monochrom’s "Lidl-Girl": New video!
One of the German hit-songs from our Semi-Best-Of album “Carefully Selected Moments” — it can be found in various online stores (e.g. iTunes). And now on YouTube with a new neo-minimalistic video. 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.
monochrom’s Sapperlott: Ein Freund ging nach Amerika / Landwirt Stephen Hawking Mix
In 1997/98, monochrom started the music formation “Sapperlott”. We didn’t release a lot, except one hip-hop and one hardcoretechnoish cover version of the Austrian 1970s-bizarro-song “Ein Freund ging nach Amerika” by Musyl und Joseppa. Here is the techno version, the “Landwirt Stephen Hawking Mix”. Enjoy… or try to. Link (MP3)
monochrom’s new Facebook page
We are migrating our Facebook activities from our monochrom group to our monochrom page. We even have a great new mechanism for it. Franky is working on it: In the meantime, just go here and press “Like”.
They used to be better! 20 years of monochrom!
Austria’s international art-theory-DIY collective monochrom celebrates 20 years of existence in 2013. The group’s approach — political, philosophical, sociological, artistic, and economic — is thoroughly transdisciplinary, and the energetic intensity of their output could only be achieved by a collective. monochrom’s work has resulted in an extremely nuanced and complex oeuvre. The group took part … Read more
Reds Remade: Sierra Zulu in Wired UK
Fearless comradettes! Class-war-fighting comrades! Get your January 2013 issue of Wired UK! Turn to page 84! Be astounded! NOW! Link
Poster for monochrom’s 20 years exhibition: “Die waren früher auch mal besser”
Brand new poster design for our 20 years of monochrom exhibition (January-April 2013 at MUSA in Vienna): “Die waren früher auch mal besser” (“They used to be better”) Link
New book from edition monochrom: "TECHNOSENSUAL — Where Fashion Meets Technology"
“TECHNOSENSUAL. where fashion meets technology” presents electronic couture created by international haute-tech designers and engineers and celebrates the variety and growing significance of electronic couture within the field of fashion and technology. As the selected projects showcase their beauty, entertain the audience with flirtation and stories, enhance the body with a new layer of interactivity, … Read more
Roboexotica 2012 on the Make Blog
John Baichtal recommends Roboexotica on the Make Blog. Until what seems almost recently, no attempts had been made to publicly discuss the role of Cocktail Robotics as an index for the integration of technological innovations into the human Lebenswelt, or to document the increasing occurrence of radical hedonism in man-machine communication. Roboexotica is an attempt … Read more
Roboexotica 2012 featured in Laughing Squid
The 2012 Roboexotica, a festival for cocktail robots, takes place December 6 to 9, 2012 at the Ragnarhof art space in Vienna. Roboexotica is presented by Monochrom, SHIFZ, & Bureau of Philosophy. Last year, Laughing Squid guest blogger Josh Ellingson was on hand to snap some photos of Roboexotica 2011. Link
It’s time for Roboexotica 2012
Roboexotica is the annual festival where scientists, researchers, computer experts and artists from all over the world build cocktail robots and discuss technological innovation, futurology and science fiction.Until recently, no attempts had been made to publicly discuss the role of cocktail robotics as an index for the integration of technological innovations into the human Lebenswelt, … Read more