arse elektronika, the conference on sex and technology.
Call for talks, performances, games, workshops, machines, systems! September 7-10, 2023 at DH5 in Linz, Austria Humans, replicants! Arse Elektronika is back! And it is our 10th iteration! Technology and sexuality have always been closely connected, from ancient cave drawings of genitalia to modern virtual-reality pornography. While it is impossible to predict the future, the … Read more
The exhibition “Sex in Vienna”, shown 2017 at Wien Museum, mentioned the Fortuna Kino. It is – besides Kino Breitensee, also in Vienna, one of the oldest still active cinemas worldwide. It managed to survive the times by turning into a sex cinema. After extending the U1 and building the new subway station U1 Troststraße … Read more
NEKROPNEUM FUCKENBRUST NECKHAMMER 40k / A sex machine by monochrom feat.Thomas Kranabetter and Christian Schüler. Use and abuse this poly-sexual source of compressed lust and horror! Never before were carnal enjoyment and bodily horror so close! A torso you will haveHAWT nightmares about. To quote Salman Rushdie: “Shame is like everythingelse; live with it for … Read more
Sex is one of the most intimate and at the same time most political themes of human existence. We are sexual, technological, narrative and political beings. We have our preferences and kinks, and we do everything we can to make them either come true – or be passively consumed. How and when and in what … Read more
An article in ‘The Gap’ deals with sex tech and Arse Elektronika. It’s based on an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner (German only). Das österreichische Kollektiv Monochrom beschäftigt sich seit Jahren mit dem Zusammenspiel zwischen der Sexindustrie und der Tech-Welt. Bereits 2007 veranstalteten sie im Startup-Mekka San Francisco die erste Arse Elektronika, eine Konferenz für Sex … Read more
Humans! Replicants! Arse Elektronika 2017 will take place in autumn 2017. It will be our tenth festival — and a good excuse for our plans of a reboot and restructuring! We will keep you updated!
Arse Elektronika opening night on Friday October 2: Costume style (voluntary dress code): “Work Uniforms Of The Sex Tech Future” So gussy up!
And here we go… get your tickets! Link
Nerdverts! Finally, the schedule for Arse Elektronika 2015 is online! ENJOY! Link
Arse Elektronika San Francisco 2015 SHOOT YOUR WORKLOAD SEX, WORK AND TECH. October 2-4, 2015 in San Francisco, USA. * How can we change work structures in the sex tech field. Is DIY really so revolutionary, or are we just tinkering around with our misery? * Work and labor struggle and exploitation in sex tech. What … Read more