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” has been selected to screen at the NYC Independent Film Festival 2016 — the World Premiere. You can now buy tickets for the event. And we assume they will sell at soonish. April 28, 2016 at 7 PM at the Producers’ Club in Manhattan. Ticket link
“Traceroute” has been selected to screen at DOK.fest Munich (International Documentary Film Festival Munich) 2016. The festival will be held in Munich, Germany in May 2016. Link
Mark Schwab over at Diamond In The Rough Films reviewed Traceroute. He liked it and gave us 3.5/4 stars! I had blocked out my inner-nerd and all it took was an Austrian to melt down the hard water stains on my psyche and embrace it again. The Austrian is one Johannes Grenzfurthner (going to Ctrl+C that last … Read more
“Traceroute” has been selected to screen at the European Media Art Festival 2016. The festival will be held in Osnabrück, Germany in April 2016. Link
JT at indyred.com reviewed Traceroute and gave us 4.5/5 stars! This is a documentary after all, complete with all the camera, sound work and editing styles you’ve come to expect from the genre. Reality based entertainment.. but at its finest. I can write that I loved its use of old-school styled fonts and graphical elements. They … Read more
Excellent artist and essayist Patrick Lichty took some time to write about Traceroute, and (damn!) it’s almost a love letter! Magical. (…) After watching Traceroute, I was left with a real exhilaration and a deeply reflective feeling at once. (…) What Traceroute reveals is the tradition of alterity just beneath the surface of Western culture, … Read more
WINNER! Traceroute won the Award of Merit for Documentary Feature at Accolade Global Film Competition. Yessss! Link
Carl Burgess over at Screencritix really enjoyed Traceroute. Yeah! To start the film, Johannes takes the audience on a trip through his childhood and it was quite scary to watch – scary in it being almost a complete reflection of my own childhood. Like Johannes, I was obsessed with science fiction, monsters, movies and creating … Read more
Johannes Grenzfurthner will talk about Context Hacking and monochrom at Denver University (C-Cubed Studios, 2nd floor of Shwayder Art Building), 7 pm, March 2nd, 2016.