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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.

"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

Reactor Leak: You can buy it.

Models!A great deal of work goes into the prevention of a serious core event. If such an event were to occur, three different physical processes are expected to increase the time between the start of the accident and the time when a large release of radioactivity could occur:– The time required for the water to … Read more

LMAO: You can buy it.

Self-explanatory (cf. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution). Hi-resolution prints available on Redbubble. Created by Johannes Grenzfurthner (of monochrom) Link to products (posters, mugs, shirts, pillows, all you can wish for!)

Celluloid Dreams features Traceroute

Mark Schwab (filmmaker, co-founder and artistic director of Diamond in the Rough Film Festival) on the wonderful Traceroute, which is receiving its West Coast premiere this weekend at the Bluelight Cinemas in Cupertino. CHECK OUT BOTH IT (a celebration of the unchartered depths of nerd culture!) AND THE FESTIVAL this Saturday and Sunday, September 24 … Read more

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