monochrom – the special interest group for art, theory and context-crafting – is determined to confront you with a multi-layered uber-reception of individual bliss. Dozens upon dozens of New Age/Relaxation/Esoterica CDs will be played simultaneously, in absolute darkness, and therefore create a cacophonic mist of well-being – an uneasy slur of chilloutlandishness. Whale songs and … Read more
It is time again for Play:Vienna! monochrom is proud to co-produce Vienna’s street games festival. August 30-Sept 1 in Vienna at Museumsquartier. Drop by! All infos can be found here: http://2013.playvienna.com/
Laughing Squid likes our new book and recommends it. Excellent! Austrian art and technology group monochrom discusses their unique brand of disruptive art-making in their new book, Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market. The book is edited by Günther Friesinger, Johannes Grenzfurthner and Frank … Read more
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Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market monochrom at denhac / Hackerspace Denver The term “context hacking” — like its older mimetic sibling “communication guerrilla” — refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is a specific … Read more
Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market monochrom at Durango Discovery Museum, Durango CO The term “context hacking” — like its older mimetic sibling “communication guerrilla” — refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is a … Read more
Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market monochrom at Las Palmas Mariachi Restaurant, Las Vegas The term “context hacking” — like its older mimetic sibling “communication guerrilla” — refers to unconventional forms of communication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is … Read more
Our Coke bottle (“Lord Jim Lodge powered by monochrom”) made it onto the front cover of the new publication “It’s A Kind Of Magic”! It’s A Kind Of Magic Mystification and Demystification in the context of artists’ publications since 1960 The mystification of art is omnipresent, and carried out by every link in the art-system … Read more
Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom gave a keynote at Paraflows 2012. Well, it’s more a keyrant. Whatever. Link (Vimeo)
Johannes Grenzfurthner talks about Arse Elektronika at “Performing Porn (after the computer became boring)”. The event is concerned with the intersections of performance art and pornography, in the context of changing experiences of everyday technologies. The event will consist of performances, video artwork, artefacts, and talks. Performance art and pornography have been interrelated in a … Read more