monochrom in Vermont: Context Hacking @ Johnson State College

Vortrag von Johannes Grenzfurthner (monochrom). The term “context hacking”—like its older mimetic sibling “communication guerilla”—refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is a specific style of political action drawing from a watchful view of the paradoxes and absurdities of power, turning these into the starting point … Read more

monochrom in Vermont: Context Hacking @ Johnson State College

A talk by Johannes Grenzfurthner, monochrom. The term “context hacking”—like its older mimetic sibling “communication guerilla”—refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is a specific style of political action drawing from a watchful view of the paradoxes and absurdities of power, turning these into the starting … Read more

Soviet Unterzoegersdorf: Adventure Gaming, Politics and Future of the Past @ Babycastles, Showpaper 42nd St Gallery

Ein Vortrag von Johannes Grenzfurthner, monochrom. monochrom’s project “Soviet Unterzoegersdorf” started ten years ago as the implementation of a “false reminiscence” into the European cultural memory — a fictitious, tiny country, first presented as a prankish theatrical LARP performance and public intervention, then turned into a adventure game series. According to postmodern debates, “history” and … Read more

Soviet Unterzoegersdorf: Adventure Gaming, Politics and Future of the Past @ Babycastles, Showpaper 42nd St Gallery

A talk by Johannes Grenzfurthner, monochrom. monochrom’s project “Soviet Unterzoegersdorf” started ten years ago as the implementation of a “false reminiscence” into the European cultural memory — a fictitious, tiny country, first presented as a prankish theatrical LARP performance and public intervention, then turned into a adventure game series. According to postmodern debates, “history” and … Read more

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