monochrom moderiert Elevate 2013 Festival-Er

Die Eröffnungsshow bietet einen Überblick über die Themen und Inhalte des diesjährigen Festivals. Die Fragestellung „Elevate Open Everything?“ wird mit zahlreichen diskursiven und künstlerischen Beiträgen beleuchtet. Der bekannte Internetaktivist und Computersicherheits-Experte Jacob Appelbaum, einer der wenigen Hacker, die Intelligenz, gesellschaftspolitisches Engagement und umfangreiches Detailwissen in sich vereinen, hält die Eröffnungsrede. Tom Scott, ein junger Comedian … Read more

Mission Local: “What is Arse Elektronika?”

Chris Schodt von “Mission Local” hat einen sehr netten Beitrag über die Arse Elektronika (2013) und monochrom geschrieben. Welcome to the world of Grenzfurthner, the founder of Monochrom, a leftist techno-art collective, who managed to turn such musings on sex and technology into a small conference in the basement of kink.com.  That was 2007 and … Read more

monochrom: Was ist Context Hacking? Unser Essay ist online!

Unser Essay über “Context Hacking” ist nun online zu finden. (Aber auch im monochrom’schen Theoriesammelband gleichen Titels.) Since the advent of modernism, artists have repeatedly attempted to counteract the conflation of work and subject, because they have seen themselves forced into an undesired role: that of a freedom and independence whose flip side is isolation … Read more

AVN: “7th Annual Arse Elektronika to Tackle ‘Id/entity'”

The 7th annual Arse Elektronika sex-tech conference, taking place Thursday through Sunday at various locations in San Francisco, explores the theme of “id/entity” through an array of seminars, performances and other presentations. Presented by monocrom, the confrerence gets underway with a book launch party Thursday evening at Chez Poulet for new Arse Elektronika anthology Screw … Read more

xfanz.com: “Sex, Tech Conference Arse Elektronika Kicks Off in S.F.”

xfanz.com schreibt: Kicking off tomorrow, the 7th annual edition of the Arse Elektronika conference will tackle the “big-ass sweeping themes” of sex, technology and identity to answer life’s most pressing questions … like “What does sexual desire mean to a dolphin?” Ok, and slightly more relevant queries: “Will apps like Bang With Friends and gadgets … Read more

Laughing Squid empfiehlt Arse Elektronika 2013

The seventh annual Arse Elektronika, a conference on sex and technology, takes place October 3 through 6 in San Francisco. This year’s conference will focus on issues of identity through talks, videos, and performances. The conference will open with a book release party for Screw The System, the fourth Arse Elektronika anthology. Arse Elektronika is … Read more

Neuer Arse Elektronika Sammelband: “Screw The System — Explorations of Spaces, Games and Politics through Sexuality and Technology”

Der neue Arse Elektronika Sammelband wird demnächst den Markt erschüttern! Humans are a sexual as well as tool-using species. The remarkable diversity of human behavior shapes and is shaped by sex and technology. But most discussions about this tend to make certain assumptions about the culture, class and race of the participants. Technologically-represented sex and … Read more

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