- Johannes Grenzfurthner
Johannes Grenzfurthner (born 1975,
Vienna ) is anartist ,writer ,curator , director.He has attended many international symposia and conferences [ [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/events/1347.en.html "Talk at Chaos Communication Congress Berlin 2007 (23C3)"] ] [ [http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2138 "Talk at O'Reilly ETech (2008)"] ] [ [http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels_schedule/?action=show&id=IAP060410 "Talk at SXSWi (2008)"] ] [ [http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/1468 "Talk at Maker Faire Bay Area (2008)"] ] , published numerous essays and articles on contemporary art, science and philosophy.He writes for various online/print magazines and radio stations (e.g.
ORF ,FM4 ,Telepolis ,Boing Boing ). Johannes Grenzfurthner has served on a number of art juries (e.g.Steirischer Herbst ,Graz ).He holds a professorship for art theory and art practice at the University of Applied Sciences,
Graz ,Austria .Johannes Grenzfurthner is founder of
monochrom , an internationally actingart andtheory group. Most of his artistic output is labeled as “monochrom ”.He is collaborating with groups such asubermorgen ,Esel andMego (label) .He is member of the Community of Fine Arts Austria and a contributor to ViennaMetroblogging .He is administratingDorkbot Vienna, is supporting the "Pirate Party " movement and the hackspaceMetalab .He is one of the core team members in the development process of
netznetz 's Mana, a new kind of community-based funding system for net culture and net art together with the culture department of the city government of Vienna. In 2006 he was main coordinator of the Mana process. He is head of Arse Elektronika [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/10/04/violetblue.DTL&hw=arse&sn=001&sc=1000 "Violet Blue: Arse Elektronika 2007: Porn and Tech Conference, In: San Francisco Gate"] ] festival in San Francisco (2007-) and co-hostingRoboexotica (Festival for Cocktail-Robotics) [ [http://www.geekentertainment.tv/2006/09/06/exotic-cocktail-robots-and-vienna-sausages-with-monochrom/ "Interview with Geek Entertainment TV at Hope Conference"] ] in Vienna (2002-)He wrote and directed a couple of theatre plays, mainly at
Volkstheater, Vienna .Recurring topics in Johannes Grenzfurthner's artistic and textual work are:
contemporary art ,activism ,performance ,humour ,philosophy ,postmodernism , media theory,cultural studies ,popular culture studies ,science fiction , and thedebate aboutcopyright .Publications
*Editor of magazine/yearbook series "
monochrom " (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007)
*Editor of "Stadt der Klage" (Michael Marrak, 1997)
*Editor of "Weg der Engel" (Michael Marrak and Agus Chuadar, 1998)
*Editor of "Who shot Immanence?" (together with Thomas Edlinger andFritz Ostermayer , 2002)
*Editor of "Leutezeichnungen" (together with Elffriede, 2003)
*Editor of "Quo Vadis, Logo?!" (together with Günther Friesinger, 2006)
*Editor of "Spektakel - Kunst - Gesellschaft" (together with Stephan Grigat and Günther Friesinger, 2006)
*Editor of "pr0nnotivation? Arse Elektronika Anthology" (together with Günther Friesinger and Daniel Fabry, 2008)
*"upcoming:" Schutzverletzungen/Legitimation of Mediatic Violence (2008)Quotes
External links
* [http://www.researchpubs.com/books/prank2exc16.php Interview with V. Vale in Pranks! 2]
* [http://vernissage.tv/blog/2006/01/30/monochrom-interview-with-johannes-grenzfurthner-part-1/ Interview with Vernissage TV]
* [http://fm4.orf.at/grenzfurthner/ Johannes Grenzfurthner's Blog on Website of Austrian National Broadcast ORF]
* [http://download.2600.com/mediadownload/www.hopenumbersix.net/mp3/16/monochrom_collective.mp3 Talk at Hope Number Six]
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