Check it out! The idea began over beers. Johannes Grenzfurthner (of monochrom) and friends wondered if the notion that porn drives technology really was true or urban myth. So, they decided, why not organize a public event and find out? Arse Elektronika, a conference about technology and sex, came screaming into the world. “It was … Read more

We at monochrom are launching a community site for the evergrowing armada of hackbusses. We need a root movement of doing strange things with hardware which was not intended (aka “hacking”) because only when we use things in ways other than they were planned can something new arise. Hackbusses (or mobile hacklabs or hack vehicles) … Read more

monochrom-Präsentationen auf der “The Next HOPE” Konferenz (16. bis 18. Juli 2010) in New York City. Aber hallo! Arse Elektronika: Sex, Tech, and the Future of Screw-It-Yourself We may not forget that mankind is a sexual and tool-using species. From the depiction of a vulva in a cave painting to the newest Internet porno, technology … Read more