monochrom’s “Title Sequence” is laser print of a bootleg photographic image in mounted frame; 33×33 cm. Created for MULTImART. In this age of digital reproductivity, the aura of art is in bad shape. Image sharing! Collapse of context! Randomness! Loss of significance! monochrom, who have always had a fondness for written-off media, will put back … Read more
Comrades! Comradettes! Johannes Grenzfurthner presented Sierra Zulu at TEDxVienna 2011. He will return for TEDxVienna 2012 to give an update and screen Earthmoving — Sierra Zulu’s short film prequel (featuring Jeff Ricketts, Martin Auer). TEDxVienna 2012 @ Odeon, Taborstraße 10, 1020 Vienna, Austria. November 3, 2012.
Eric Cuadra’s great video summary of Arse Elektronika 2012 for the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Paolo Pedercini of Molleindustria on procedural representations of sex in videogames. Talk given at Arse Elektronika 2012. Arse Elektronika (not to be confused with the similarly sounding, slightly more established new media art festival in Linz) is the most important conference investigating the intersection of sex and technology. The past six editions revolved around themes … Read more
Once, when I was living in Moscow before 2011, I was informed about monochrom by recommendation of my friend: the activist initiatives of this art group from Vienna seemed fascinating due to its art-tech philosophy and it put a smile on my face due to its pop attitude. Later on in Linz Günther Friesinger, one … Read more
KillScreen magazine features Arse Elektronika 2012 a 2nd time! A chat with Johannes Grenzfurthner, the brainiest pervert of them all. Arse Elektronika’s 2012 incarnation was, to my mind, the world’s first sex-positive, sex-focused gaming conference. It was hosted by Johannes Grenzfurthner, of the philosophy/art/tech consortium Monochrom. The genial host is part MC, part mad professor, … Read more
Hosted by Johannes Grenzfurthner/monochrom. This panel invites five game designers who are also artists to discuss the boundary between art, games and activism. It is a standard reflex for people to think they are helpless in the face of mighty governments and corporate power. But in a media-based society, everything is controlled by a “cultural … Read more
Sex games, (and games about sex, and sexual devices with gameplay elements, and so on), certainly have a ways to go before they become “mainstream” in any real way, if they ever do at all. Perhaps that’s a large part of the appeal – attendi ng Arse Elektronika – particularly the opening ceremony – felt … Read more
Let’s try different MMTW network topologies and have a micro-tournament! Thumbs up! Coach and game master: Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom. At IndieCade 2012, Culver City. After dinner on October 5, 2012. Link
monochrom’s Johannes Grenzfurthner @ Duncan/Channon Toast of the Tip! He’s an artist, writer, curator, director, professor, all-around instigator, and founder of Monochrom, the notorious Viennese art/technology/philosophy powerhouse. His projects have been featured in The New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, CNN, Slashdot, Boing Boing, LA Times, NPR, Gizmodo, Wired. He (or his lookalike Comrade … Read more