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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.
To Serve Man (Drinks): Roboexotica 2010 opening night summary on Boing Boing
Sean Bonner writes: Last night was the opening event of Roböxotica Festival in Vienna, Austria. Roböxotica is a celebration of the underappreciated art of cocktail robotics. Held annually for the last 12 years, the festival includes an exhibition of robots, gadgets, gizmos, installations and heavy machinery built with to get people drunk. There are also … Read more
New monochrom artist-in-resisdence: Phil Stearns, the Glitchfucker
Phillip Stearns (AKA Pixel Form) is a practitioner of sonic and visual arts; music composer and performer; electronics sculptor and installation artist. He views technology as a site for exploring the global society-environment system and how changes in the relationship between society and environment manifest in our technology. Through the medium of networked systems, his … Read more
It’s time for Roboexotica 2010!
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
monochrom’s Johannes Grenzfurthner @ TEDxVienna
Topics vary from local issues to global adventures, each one centered on the conference’s theme – xross – over. Speakers at TEDxVienna 2010 will be asked to deliver their Idea Worth Spreading in somewhere between 3 and 18 minutes. Set out below are the people that have confirmed their attendance at our event on the … Read more