A delegation of Roboexotica organizers will visit Barbot 2010, the US spin-off in San Francisco. We challenge you! Show us your drinks! Fri/Sat, Apr 1-2, 2011 – 9pm-2am 21+ with photo ID $10 advance / $15 at door Venue: pariSoma – 169 11th Street (@ Natoma)
monochrom’s ISS is a ten-part improv-reality-sitcom about living and working on the International Space Station. The four actors playing the ISS crew must develop strategies on the fly in response to surprise situations, which are loosely based on actual ISS data uncovered by monochrom. In space no one can hear you complain about your job. … Read more
Images by eSeL.at (Lorenz Seidler) Link to photo set Link to ISS project page
Our favorite sock puppets Kiki and Bubu have some feelings, so they sign up for an online dating site. When the People of China want to become their friend, they are excited. However, sending the People of China a video of themselves proves to be difficult: Their content gets flagged as inappropriate and taken down … Read more
Transcription of a phone interview with Johannes. A couple of things got misspelled (Carl Sagan! John Brunner!) or misheard… we especially like the replacement of “melancholic” with “alcoholic”… ha! From his humble beginnings making ‘zines in his room in rural Austria, Johannes Grenzfurthner has in his 36 years of existence managed to snub Google, Coca … Read more
But, you know, it’s never too late. Em 2001, o grupo de arte monochrom, fundado em 1993 e baseado em Viena, foi convidado pela curadora Zdenka Badovinac para representar a Áustria na 25ª Bienal de São Paulo, que aconteceria no ano seguinte. Conhecidos por serem politicamente de esquerda, os integrantes do monochrom estavam bem descontentes … Read more
March 16, 2011, 8 PM @ Garage X, Vienna (Facebook Event). (€ 14; discount tickets: € 9) monochrom’s ISS project page
For immediate release: Life and work on the ISS, the largest international space station ever, has almost nothing to do with the lifestyle of adventure and exploration portrayed on TV shows like Star Trek. The station’s crew works under the difficult conditions of outer space, where existence is governed by adapting to the limitations imposed … Read more
Arse Elektronika 2011 (San Francisco) SCREW THE SYSTEM: Sex, technology, class, and culture Call for papers, performances and machines. Deadline: 28 February 2011 Arse Elektronika Page
Our actors Jeff Ricketts (Star Trek: Enterprise, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, CSI), Maciej Salamon (Barbarella, Tanz der Vampire, Sweeney Todd), Claire Tudela (Carmen, The Producers), Geoff Pinfield (Aoterroroa, Lovepuke) will portray the crew of the International Space Station — but first they need some serious astronaut coaching. Space experts Norbert Frischauf (OEWF) and Maria … Read more