How do you see Eindhoven? The Chinese student association ACSSE posed this question to Chinese inhabitants of Eindhoven about a year ago. The answer is expected on Friday October 15, when the result of the design competition ‘Eindhoven in the Eyes of Chinese Students and Engineers’ will be announced.

One made a comic strip, someone else made an abstract painting of the map of Eindhoven on rice paper, while yet another designed an apartment of bamboo. A Chinese man who settled in Eindhoven forty years ago tells his story in words and images. Master student of Electrical Engineering Yan Li was surprised by the man/woman ratio at TU/e and submitted the (stage-managed) photo on the right.
The winner will be announced on October 15 during a festive night in the Auditorium starting at 19.30 hours. The jury includes John Körmeling, the artist behind the Dutch entry Happy Street for the Shanghai Expo.
The 27 best entries will be shown in specially designed objects that are at once reminiscent of light bulbs (which are symbolic of Eindhoven thanks to Philips) and of Chinese lanterns. The intention is for the mobile exhibition to be displayed at different locations within the city as well. More clarity about this will need to be achieved over the coming months. (SK)

Contestant Yan Li created an image of the man/woman ratio at TU/e. Photo | Yan Li

Lecture: The Experience of Love, Sex and Death in a Media Life

Prof. dr. Mark Deuze (Journalism and New Media at Leiden University) presents his views on the new media universe: we are no longer living with the media, but within media. How does this work?
Wednesday October 13 from 11.45 to 13.00, Blauwe Zaal, Auditorium TU/e | www.studiumgenerale-eindhoven.nl

Nerdlab8: Robots on Tour

Nerdlab (‘because nerds matter’) is a festival on the interface of art, technology and science. The festival is a platform for media artists, technicians and scientists where they can meet up in an informal atmosphere and exchange knowledge and experiences.
Sunday October 10 from 14.00 to 18.00, TAC (Vonderweg 1), admission free | www.nerdlab.nl

Film in the Zwarte Doos: Agora

In Agora director Alejandro Amenabar (Abre los ojos, Mar adentro) shows the danger of religious fundamentalism and fanaticism. The film takes place in Alexandria (when still under Roman rule) at the end of the 4th century, when polytheism was violently forced to make room for Christianity.
October 7, 12 and 13 at 20.00, Zwarte Doos, English spoken, admission with student card 3 euro | www.dezwartedoos.nl