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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 ISS: Call for actors
In early 2011, monochrom will make one of humanity’s old dreams come true: an improv reality sitcom for theater stages portraying the first year of operation of the ISS (International Space Station). The show will depict day-to-day working life in outer space. What is it like to live and work under the special conditions (and … Read more
A woman’s greatest handicap is her upbringing: Interview with Beatrix Patzak (Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum, Vienna)
For the series on “Women leaders in art and science” wieninternational.at spoke this week with Beatrix Patzak, director of the Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum in Vienna. The woman who reigns over about 50,000 anatomical and pathological specimens reported from her workplace in the so-called Narrenturm (Madhouse Tower) about her first activities at the museum, her everyday … Read more