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.
w00t, perverts! Hard to believe, but Arse Elektronika is in its 7th year! The annual festival about sex and technology will start Thursday in San Francisco – with talks, machines, games, workshops and performances! Link
The seventh annual Arse Elektronika, a conference on sex and technology, takes place October 3 through 6 in San Francisco. This year’s conference will focus on issues of identity through talks, videos, and performances. The conference will open with a book release party for Screw The System, the fourth Arse Elektronika anthology. Arse Elektronika is … Read more
The new Arse Elektronika anthology will be available soon! Humans are a sexual as well as tool-using species. The remarkable diversity of human behavior shapes and is shaped by sex and technology. But most discussions about this tend to make certain assumptions about the culture, class and race of the participants. Technologically-represented sex and porn … Read more
monochrom’s “Wellness As Usual” at Betalevel is just two days away. You are in Los Angeles? You want to do it? Reserve a slot. But be warned… This Ultra Relaxation Experience will actually be in ACTUAL DARKNESS. If you are uncomfortable with light deprivation or the darkness in your own soul, you should prepare yourself … Read more
Less than a month till Arse Elektronika 2013! Tickets! Get them! NAOW! Link (Eventbrite)
Fellow nerdverts! We were finally able to publish this year’s schedule and all the information about talks, performances and workshops! Hooray! We can’t wait to see all of it happen! Link
monochrom – the special interest group for art, theory and context-crafting – is determined to confront you with a multi-layered uber-reception of individual bliss. Dozens upon dozens of New Age/Relaxation/Esoterica CDs will be played simultaneously, in absolute darkness, and therefore create a cacophonic mist of well-being – an uneasy slur of chilloutlandishness. Whale songs and … Read more
It is time again for Play:Vienna! monochrom is proud to co-produce Vienna’s street games festival. August 30-Sept 1 in Vienna at Museumsquartier. Drop by! All infos can be found here: http://2013.playvienna.com/
Laughing Squid likes our new book and recommends it. Excellent! Austrian art and technology group monochrom discusses their unique brand of disruptive art-making in their new book, Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market. The book is edited by Günther Friesinger, Johannes Grenzfurthner and Frank … Read more
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