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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.
“Traceroute”: Leuphana University 2017 Official Selection
“Traceroute” has been selected to screen at Leuphana University in Lueneburg, Germany (January 11), in cooperation with Scala Programmkino. Link
“Traceroute”: International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema London 2016 Official Selection
“Traceroute” has been selected to screen at International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema London, London, UK (February 18-26). Link
Fucking Machines: Arse Elektronika in ‘The Gap’
An article in ‘The Gap’ deals with sex tech and Arse Elektronika. It’s based on an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner (German only). Das österreichische Kollektiv Monochrom beschäftigt sich seit Jahren mit dem Zusammenspiel zwischen der Sexindustrie und der Tech-Welt. Bereits 2007 veranstalteten sie im Startup-Mekka San Francisco die erste Arse Elektronika, eine Konferenz für Sex … Read more
“Traceroute”: 33c3 2016 Official Selection
“Traceroute” has been selected to screen at 33c3 (Chaos Communication Congress), Hamburg, Germany (December 29). Link
Traceroute is in the semi-finals of GZDOC
And such a nice certificate. Link
“Traceroute”: HEK Basel 2016 Official Selection
“Traceroute” has been selected to screen at HEK, Basel, Switzerland (November 29). Link
"Privacy is a bourgeois fantasy": Order it!
We need a radical rethinking of how we discuss privacy. As our lives are exposed on Google, Facebook and Twitter, the dissolution of privacy shatters personal and social securities. This loss of control can be embraced and molded into productive, emancipating “post-private technologies of the self” (Ganz), making all of us happier. Post-privacy as a … Read more