Udo Proksch is the ultimate 'enfant terrible' of post-war Austria. He was an eccentric design artist, a militarist, political networker, jet set macho man, owner of a famous Viennese confectioners' and plastics industrialist. In 1977, the ship 'Lucona' sank in the Pacific Ocean after an explosion and 6 people died. Udo Proksch, the owner of the cargo, claimed 20 million US dollars from his insurance for the ship allegedly had loaded expensive uranium tilling machines. Investigations started and fraud was suspected. The investigations were continuously impeded by powerful Austrian politicians who were all friends of Proksch. Well... bloody good material for a musical. Even better: bloody good material for a nerd musical. So, we have decided to give it a try... we teamed up with Rabenhof Theater and lots of great musicians, actors and actresses, and on September 15, 2004 "Udo 77" premiered. Rabenhof Theater has decided to re-run our work... and we're quite proud of that. So, if you would like to see our adaptation of Proksch's life... you're very welcome to come to Rabenhof Theater. Re-Run Premiere: May 18, 8 PM. All dates: May 20/21/24/25/26/27/28/31 and June 1/2/3/4/7/8/9/10/11; 8 PM.
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]