KillScreen Magazine: "Stories about orcs and rape: the man behind Arse Elektronika"

KillScreen magazine berichtet erneut über die Arse Elektronika 2012! A chat with Johannes Grenzfurthner, the brainiest pervert of them all. Arse Elektronika’s 2012 incarnation was, to my mind, the world’s first sex-positive, sex-focused gaming conference. It was hosted by Johannes Grenzfurthner, of the philosophy/art/tech consortium Monochrom. The genial host is part MC, part mad professor, … Read more

Let’s Play With The World: Games, Art, Activism and other subversions @ IndieCade 2012

Gehosted von Johannes Grenzfurthner/monochrom. This panel invites five game designers who are also artists to discuss the boundary between art, games and activism. It is a standard reflex for people to think they are helpless in the face of mighty governments and corporate power. But in a media-based society, everything is controlled by a “cultural … Read more

monochroms Johannes Grenzfurthner @ Duncan/Channon Toast of the Tip

monochroms Johannes Grenzfurthner zu Gaste bei Duncan/Channon Toast of the Tip! He’s an artist, writer, curator, director, professor, all-around instigator, and founder of Monochrom, the notorious Viennese art/technology/philosophy powerhouse. His projects have been featured in The New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, CNN, Slashdot, Boing Boing, LA Times, NPR, Gizmodo, Wired. He (or his … Read more

Wiener Zombie Brut 2012: Lasst die Welt in Blut ersaufen!

In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Slash Film Festival Wien. Treffpunkt für den Make-Up-Workshop: 21. September 2011, 16:30 Uhr @ monochrom headquarters, Quartier 21, Museumsquartier. Start des Mobs: 21. September 2012, 18 Uhr @ monochrom headquarters, Quartier 21, Museumsquartier. Route: Museumsquartier – Mariahilfer Straße – Neubaugasse – Gumpendorfer Straße – Hofmühlgasse – Pilgramgasse – Margaretenplatz – Filmcasino. … Read more

monochroms "Title Sequence" @ MULTImART Vienna

monochroms “Title Sequence” ist ein gerahmter Print einer Raubfotografie in Passepartout, 33×33 cm. Gestaltet für MULTImART. Es steht schlecht um die Aura der Kunst im Zeitalter digitaler Reproduzierbarkeit! Image Sharing! Kontextkollaps! Beliebigkeit! Bedeutungsverlust! monochrom, die immer schon einen Hang zu totgesagten Medien hatten, rücken die Kontextualisierung von Kunstwerken wieder in den Mittelpunkt und garantieren eine … Read more

Hack The Jellyfish: Or How To Mess With Reality (monochrom @ Steirischer Herbst)

Eine spätnächtliche Extravaganz, offeriert von monochrom. Mit Minerva Cuevas, Dmytri Kleiner (Telekommunisten), Jens Ohlig (CCC), Nick Farr (HOPE, HackDC) und anderen DelinquentInnen! Normality and reality are created within the structure of society. In a media-based society (and of course there is no such thing as a non-media-based society consisting of more than one person) it … Read more

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