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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.
Arse Elektronika 2010: SPACE RACY / Schedule online
Arse Elektronika 2010: SPACE RACY Conference, machines, workshops and performances September 30 thru October 3, 2010 San Francisco, USA Love hotels. Swinger club design. Phallic architecture. The gentrification of Times Square, kicking out all the peep shows, and similar anti-sex gentrifications and battles. Kids making out in the back seats of cars, and people fucking … Read more
Understanding America’s Class System: Honk If You Love Caviar!
How about them political elites, huh? Five million bucks for Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, 15K just to rent the air-conditioned shitters — huge chrome and glass babies with hot water and everything. No gas masks and waxy little squares of toilet paper for those guys. Yes, it looks big time from the cheap seats. But the … Read more
Buddhism, Brain Death, and Organ Transplantation
By Damien Keown. This article raises concerns about the degree to which potential donors are aware that their layman’s understanding of death may not be the same as that enshrined in protocols employing the cri-terion of brain death. There would seem to be a need for greater public education of a kind which acknowledges the … Read more
Beyond City Limits: Is the age of nations over and has the new urban age begun?
The 21st century will not be dominated by America or China, Brazil or India, but by the city. In an age that appears increasingly unmanageable, cities rather than states are becoming the islands of governance on which the future world order will be built. This new world is not — and will not be — … Read more
Cell Phones For Deaf People?
Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a system that helps deaf and hearing-challenged users communicate using video chat efficiently and at low cost over 3G networks. With video chat, they can use American Sign Language, just as they do in face-to-face conversations. Link
monochrom wants you to go down: SIX FEET UNDER CLUB
Going Down? 6fuc in San Francisco, USA @ Arse Elektronika 2010 October 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? … Read more