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.
Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market monochrom at denhac / Hackerspace Denver The term “context hacking” — like its older mimetic sibling “communication guerrilla” — refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is a specific … Read more
Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market monochrom at Durango Discovery Museum, Durango CO The term “context hacking” — like its older mimetic sibling “communication guerrilla” — refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is a … Read more
Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market monochrom at Las Palmas Mariachi Restaurant, Las Vegas The term “context hacking” — like its older mimetic sibling “communication guerrilla” — refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is … Read more
Our Coke bottle (“Lord Jim Lodge powered by monochrom”) made it onto the front cover of the new publication “It’s A Kind Of Magic”! It’s A Kind Of Magic Mystification and Demystification in the context of artists’ publications since 1960 The mystification of art is omnipresent, and carried out by every link in the art-system … Read more
Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom gave a keynote at Paraflows 2012. Well, it’s more a keyrant. Whatever. Link (Vimeo)
Johannes Grenzfurthner talks about Arse Elektronika at “Performing Porn (after the computer became boring)”. The event is concerned with the intersections of performance art and pornography, in the context of changing experiences of everyday technologies. The event will consist of performances, video artwork, artefacts, and talks. Performance art and pornography have been interrelated in a … Read more
On Friday — June 28, 2013, 7 PM — festival organizer Johannes Grenzfurthner will give a talk about Arse Elektronika at Vienna’s Schwelle7. Join us for an interesting evening of discourse — and hands on! Address: Rotenlöwengasse 12, 1090 Vienna. Please bring indoor shoes, no outdoor shoes allowed! (The guy in the picture is not … Read more