I am an artist, interaction designer and researcher. I live in Berlin.
selected exhibitions
ongoing: lumiBots, Robots and Avatars Exhibition, Oct 05-30 2012, KIBLA, Maribor, Slovenia
2012 lumiBots, Art of Engineering, Gummersbach, Germany
2011 lumiBots, PIKSEL Festival, Bergen, Norway
2011 lumiBots, Chaos Communication Camp, Finowfurt, Germany
2011 lumiBots, TRACE:ability, transmediale.11 satellite, c-base, Berlin, Germany
2010 lumiBots, DIS 2010 conference, Århus, Denmark
2010 lumiBots, lab.30, Augsburg, Germany
2009 PHERObots*, Schwarmlabor, Long Night of Science, Berlin, Germany
2008 schüchterne lichter, lab.30, Augsburg, Germany
2007 binary bridge**, Malmö, Sweden
2006 schüchterne Lichter, Fusion Festival, Lärz, Germany
2004 switching time and space***, former Palast der Republik, Berlin, Germany
* together with Ferdinand Leneis and Philipp Urbanz
** team work with Helge Fischer, Neda Hajmomeni and Frederick Eksteen
*** team work with Miriam Roy and Annelie Kretzschmar
education
Dec 18, 2009 BA Interface Design, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Germany (grade: 1,0 - with highest distinction)
2006-2007 Interaction Design (MA) studies at Malmö University, Sweden
2005 Vordiplom in Product Design at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Germany (grade: 2,0)
2003-2009 Product Design and Interface Design (BA) studies at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Germany
2001-2003 Medical Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University München, Germany
2001 Abitur at Luitpold Gymnasium München, Germany (grade: 1,8 - with distinction). Major subjects: Art, French, Mathematics, Ethics.
professional experience
Oct-Dec 2010 research assistant at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, fixed-term part-time contract for the project EcoViz. Research and concepts for sustainability and ecological awareness (focus on cycling)
Jun-Sep 2007 advanced internship at realities:united, studio for art, architecture and technology, Berlin. Participation in the design, planning and prototyping of a concept for the innovative improvement of safety in the Dessau City Park by means of technology: RELIEF (Reactive Light Energy Field)
since 2007 media artist and freelance designer
Mar-May 2003 internship model making and industrial design, IP industrielle produkte, München. Participation in design, 3D visualisation and model making
Aug-Feb 2001 practice at the stage design workshop of the Gärtnerplatz Theater, München. Production of a multi-part casting mold, casting in plaster and rubber, laminating, working with polystyrene
publications
Kronemann, M.L. (2012), LumiBots - An Interactive Swarm Robot Installation for Emergent Behaviour, Proceedings of Technarte 2012, International Conference on Art & Technology, Bilbao
Kronemann, M.L. (2011), Hafner, V.V., Urbanz, P., LumiBots (abstract and video documentation), ICRA Robots and Art Workshop DVD, Shanghai, ICRA
Kronemann, M.L., Hafner, V.V. (2010), LumiBots - Making Emergence Graspable in a Swarm of Robots, Proceedings of DIS 2010, The ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Aarhus, pp. 408-411, ISBN 978-1-4503-0103-9
Kronemann, M.L. (2009), Swarm Robots - Wie aus einfachen Regeln emergente Systeme entstehen, Bachelor Thesis, Fachhochschule Potsdam, URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:525-opus-1479
awards
2012 Ferchau Art of Engineering, prize award for lumiBots
2011 Japan Media Arts Festival, Jury Selection Works for lumiBots
2010 APPLAUS, The best theses in the faculty of Design at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences for Swarm Robots
2008 Digital Sparks Award, Honorary Mention for schüchterne lichter
teaching
Oct 06, 2012 Klackerlaken, workshop. KIBLA, Maribor, Slovenia. Building solderless glowing vibrobots, workshop for kids and grown-ups
Jul 15, 2012 Electronics for Beginners, workshop for kids and their parents. Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, Germany. Conceived and carried out together with Philip Steffan
Jun 24, 2012 Klackerlaken, workshop. Mini Maker Faire, Guggenheim Lab, Berlin, Germany. Building solderless glowing vibrobots, workshop for kids and grown-ups
Jun 11-12, 2012 Urban Hacking, lecture, workshop and discussion. Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Jun 09, 2012 Urban Hacking - Hacking the Public Space, workshop and discussion. GPN12, Karlsruhe, Germany
May 25, 2012 Lovepicking, workshop. LiWoLi, Linz, Austria. Lockpicking Locks of Love on a public bridge
May 24, 2012 Klackerlaken, workshop. LiWoLi, Linz, Austria. Building solderless glowing vibrobots, workshop for kids and grown-ups
Mar 24, 2012 Urban <-Space Hacking, workshop. b4ckspace, Bamberg, Germany. Hacking the city (lovepicking)
May 20, 2012 Klackerlaken, workshop. c-base, Berlin, Germany. Building solderless glowing vibrobots, workshop for kids and grown-ups
Mar 24, 2012 Klackerlaken, workshop. b4ckspace, Bamberg, Germany. Building solderless glowing vibrobots
Oct 29, 2011 Klackerlaken, workshop. lab.30, Augsburg, Germany. Building solderless glowing vibrobots, workshop for kids and grown-ups
Oct 28, 2011 Klackerlaken, workshop for children. lab.30, Augsburg, Germany. Teaching a school class (5th grade, age 10 to 12)
Aug 10-13, 2011 MATErlaken, workshop. Chaos Communication Camp, Finowfurt, Germany. Building solderless vibrobots, workshop for kids and grown-ups
Jun 20-21, 2009 assisting at Arduino Art vs. Technology workshop. ÏMA Design Village Berlin, Germany
Aug 02, 2004 Digital Graffiti, workshop. Designcamp, FH Potsdam University of Applied Science, Germany. Conceived and carried out together with Reto Wettach and Stefanie Koch
talks and presentations
Oct 05, 2012 Panelist at Debate Robots and Avatars No. 1: Ethics and Behaviours - of robots and avatars in real world usage. KIBLA, Maribor, Slovenia
Aug 18, 2012 Talk at NSND, Split, Croatia
Aug 19, 2012 Talk at NSND, Split, Croatia
Jun 11, 2012 Lecture at Spielraum, Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Jun 09, 2012 Talk at GPN12, Karlsruhe, Germany
Apr 13, 2012 Invited speaker at technarte Conference on Art and Technology, Bilbao, Spain
Jan 30, 2012 Talk at dorkbot - People doing Strange Things with Electricity, transmediale.11 satellite event, c-base Berlin, Germany
Nov 20, 2011 Invited talk at PIKSEL, Bergen, Norway
May 13, 2011 Presentation at 2011 ICRA Workshop on Robots and Art, ICRA, Shanghai, China
Jan 31, 2011 Talk at dorkbot - People doing Strange Things with Electricity, transmediale.11 satellite event, c-base Berlin, Germany
Dec 06, 2010 Presentation and demo at Cognitive Robotics seminar, Human-Robot-Interaction. Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Jan 23, 2010 Invited talk at The Digital Culture of DIY - Making, Hacking, Crafting seminar. Braunschweig University of Art, Germany
Jun 20, 2009 Talk at Arduino workshop Art vs. Technology. ÏMA Design Village Berlin, Germany
selected press and media coverage
(books)
Die binäre Brücke (binary bridge), in: M. Odendahl, J. Finn, A. Wenger. Arduino - Physical Computing für Bastler, Designer und Geeks, Köln, O'Reilly 2009, p. 11, ISBN-13: 9783897218932, ISBN-10: 3897218933
(magazines)
Angelika Eckert, Emsige Licht-Scooter, WEAVE magazine 02/12, pp. 14-15, April/May 2012
Manuel Bewarder, Sieht gut aus, kauf ich, Unaufgefordert No. 148, p. 28, July 2004
(papers)
J. Messeter, M. Johansson (2008), Place-specific computing: conceptual design cases from urban contexts in four countries, Proceedings of DIS 2008, The 7th ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems, Cape Town, pp. 99-108, ISBN 978-1-60558-002-9
J. Bollansée, M. Gedin, M. Ericsson, C. Hedin (2007), Wai: Understanding Space and Place
through Prototyping, K3 Malmö University, Research in Interaction Design
(blogs)
Mike Szczys, Klackerlaken gets the common man excited about electronics, Hack A Day blog: March 1, 2012
Adam Sneed, The Marching Ant Bots, Slate Future Tense blog: February 3, 2012
Caitlin Stier, Ant-like robots create complex glowing patterns, New Scientist TV blog: January 30, 2012
Olivia Solon, Swarm of robots create patterns with glowing trails, Wired.co.uk blog: January 9, 2012
Zeeshan Tariq, LumiBots Are Simple Yet Complex Little Creatures, etechmag: January 7, 2012
Alexander Scholz, Their movement suggests life, life suggests emotions, Creative Applications blog: January 7, 2012
Julia Kaganskiy, Light Painting With Miniature Robots, The Creators Project blog: November 07, 2011
Katrin Kalden, LumiBots by Mey Lean Kroneman, Infrabodies blog: March 1, 2011
Christopher Mims, Robots as Art: The Serene Beauty of LumiBots, Technology Review blog: August 12, 2010
(tv)
May 21, 2012 guest to a tv show, Dorf Studio Talk, topic: Communitylab Linz?
July 06, 2004 Die Musikwippe - TV local story on RBB (Brandenburg aktuell)
research interests and professional interests
Digital Art, Media Art, Robotic Art.
Emergence, Swarms and Swarm Robotics. Cognitive Science, Embodiment, Artificial Life and Living Interfaces.
Self-perception and emotions of electronic objects.
Human-Machine-Interaction, Human-Robot-Interaction, Human-Human-Interaction, Robot-Robot-Interaction, Machine-Machine-Interaction.
Ludology, Game Design. Experience Design.