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.
Robert Darnton has spent many years nudging us toward an understanding of this reality. Most recently he’s instructed us that 18th-century French publishing had a well-known category, libelles, which covered many books that delighted newly literate readers by undermining the authority of the monarchy and the Church. Libelles helped create the demand for liberty. They … Read more
== monochrom #26-34: Ye Olde Self-Referentiality == == Release reading/party at Department für Volksvergnügen == == July 3, 2010, 8 PM == The phatzine monochrom #26-34 (Goat of 1k Young) is an impossibility in an impossible universe — an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science and political activism. 500 pages (67 … Read more
== monochrom #26-34: Ye Olde Self-Referentiality == == Release performance as part of REcon Party (@ Petit Cafe Campus, 57 Prince Arthur City, Montréal) == == With Special Guest Readers: Chris (Zeke) Hand, Molly Steenson, Cindy Poremba, Amanda Williams == July 10, 2010, 8:30 PM == The phatzine monochrom #26-34 (Goat of 1k Young) is … Read more
Yes, folks, there will be several monochrom presentations at 2600’s “The Next HOPE” Conference (July 16-18, 2010) im New York City. What will be offer? Arse Elektronika: Sex, Tech, and the Future of Screw-It-Yourself We may not forget that mankind is a sexual and tool-using species. From the depiction of a vulva in a cave … Read more
What are the fundamental forces that drive human behavior? A group of evolutionary thinkers offer an answer by revising one of psychology’s most familiar images. Abraham Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs is one of the iconic images of psychology. The simple diagram, first introduced in the 1940s, spells out the underlying motivations that drive our day-to-day … Read more
“My ideas evolved from long hours in local bars, talking, talking, talking, always about morality. People were always asking ‘Who do you think you are, Socrates?’ They said it with contempt, but I would smile and say, ‘Thank you.’” – Tim Cooney The television show Sesame Street recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. To commemorate the … Read more