Johannes Grenzfurthner is an artist, writer, curator, and director. He is founder and artistic director of monochrom, and he is founder and director of the sex+technology festival Arse Elektronika in San Francisco (since 2007) and co-hosts Roboexotica (Festival for Cocktail-Robotics) (2002-). He gave talks at SXSWi, O’Reilly ETech, FooCamp, Maker Faire, HOPE, Chaos Communication Congress, … Read more
Illustrator and designer Josh Ellingson on his role in the production of Sierra Zulu. (Interview/editing by Eddie Codel.) Link
Arse Elektronika 2011: SCREW THE SYSTEM monochrom‘s Conference on sex, technology, class, and culture. September 29 thru October 2, 2011 San Francisco, USA Link
Lecture performance by Johannes Grenzfurthner/monochrom. 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 style of political action drawing from a watchful view of the paradoxes and absurdities of power, turning these … Read more
A discussion between Alfred Hilsberg and monochrom member Frank Apunkt Schneider. Curated by Felix Kubin. With the foundation of his label ZickZack in 1979, Alfred Hilsberg rapidly became a key figure in the booming German independent music scene, and even came to be known as the ‘Punkpapst’ (punk pope). ZickZack released records by groundbreaking bands … Read more
It is official, comrades! We are working on our first feature-length film project. Want to learn more about Sierra Zulu? Visit our project page!
The fifth annual Arse Elektronika, a conference on sex and technology, takes place in San Francisco from September 29 to October 2, 2011. The conference is presented by Austrian art collective monochrom. The remarkable diversity of human behavior across cultures and classes also extends to sex and technology. Most discussions in this area tend to … Read more
A meeting for information exchange about hackbusses. September 9, 2011, 7 pm at the monochrom office in Vienna at Museumsquartier. Facebook event
monochrom is proud to present monoleaks. monoleaks is a non-profit media organization dedicated to bringing important news and information to the public. Please go and analyze our first (and only) leak. Link
We will present the newest Arse Elektronika Anthology at Arse Elektronika 2011. Of Intercourse and Intracourse – Sexuality, Biomodification and the Techno-Social Sphere We may not forget that mankind is a sexual and toolusing species. And that’s why monochrom’s conferene Arse Elektronika deals with sex, technology and the future. As bio-hacking, sexually enhanced bodies, genetic … Read more