“Hackeando los espacios”: Spanish translation of “Hacking the spaces” is out

Nice! Johannes Grenzfurthner y Frank Apunkt Schneide son miembros de monochrom, un grupo de arte, tecnología y filosofía con base en Viena y en Zeta Draconis. El artículo original puede encontrarse en http://www.monochrom.at/hacking-the-spaces. Fue traducido por Barbanegra en hackerspaces.org, de donde derivó esta versión traducida por Mauricio Pasquier Juan (mauricio@pasquierjuan.com.ar). Una proclama crítica, de lo … Read more

It’s time for Roboexotica 2014

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 presents Jack Sargeant: William S. Burroughs in the World Beyond Literature

Lecture and film screening at Raum D / quartier21. Lecture: Saturday, November 29, 7pm Screening: Sunday, November 30, 7pm Jack Sargeant will talk about William Burroughs in the World Beyond Literature & screen Andre Perkowski’s Nova Express. Based on William S. Burroughs’ quasi-science fiction cut-up novel of the same name, the film is a remarkable … Read more

Neutral.it reviews “Die Gstettensaga”

Excellent review of our movie “Die Gstettensaga” in Neural.it The latest film by Johannes Grenzfurthner is set in a post-atomic future born from the ashes of the Google-war, a destructive global war of the twenty-first century between the two last superpowers: China and Google. “Social developments confront us with new tasks. Now we are dealing … Read more

“Dogs Playing D&D”: Media feedback!

Our painting “Dogs Playing D&D” got featured on many a blog! Wohoo! Boing Boing, Laughing Squid, io9, Geek Dad, Tor, CNET, Topless Robot, Dogster, etc. “Hey, Dog’s Playing Poker, you’re great and all, but Dogs Playing Dungeons and Dragons is the best dog painting in the history of all dog paintings. The end.” (Meredith Woerner, … Read more

Whitney Deatherage: New monochrom artist in residence @ Museumsquartier Vienna

Our new artist in residence arrived! Whitney Deatherage! Whitney is an artist, curator, fundraiser, and event organizer based in San Francisco. Her main interests are urban gaming, community building, civic infrastructure, performance art, and robotics. Whitney has a degree in Public Art and Museum Studies from California State University at Monterey Bay. She designed a … Read more

“Dogs Playing D&D”: monochrom’s Johannes Grenzfurthner and Heather Kelley team up for tabletop canineness

Poker? Meh! Billards? Bah! Tabletop RPG? YESSS! It’s about time the notorious gaming dogs got something relevant to play. Watch closely as they roll dice, check stats, and of course, eat snacks! Did we mention they love Vallejo? Hi-resolution reproduction of original oil painting. Created by Johannes Grenzfurthner (monochrom) with Heather Kelley Johannes Grenzfurthner: http://www.grenzfurthner.com … Read more

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