Hedonistika pulls together artists, researchers, chefs and scholars to create new works and experiences that unpack and think through some of the questions around the inseparability of food and technology, and the dominant structures of society, economy, and culture that it engenders. By setting up collaborative teams of artists and scholars with expertise in food … Read more
If you get a chance to see Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl, from the good folks at Monochrom in Austria, you should do so. The film is a mad post-collapse satire of information culture and tech fetishism, in a weird sort of melding of Stalker, Network, and The Bed-Sitting Room. The film is a … Read more
If you get a chance to see Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl, from the good folks at Monochrom in Austria, you should do so. The film is a mad post-collapse satire of information culture and tech fetishism, in a weird sort of melding of Stalker, Network, and The Bed-Sitting Room. The film is a … Read more
Besprechung der Gstettensaga in Iron Feather Journal Nummer 19. (2014) The new film “Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl”, directed and produced by Johannes Grenzfurthner in Austria, is an apocalyptic Don Quixote like adventure of two misfits exploring our cyberpunk phuture after the devastating google.com atomic war. Doctor Who, Mad Max and rock opera comedy … Read more
Review of Gstettensaga in Iron Feather Journal No. 19. (2014) The new film “Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl”, directed and produced by Johannes Grenzfurthner in Austria, is an apocalyptic Don Quixote like adventure of two misfits exploring our cyberpunk phuture after the devastating google.com atomic war. Doctor Who, Mad Max and rock opera comedy … Read more
A talk performance by Johannes Grenzfurthner / monochrom. 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 porn game, technology and sexuality have always been closely linked. New technologies are quick to appeal to pornography consumers, and thus … Read more
monochrom was interviewed about the “Six Feet Under Club” and is now part of this wonderful theatre performance: Anyone familiar with our work knows that we’re are a bit obsessed with sex and death. This one-night event will explore what happens when those fixations collide. Drawing inspiration from their past investigations into the porn industry, … Read more
monochrom wurde über den “Six Feet Under Club” interviewt und ist nun Teil dieser wunderbaren Theaterproduktion: >>Anyone familiar with our work knows that we’re are a bit obsessed with sex and death. This one-night event will explore what happens when those fixations collide. Drawing inspiration from their past investigations into the porn industry, sexual deviancy, … Read more
1993. Johannes Grenzfurthner, 18 Jahre alt, interviewt HR Giger in seinem Heim in Zürich für eine Ausgabe von monochrom. Schönes Detail: Weil HR Giger nicht besonders froh war wie im Zuge von “Alien^3” mit ihm umgegangen wurde, klebte er einen Plastikschwanz mit Superkleber an seinen Oscar… davon gibts leider kein Foto. RIP, Hansruedi. Link