Ladies and Gentlemen, sleazy sex bots and furry mutations! Our wonderful Arse Elektronika Opening Gala is on the way! We want to kindly remind you: Prixxx Arse Elektronika 2010 will be a dignified occasion — and so we invite you to dress up properly. Surprise us with Atompunk and 1950s costumes! Bring the Space Age … Read more
Yesterday was a grim day for Vienna. monochrom tried to stop a zombie outbreak — and we have to admit: we failed horribly. September 24, 2010 shall never be forgotten! But we need your help to collect evidence! Send us blog entries and images! Link
Construction of coffin (for Six Feet Under Club at Arse Elektronika) at Noisebridge! Tools: check! Structual integrity: check! Test fornication: check! Link
By Allison Davis. Today you are encouraged to join in a communal task — giving one woman an orgasm. Over the course of an hour, the lucky participant is streamed on video while people all over the world, including you, use remotely controlled sex toys to lend a virtual helping hand. Swathed in pink latex, … Read more
At monochrom‘s Arse Elektronika conference, couples can volunteer to be buried together in a casket beneath the ground. The space they occupy will be extremely private and intimate. First step? Building a coffin! First decision? Measurements! We went to ‘Discout Builders Supply’ at 1695 Mission Street to get a rough estimate… We decided on 80”x30”x24”… … Read more
Much-loved sexpert, activist and troublemaker Susie Bright will be giving the keynote speech Thursday September 30 at this year’s Arse Elektronika in San Francisco. Arse Elektronika is the ever-more-popular Monochrom conference that explores the intersection of sex and technology, and this year’s looks like the most intriguing and engaging yet. Bright’s speech will open the … Read more
We are hyperexcited! The superwonderful Susie Bright will give a keynote at the Arse Elektronika 2010 gala opening! When, where? Thursday, September 30, 2010; 9:00 PM @ Chez Poulet (3359 Cesar Chavez, San Francisco)! America’s public fucking stages — the theatrical, commercial theaters of sex — have transformed over the years, whether in Times Square, … Read more
Marc Da Costa interviews the ever dynamic Johannes Grenzfurthner, founder of monochrom. This is the first of three interviews, where he talks about the project ‘Soviet Unterzoegersdorf’; the fake history of the “last existing appanage republic of the USSR”. Created to discuss topics such as the theoretical problems of historiography, the concept of the “socialist … Read more
As part of Paraflows 2010 Johannes Grenzfurthner decided to host a panel on technology. And failure. Digital art and culture is embedded in the cultural framework of technological developments. In the study of technological development and creativity, focusing attention on the failure, the error, the breakdown, the malfunction means: opening the black box of technology. … Read more
Going Down?6fuc in San Francisco, USA @ Arse Elektronika 2010October 2, 2010 In the age of data mining, a person’s sex life may contain less embarrassing details than their web search history. Does it make sense that the former is a tightly guarded secret while the latter is shared with anonymous corporations daily? Even though … Read more