monochrom’s Johannes Grenzfurthner with Amanda Palmer at Blue Bird Festival 2013
Don’t give Johannes Grenzfurthner​ a mic.He will talk about masturbating and crowd dynamics. (Panel discussion with Amanda Palmer at Blue Bird Festival 2013.) Link
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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.
Occupy East India Trading Company (monochrom @ TEDxVienna)
For a century, the EAST INDIA COMPANY conquered, subjugated and plundered vast tracts of south Asia. The lessons of its brutal reign have never been more relevant. THE HISTORY! THE HORROR! The East India Company was an anomaly without a parallel in the history of the world. Most people have never even heard of it … Read more
Traceroute: Movie completed and submitted to first batch of film festivals
monochrom and Andreas Reisenbauer Film & Multimediaproduktion present Traceroute. A Personal Journey Into The Uncharted Depths Of Nerd Culture, A Realm Full Of Dangers, Creatures And More Or Less Precarious Working Conditions… A film by Johannes Grenzfurthner Artist and life-long nerd Johannes Grenzfurthner is taking us on a personal road trip from the West Coast … Read more
Arse Elektronika 2015: TICKETS!
And here we go… get your tickets! Link
Bonni Rambatan hosts a conversation with monochrom’s Johannes Grenzfurthner
Join Bonni Rambatan as he hosts a conversation with artist Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom on creating subversive artworks in a time where everyone already expects you to be subversive. Link
monochrom’s Johannes Grenzfurthner part of “Behind the Minds of Great Storytellers: A Conversation in Audio and Comics”
Bonni Rambatan, the creator of “Behind the Minds of Great Storytellers” writes: I have always loved talking to people who create stories — those who study human interaction so deeply as to develop a strong sense of empathy for the weak. These are artists, writers, journalists, game designers, but also researchers publishing their findings, or … Read more
Arse Elektronika 2015: SHOOT YOUR WORKLOAD / Sex, work and tech / Call for submissions
Arse Elektronika San Francisco 2015 SHOOT YOUR WORKLOAD SEX, WORK AND TECH. October 2-4, 2015 in San Francisco, USA. * How can we change work structures in the sex tech field. Is DIY really so revolutionary, or are we just tinkering around with our misery? * Work and labor struggle and exploitation in sex tech. What … Read more
Real oldschool: monochrom in ANSI
History! We found an old monochrom ANSI logo in the depths of Rainer Fuegenstein’s archives. It was our first monochrom message board and info site on the Stock City BBS — pre-WWW!
Arse Elektronika 2015: Dates!
Finally we have dates! October 2-4, 2015 at the the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco! Cheers! Link
Pittsburgh CityPaper recommends Gstettensaga
PGH CityPaper has our film “Die Gstettensaga” as one of their recommendations of the week! Underground accolades accompany Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl, a 2014 indie horror flick from Austria getting its local premiere. The darkly comic film is set in the aftermath of apocalyptic warfare between superpowers China and … Google, as a … Read more