Council, Pro Helvetia Moscow and with the participation of the Direct Speech Lecture Hall.

book program the festival will take place as part of the Art Book Fair at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. You are waiting for the novelties of the publishing program of the Polytechnic University, children's master classes of the Open Collections of the Polytechnic University and the mathematician Rinus Roelofs, as well as Ilya Kolmanovsky's show based on the book of the same name "How the Pear Gets the Brain". Gorky Park will again become the site.

#festivalpolytech is the best way to spend your energy!