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Issue #4 (2014) of German magazine “Business Punk” features statements by Arse Elektronika curator Johannes Grenzfurthner. (Click to enlarge)

The H.O.P.E. conference offers 2600 a chance to bring the global hacker community together. Steve Rambam, a security specialist who was arrested by the F.B.I. before his talk at the 2006 conference, told me that he comes back because he feels like he is speaking to the vanguard of computer culture. “These kids are trendsetters,” … Read more

The MediaAC master program answers the needs of the evolving fields related to the future and heritage of Media Arts Cultures. Our global digital world is filled with new media culture that encompasses the big questions of today such as the processes of globalisation, utopias of neuroscience, political repression, big data, and the growing world-wide … Read more

The NYC Independent Film Festival (October 15 – 19, 2014) is happy to have an Austrian film showing in the festival this year: Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl Directed by: Johannes Grenzfurthner Written by: Johannes Grenzfurthner, Roland Gratzer Cast: David Dempsey, Eva-Christina Binder, Evelyn Fürlinger, Harald Homolka-List, Jeff Ricketts, Joe Baumgartner, Lukas Tagwerker, Martin … Read more

Wonderful review of “Die Gstettensaga” by Ishan Raval published in the autumn 2014 issue of 2600 Magazine! Click to enlarge Link (2600 Magazine)

“Die Gstettensaga” won Best Hacker Feature 2014 at PhutureCon Festival. PhutureCon Festival will take place October 11 in Denver, Colorado. Johannes Grenzfurthner will be present to talk about monochrom and “Die Gstettensaga”. Link

Mattie Brice wrote a great piece about Arse Elektronika 2014. This past weekend, I went to the annual sex and tech conference in San Francisco, Arse Elektronika. This was actually the first conference I spoke at back in 2012 when it was specifically about play and games, and I got to come again this year … Read more

Cory Doctorow featured Arse Elektronika 2014! The theme this year is “trans*.*” and the event features “Talks, machines, games, workshops and performances;” runs from Oct 2-5 at San Francisco’s Chez Poulet (3359 Cesar Chavez St). Trans is a Latin noun or prefix, meaning “across”, “beyond” or “on the opposite side”. What does that mean for … Read more

Johannes Grenzfurthner, an Austrian filmmaker and artist, came to Tel Aviv’s Utopia Film Festival to promote his indie film ‘The Gstetten Saga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl,’ and talked to TLV1 about why, even as a left-wing European intellectual, he finds it more important than ever to take a trip to Israel. Link

It! Is! Ready! Schedule for Arse Elektronika 2014! HERE!