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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.
Boing Boing: Johannes Grenzfurthner’s TEDxVienna talk on monochrom and context hacking
Johannes from Vienna arts/pranks/tech collective monochrom gave this fun TEDxVienna talk on “context hacking” — making pranks out of pranks, subverting subversion, transcending mere grossouts, and being melancholic postmodern leftists. Link (Boing Boing)
Video: Roboexotica 2010
Really nice video about Roboexotica 2010. Link (Video)
Arse Elektronika 2011 / Call for Submissions: ‘SCREW THE SYSTEM: Sex, technology, class, and culture’
Arse Elektronika 2011 (San Francisco) SCREW THE SYSTEM: Sex, technology, class, and culture Call for papers, performances and machines. Deadline: 28 February 2011 The remarkable diversity of human behavior across cultures and classes also extends to sex and technology. Most discussions in this area tend to make certain assumptions about the culture, class, and race … Read more
Reminder! DISMALWARE in Berlin! A deep scan by monochrom and Telekommunisten!
monochrom and Telekommunisten initiate a scanning routine, looking beyond the hype of digital progress and focusing directly at the critical problems surrounding the increasingly pervasive use of technology. Beyond the gloss of the latest iJunk, is a world of poisoned children, lethal mines, toxic sweatshops and the construction of the most sophisticated surveillance apparatus any … Read more