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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.
monochrom: “Wikileaks: The Ballet” (feat. Unicorns) @ The Next HOPE Conference
monochrom’s Johannes Grenzfurthner, live at The Next HOPE‘s closing ceremony. It’s all about drama… Link
The Gesundheit Radio
From the design duo Chambers Judd: Developed as a protection against dust which was particularly threatening to early microprocessors, the Gesundheit Radio sneezes every six months to expel potentially damaging material from it‘s interior. A bellows system extracts the dust from inside the unit, blowing waste from two nostrils located on the front. The Gesundheit … Read more
Laughing Squid features hackbus.info (Community Wiki For Mobile Hack Vehicles)
Yesterday at The Next Hope in NYC, Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom announced Hackbus, a community wiki for mobile hack vehicles around the world. Here’s more on the Hackbus concept. Hackbusses (or mobile hacklabs or hack vehicles) are a low-threshold way of bringing the culture of hacking to the people. They are migratory learning and teaching … Read more