monochrom interview // CounterCulture Hour; Sat, Aug 13, 2005, 6:30pm, Cable Channel 29; San Francisco: V. Vale announces: >The 10th episode will feature Johannes of monochrom, all the way from Vienna, Austria. Karen Marcelo, SRL's webmeister, introduced monochrom to us last month, and we immediately liked what they are about ... in July they were in San Francisco for a couple weeks doing various projects based at one of the most radical art spaces in town, William Linn's Rx Gallery, 132 Eddy St/Mason, SF 94102. Among other projects, they hosted an interactive performance whereby members of the audience could experience the feeling of being "buried" alive (in a coffin) monitored by a videocam. They also did a street performance with a group-made medieval catapult, which hurled old-model cell phones some fifty feet into the air... interesting to see as no permits were obtained, and this took place downtown on a San Francisco street.
Since 1993 monochrom has focused on producing radical art centered on art, politics and technology. The group staged a very funny "prank" at the Sao Paulo Biennale (a huge international art fair) in 2000, which will be recounted on The Counter Culture Hour. (RE/Search's next book will be on the topic of PRANKS, and monochrom will of course be included.) This particular interview covers a lot of topics in 60 minutes, and is very "dense"... both informative and humorous in the RE/Search manner. We highly recommend "tuning in" to see this program, hosted by V. Vale and produced by Marian & Marian (Marian Wallace and Marian Wilde).<
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Saturday, August 13, 2005
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