A review of “Die Gstettensaga” (English version) by political scholar Sebastian Vetter. The old world has been reduced to ashes by the earlier beacons of hope (China stands for Maoism and Google for alternative culture). All that remains are stretches of land governed by idiocy and dialects. As Marxists, the people from Monochrom know that … Read more
It was a wonderful opening yesterday evening at the Musée d’art contemporain in Montréal. Hedonistika Montéal is part of BIAN (the International Digital Arts Biennial), and we can be really proud. Big applause for Jane Tingley and Simon Laroche, our Canadian curators, and the team of wonderful, inspiring artists! Check for details (e.g. events) on … Read more
We made it into German’s best leftist weekly, with an older project: “Pot Tin God”. Pot Tin God is a very colossal and (literally) bloated statement about the emergence and decline of subcultural symbols. (click to enlarge) Link
“Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl” has been selected to screen at the 2014 Gen Con Indy Film Festival. The festival will be held at the Westin Hotel in downtown Indianapolis, IN August 14-17 2014. Link
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
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
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
1993. Johannes Grenzfurthner, 18 years old, interviewing HR Giger at his home in Zurich for a print issue of monochrom. RIP, Hansruedi. Link
A wonderful review rant by V. Vale about DIY movies and “Die Gstettensaga”. Leaving beautiful black humor behind is perhaps the most lasting form of immortality (think Buster Keaton, Luis Bunuel, Nelly Kaplan (“A Very Curious Girl”), and films like Mad Max 2, La Jetee, the Seven Voyages of Sinbad, certain Twilight Zone episodes, etc. … Read more