{"id":11701,"date":"2010-07-13T16:51:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T14:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mono-1en-2432"},"modified":"2010-07-13T16:51:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T14:51:25","slug":"tomorrow-monochroms-google-wars-1-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/2010\/07\/13\/tomorrow-monochroms-google-wars-1-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow: monochrom’s GOOGLE WARS #1: Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A theatrical RPG improv extravaganza<\/a> for Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/p>\n

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\nThe 90-minute performance will feature Johannes
\nGrenzfurthner, member of the Austrian art collective monochrom, as the
\nGame Master, and four Montr\u00e9alers from the creative scene as
\nimprovisational players. Local illustrators will “live draw” the
\nimaginary scenes and characters, in real time. In contrast to
\ntraditional Pen&Paper RPGs, the rules will be quite simple, and in
\nsome situations completely replaced by a spontaneous storytelling
\nprocess. After all, it\u2019s entertainment!<\/p>\n

Players<\/em>: Alison Louder<\/a>, Alain Mercieca<\/a>, Lisa Shalom and Jonathan Joseph
\n\/\/ Live
\nDrawing<\/em>: Raphaele Bard<\/a>
\n\/\/
\nScenery<\/em> (using Second Life and Google Street View): Jon Rafman <\/a>\/\/ Game Master<\/em>: Johannes
\nGrenzfurthner, monochrom<\/a> \/\/ Producer<\/em>:
\nHeather Kelley<\/a> \/\/ Assistant producer:<\/em> Laura Vizbara\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBackstory:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\tIncreasing tensions between China and Google escalated in June 2011, as
\n\tthe People’s Republic attacked the company’s headquarters in Mountain
\n\tView, California (USA), with long-range warheads. The so-called “Google
\n\tWars” (June 2010 to March 2012) engulfed the whole world in a chain
\n\treaction.<\/p>\n

\tWithin a few months, large swathes of land were
\n\tdestroyed and rendered barren, devoid of all life. Europe, Asia and
\n\tAmerica suffered terrible losses. All major cities as well as 95% of
\n\tthe population were eradicated in the tactical nuclear infernos.<\/p>\n

\tBecause
\n\tof its extreme economic irrelevance, Montr\u00e9al is spared the woes of
\n\twar. As the last remaining (somewhat) intact city of the North American
\n\teconomic sphere, it is a beacon of semi-civil civilization. In 2014
\n\tQuebec annexes the North-Eastern remains of the United States, now
\n\tjokingly called “Les \u00c9tats-D\u00e9vor\u00e9s.”<\/p>\n

\tIt is summer of 2021. Life
\n\tin Montr\u00e9al strolls along on its path. The radioactive rain is a bit of a
\n\tnuisance, though. Especially for maple syrup.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When? Where?<\/em> July 14, 2010; 8 PM @ Eastern Bloc<\/strong><\/a>,
\n7240 Rue Clark, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada
\nAdmission:<\/em> CAN$ 10<\/p>\n

Project page? Here<\/a>!
\n
\nFacbook Event? Yes<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A theatrical RPG improv extravaganza for Montr\u00e9al The 90-minute performance will feature Johannes Grenzfurthner, member of the Austrian art collective monochrom, as the Game Master, and four Montr\u00e9alers from the creative scene as improvisational players. Local illustrators will “live draw” the imaginary scenes and characters, in real time. In contrast to traditional Pen&Paper RPGs, the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"koromo_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-11701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-blog","tag-mono","koromo-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/11701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/11701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}