[monochrom] Entschwörungstheorie / Zeitgeist the Movie
Glashaus, Bayreuth Dienstag, 12.01.10 Einlass: 19:00 Uhr Beginn: 19:30 Uhr Eintritt 3 Euro Nach der Veranstaltung im letzten Semester zu Jud Süß und Nazi-Propaganda, gehen wir dieses mal den Themenkomplex Propaganda von der anderen Seite an: Das Chriszeitgeisttentum, die Anschläge auf das World Trade Center, das Zinssystem - dahinter stecken schon seit Jahrhunderten SIE, die kleine geheime Elite, die sich zur besseren Tarnung verschiedener Namen bedient. Verschwörungstheorien sind Propaganda, die vorgibt von unten zu kommen. Fast täglich tauchen im Internet neue Dokumentationen auf, die jetzt ein für alle mal erklären wollen, wie die Dinge in der Welt der Mächtigen denn nun wirklich laufen. Der wohl erfolgreichste derartige Film ist Zeitgeist the Movie. Obwohl er in klassischen Massenmedien kaum erwähnt wird, wurde er millionenfach im Netz gesehen und in Foren und auf Blogs vielfach diskutiert. Doch Verschwörungstheorien können gefährlich werden, wenn sie zum Allgemeingut, zur Ideologie werden. Als verheerendes Beispiel sind die antisemitischen Verschwörungstheorien der Nazizeit zu nennen. Aber wie wird nun aus einer aufklärerischen Suche nach Erklärungen das Andere der Vernunft (Adorno)? Und wie kommt es, dass Verschwörungstheorien so populär sind? Daniel Kulla, Autor des Buches Entschwörungstheorie. Niemand regiert die Welt wird eine kritische Einführung zum Film geben. Nach dem Film findet eine Diskussionsrunde statt. Rezi der Intro zum Buch Entschwörungstheorie: http://www.intro.de/magazin/buecher/23048174/daniel_kulla_entschwoerungstheorie_niemand_regiert_die_welthttp://www.intro.de/magazin/buecher/23048174/daniel_kulla_entschwoerungstheorie_niemand_regiert_die_welt http://www.glashaus.uni-bayreuth.de//index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=618Itemid=44
[monochrom] A machine I like
Simply wonderful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2010/01/machine-i-like.htmmonochrom at 1/02/2010 01:13:00 PM
[monochrom] A Music-Based Treatment For Tinnitus
Loud, persistent ringing in the ears, known as tinnitus, can be vexing for its millions of sufferers. This perceived noise can be symptomatic of many different illsfrom earwax to agingbut the most common cause is from noise-induced hearing loss, such as extended exposure to construction or loud music, and treating many of its underlying neural causes has proven difficult. But many people with tinnitus might soon be able to find refuge in the very indulgence that often started the ringing in the first place: music. A new music-based therapy has shown promise in helping reduce the ringing's volume in tinnitus sufferers within a year, according to a study published online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Tinnitus loudness can be significantly diminished by an enjoyable, low-cost, custom-tailored notched music treatment, wrote the researchers, who were led in part by Christo Pantev at the Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosign Alanalysis at Westfalian Wilhelms-University in Munster, Germany. http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=music-to-the-ringing-ears-new-thera-2009-12-28Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2010/01/music-based-treatment-for-tinnitus.htmmonochrom at 1/02/2010 02:19:00 PM
[monochrom] Qat: Yemen's afternoon high
Walk down any major street in Yemen in the afternoon or evening, and you'll see men with bulging cheeks, chewing qat leaves; their constituents, cathinone and cathine, produce a high. Qat or Catha edulis is cultivated in the Horn of Africa as well. But in Yemen, buffeted by fierce government-tribal clashes in the north, renewed secessionist strength in the south and dwindling oil revenues, the qat shrub is just about holding the Arab world's poorest country together. Qat chewing occurs almost everywhere in Yemen, except tourist hotels (one in Aden greets visitors with a sign, Guns and qat are not allowed). Many private homes have a comfortable, well-ventilated room, or diwan, set aside for the purpose. But it is at street level that the pervasiveness and tempo of the activity can best be appreciated, in the qat markets, or drifting amid those chilling out on it or consuming it during their workday as a taxi driver or an attendant for kids' camel rides at a park, or just shopping for fruit and vegetables. If it is a ritualised activity, it is a seamless one, like taking coffee after a meal is for a westerner. Partaking of this natural amphetamine is not prohibited in the Qur'an, and the jury remains out on whether it is addictive or harmful. Accepted in Yemen, it is not in other Arab countries; and while legal in the UK and much of Europe, it is banned in France, Norway, Sweden, the US and Canada. http://mondediplo.com/2009/12/19yemenLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2010/01/qat-yemens-afternoon-high.htmmonochrom at 1/02/2010 02:24:00 PM
[monochrom] Get Lamp: Pre-Order Jason Scott's Documentary on Text Adventures
http://www.getlamp.com/Get Lamp is currently scheduled to be released on DVD in the second half of March 2010. Ordering now both guarantees the earliest possible acquisition of the movie and helps fund the initial duplication and packaging costs. But what is Get Lamp? With limited sound, simple graphics, and tiny amounts of computing power, the first games on home computers would hardly raise an eyebrow in the modern era of photorealism and surround sound. In a world of Quake, Half-Life and Halo, it is expected that a successful game must be loud, fast, and full of blazing life-like action. But in the early 1980s, an entire industry rose over the telling of tales, the solving of intricate puzzles and the art of writing. Like living books, these games described fantastic worlds to their readers, and then invited them to live within them. They were called computer adventure games, and they used the most powerful graphics processor in the world: the human mind. Rising from side projects at universities and engineering companies, adventure games would describe a place, and then ask what to do next. They presented puzzles, tricks and traps to be overcome. They were filled with suspense, humor and sadness. And they offered a unique type of joy as players discovered how to negotiate the obstacles and think their way to victory. These players have carried their memories of these text adventures to the modern day, and a whole new generation of authors have taken up the torch to present a new set of places to explore. Get Lamp is a documentary that will tell the story of the creation of these incredible games, in the words of the people who made them. http://www.getlamp.com/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2010/01/get-lamp-pre-order-jason-scotts.htmmonochrom at 1/03/2010 12:45:00 AM
[monochrom] Paris Opera Ballet Tries Out Hi-Def Simulcasting
The company's Diaghilev/Ballets Russes centennial program was transmitted live to 30 cinemas in Britain. Who went? A dance audience, small but devoted and knowledgeable. And they were clearly delighted with the screening, which turned out to be not a substitute for performance but a different experience altogether - and, in some ways, better. http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/dec/23/paris-opera-ballet-live-screeningLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/paris-opera-ballet-tries-out-hi-def.htmmonochrom at 12/27/2009 09:23:00 AM
[monochrom] An interactive guide to all the best movies of the decade lists
[...] the question remains: Which movie is the best of the decade? Is there any consensus among the accumulating lists? To find out, we collected all of the rankings we could find and synthesized the results using a simple scoring system: Movies got 50 points for being the No. 1 pick on a list, 49 points for a No. 2 nod, and so on, down to one point for a No. 50 slot. (Brody, who only chose 26 movies, still received 50 points for his top pick.) To see which movies of the aughts are earning the most end-of-decade love, select the Points category from the drop-down menu on the left. You can also sort the films by director or by total number of appearances on best-of lists. (Some directors had more than one movie in the running; mouse over the director's name to see which of his or her movies made the cut.) http://www.slate.com/id/2238714/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/interactive-guide-to-all-best-movies-of.htmmonochrom at 12/27/2009 09:25:00 AM
[monochrom] Videogames change the way we work, learn and fight wars
Videogames are no longer the preserve of adolescent males in dark bedrooms. Their emergence as a social medium is changing the way we work, learn and fight wars. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/12/all-the-world-is-play/Link PS: But never forget: http://www.monochrom.at/pongBrave New Pong! -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/videogames-change-way-we-work-learn-and.htmmonochrom at 12/27/2009 09:27:00 AM
[monochrom] Wealth Care
As Congress wrestles over the parameters of a health care bill, amidst maddened catcalls of 'death panels' and 'socialism!', I am reminded of the experience of John Black, an old trade unionist, revolutionary activist and journalist. Black, a fervent supporter of the Cuban Revolution, joined the Venceremos Brigades, an annual trek of foreigners to the island, who assisted in harvesting the sugar crop and other agricultural work. Although he was in his mid-to-high seventies at the time, Black did his part, until the searing tropical heat, or perhaps the work (or both) took its toll. Black was taken to a nearby hospital, and received what he called excellent treatment. As he was leaving, he reached for his wallet, and began pulling out some bucks. The doctor looked at him quizzically -- and then told him to put his money away. We treated you because you were sick, Senor, the doctor explained, Not for the money. These words blew Black away, and this experience with socialist medicine moved him deeply. What is even more remarkable is that Cuba was doing this during its 'Special Period:, a time of economic chaos when its biggest trading partner, the Soviet Union, stopped bartering things for things (as in oil for sugar, for example) and began demanding cold cash for trade. As of 2006, Cuba had a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $45 billion dollars--about the same as the Congo, or the Sultanate of Oman ($44.1bn). The GDP measures the market value of goods and services purchased within a nation over a given period of time -- usually a year. Do you want to know what the U.S. GDP was for 2007? Over 13 trillion dollars. 13 trillion. Guess which country provides free medical care? http://www.zmag.org/zspace/commentaries/4089Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/wealth-care.htmmonochrom at 12/27/2009 09:33:00 AM
[monochrom] How the Brain Encodes Memories at a Cellular Level
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a major discovery in how the brain encodes memories. The finding, published in the December 24 issue of the journal Neuron, could eventually lead to the development of new drugs to aid memory. The team of scientists is the first to uncover a central process in encoding memories that occurs at the level of the synapse, where neurons connect with each other. http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2149Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/how-brain-encodes-memories-at-cellular.htmmonochrom at 12/27/2009 09:37:00 AM
[monochrom] They Might Be Giants - Put It to the Test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cCC8a6HMz4NR=1Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/they-might-be-giants-put-it-to-test.htmmonochrom at 12/27/2009 06:58:00 PM
[monochrom] Killing Capitalism with Christmas!
http://www.monochrom.at/kiki-and-bubu/Kiki and Bubu (and monochrom) wish you a merry X-Mas! Kill! Kill! Kill! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBP5OPLzlq8Link (YouTube) http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/carefully-selected-moments/id281585819Link (iTunes) (or just download it from Pirate Bay) -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/killing-capitalism-with-christmas.htmmonochrom at 12/24/2009 04:22:00 PM
[monochrom] monochrom @ ROFLCon II / Dates Officially Set
Tim reports: Was planning to get to announce this last week, but got caught up in some last minute finagling with MIT. But we've finally got it hammered out. In any case, happy to announce today that we've officially decided that ROFLCon II will be on April 30th and May 1st, 2010. Got it? Awesome. Planning to open up registration sometime in January, and we'll announce on the blog when it goes up. If you've already hit up tim AT roflcon DOT org, we've already got you covered (even if I haven't responded), and, if you haven't, definitely do drop a line if you want to be notified by e-mail when it opens up. http://roflcon.org/2009/12/21/roflcon-ii-dates-officially-set/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/monochrom-roflcon-ii-dates-officially.htmmonochrom at 12/22/2009 11:04:00 AM
[monochrom] monochrom and the Future of Porn
Panel discussion with Johannes Grenzfurthner (monochrom), Rose White and Aaron SFSlim Muszalski @ C-Base Berlin, December 29, 2009; 10 PM. If you ask mainstream pornographers what their vision of the future is, it involves cracking down on piracy making more money re-selling the same generic products in new formats. What about independent pornographers with an eye on longtail markets who are focused on creating weird products that most people don't want to buy? Or consumers who are seeking porn to cater to their special interests not covered in mainstream heteronormative porn? Or people who prefer porn and Real Dolls to sexual involvement with other humans? And, what of the future of computer-generated porn? While the major adult companies are still trying to figure out why people aren't buying as many $45 DVDs as they used to, more and more niche pornographers, artists, merchants, and performers are popping up to create offbeat erotic entertainment with a small, but enthusiastic fanbase. Join these nerdy perverts for a discussion on the many directions in which the future of porn is really headed. -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/monochrom-and-future-of-porn.htmmonochrom at 12/22/2009 07:46:00 PM
[monochrom] monochrom @ hackerspace.sg: Some stories about Context Hacking and Asia
Johannes, an insane Austrian man we met this weekend, will be conducting a rant at http://www.hackerspace.sgHackerspace.SG this Thursday evening. For those who are unfamiliar with the rant: it is a tradition of performance art which was developed in Europe in the 19th century and successfully ported to the Internet in the early-to-mid 1990s. It is now being introduced to Asia by aesthetic pioneers like Johannes Grenzfurthner. In recognition of Singapore's leading position as the financial and cultural capital of Asia, and of Hackerspace.SG as the leading hackerspace in Singapore, he has chosen Hackerspace.SG as the venue for his first Singapore performance of this artwork. We invite all members of hackerspace.sg and the related community to attend this rant. There is no fee, though we wish to thank in advance all the wonderful people who consume beer, wine, or soft drinks, for their cash donations into the little glass that says your donations are welcome. For the purposes of licensing under Chapter 257 Section 319, this is an exempt entertainment as defined by the Public Entertainments and Meetings (Specified Arts Entertainment) (Exemption) Order 2005. And here the desc: monochrom and the East: Some stories about Context Hacking and Asia A tour-de-farce by Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom monochrom is a worldwide operating collective dealing with technology, art and philosophy and was founded in 1993. So to sum up, monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, political activism and technological disaster. Johannes wants to tell us stories about monochrom's context hacking projects that specifically deal with our focus on contemporary Asian topics. The term context hackinglike its mimetic siblinng communication guerrillarefers to unconventional forms of commuunication and/or intervention in more conventional processes of communication. Context hacking is a specific style of political action that observes and makes visible the paradoxes and absurdities of power. Context hacking uses absurdities as the starting point for interventions by playing with representations and identities, with alienation and over-identification. hackerspace.sg, 70A Bussorah Street, Singapore. 8 PM. -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/monochrom-hackerspacesg-some-stories.htmmonochrom at 12/15/2009 01:03:00 PM
[monochrom] Fwd: Wikipedia Diskussionsrunde im metalab am 16. Dezember
Guten Morgen, Ich möchte Sie gerne auf eine Diskussionsrunde hinweisen die wir morgen Abend im metalab in Wien veranstalten werden. Wir würden uns sehr über das kommen einiger Medienvertreter freuen, Beginn wird 18:30 sein. Anlass ist die aktuell aufgekommene Diskussion über die Kriterien die ein Artikel erfüllen muss um in die deutschsprachige Wikipedia aufgenommen zu werden. Für außenstehende sind die Prozesse in der Wikipedia kaum noch zu verstehen und daher wollen wir einen Abend lang zwischen den Wiener Wikipedianern und dem Hackern im metalab diskutieren. Ich selbst gehöre zu beiden Welten, war sechseinhalb Jahre Wikipedia-Admin und werde mit einer kurzen Einleitung bzw. Präsentation zur Diskussions führen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Thomas R. Koll PS: Noch einige Weblinks die vielleicht von Interesse sind: http://metalab.at/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussionsrunde_2009-12-16 http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,664195,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/0,1518,666407,00.html http://derstandard.at/1256745194970/Diskussion-Donauturm-spaltet-Wikipedia-Community -- Thomas R. Koll - Ruby on Rails Webdeveloper http://photostre.am | http://ananasblau.com | http://github.com/TomK32
[monochrom] Neoteny unconference How Epic Fail and Agile Development Can Change the World
e27 reports: With all the talk about failing, one interesting speaker that managed to get all our attention was Johannes Grenfurthner who runs Monochrom an art-technology-philosophy group in Vienna. With his stage presence and use of different yet interesting metaphors conveyed why it's important to fail and had interesting points on why sometimes competition isn't the right way to create something that people need. http://www.e27.sg/2009/12/14/neoteny-unconference-how-epic-fails-and-agile-development-can-change-the-world/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/neoteny-unconference-how-epic-fail-and.htmmonochrom at 12/14/2009 06:21:00 AM
[monochrom] Roboexotica USA: February 2010!
We are glad being able to announce Roboexotica USA 2010! Roboexotica USA 2010 will be held at the world famous http://www.dnalounge.com/DNA lounge! Wednesday and Thursday February 17-18th, 2010. DNA Lounge is at 375 Eleventh Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. http://www.roboexotica.org/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/roboexotica-usa-february-2010.htmmonochrom at 12/13/2009 03:21:00 AM
[monochrom] Language 2.0: Or how we change the world with every keystroke
Evelyn will give a talk about language and new forms of communication at Neoteny Labs Singapore Camp (Sunday, December 13, 2009; 2:30 PM): The numerous parallels between modern linguistics and computer science may come as a surprise to the audience and their notion of language may change significantly. Language is a system of signs and we adjust it every day. Especially new forms of communication (Twitter, instant messaging etc.) change the way we perceive and use language. Many people use the same abbreviations in texting and instant messaging, and social networking websites. Acronyms, keyboard symbols and shortened words are often used as methods of abbreviation in Internet slang. Laccetti, a professor of humanities at Stevens Institute of Technology and Molsk, criticizes that acronyms, predicting reduced chances of employment for students who use such acronyms, stating that, Unfortunately for these students, their bosses will not be 'lol' when they read a report that lacks proper punctuation and grammar, has numerous misspellings, various made-up words, and silly acronyms. Fondiller and Nerone, in their style manual, assert that professional or business communication should never be careless or poorly constructed whether one is writing an electronic mail message or an article for publication, and warn against the use of smileys and these abbreviations, stating that they are no more than e-mail slang and have no place in business communication. But this is of course a very conservative way to see the subject matter. This talk is meant to explore the many ways in which speakers 'hack' and re-interpret their language based on the various definitions of the term 'hacking'. http://nsc1.neotenylabs.com/posts/7275763Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/language-20-or-how-we-change-world-with.htmmonochrom at 12/13/2009 03:43:00 AM
[monochrom] Nice Neoteny photo set
Nice picture of Johannes at Neoteny in Singapore, taken from a http://www.flickr.com/photos/mengwong/sets/72157622989163094/great photoset. -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/nice-neoteny-photo-set.htmmonochrom at 12/13/2009 04:51:00 AM
[monochrom] Roboexotica 2009 - Video of Adult Mario
Kyle Machulis created a great piece of machinery for http://www.roboexotica.orgRoboexotica 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kiKE3lif8QLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/roboexotica-2009-video-of-adult-mario.htmmonochrom at 12/09/2009 09:52:00 AM
[monochrom] Plasmastaub at Roboexotica 2009: Video
Great video of (ACRA-Award-winning) Plasmastaub at http://www.roboexotica.orgRoboexotica 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txskNcSSlA4Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/plasmastaub-at-roboexotica-2009-video.htmmonochrom at 12/08/2009 11:08:00 PM
[monochrom] monochrom @ Crosstalk Video Art Festival Budapest
Oh yes! Roland Gratzer will represent monochrom at Crosstalk Video Art Festival in Budapest! When? December 10, 2009, 7 PM at Kunsthalle Budapest... -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/monochrom-crosstalk-video-art-festival.htmmonochrom at 12/08/2009 11:40:00 PM
[monochrom] Podcast: Schneider / Die Diktatur des man
Frank Apunkt Schneider ist Germanist und Mitglied der KünstlerInnengruppe monochrom. Er lebt als unfreier Autor (u.a. testcard, Skug, Intro, Jungle World), unfreier Künstler und Hausmann in Bamberg. Im Ventil-Verlag erschien 2007 sein erstes Buch mit dem Titel Als die Welt noch unterging Punk und Wave im deutschsprachigen Raum von 1978 bis 1985. In unserem Podcast dokumentieren wir seinen Vortrag vom 18. November 2009 mit dem Titel Die Diktatur des man. Von der Schwierigkeit, in linken deutschen Medien geschlechtsneutral zu sprechen. Bericht aus der weitgehend beschissenen Praxis. http://agqueerstudies.de/frank-apunkt-schneider-die-diktatur-des-man/
[monochrom] Roboexotica 2009: Over and (not yet) out
Roboexotica 2009 is over... but there are tons of great images, videos and reports out there! We are currently cleaning our event location (Drinkomat-Halle) and Franky was so kind to upload http://roboexotica.org/?audioaudio files of Saturday's symposion. http://www.roboexotica.orgLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/roboexotica-2009-over-but-not-yet-out.htmmonochrom at 12/07/2009 03:35:00 PM
[monochrom] Wien, das Mekka der Cocktail Roboter
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[monochrom] irgendwelche regelmaessigen 4chan user hier in der bagasch?
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[monochrom] Roboexotica 2009: Opening
Today is the grand opening of http://www.roboexotica.orgRoboexotica 2009! Here is an almost http://roboexotica.org/?robots2009complete list of all cocktail robots on display. Stunning machinery! Opening act? Liquidoscope! And don't forget: new location for this year's festival! We found a really awesome space! 600 square meters of lofty pleasure: the former factory of Drinkomat (@ Missindorfstraße, just beside Okto TV)! Pretty close to Sargfabrik (take U3 to Hütteldorfer Straße)! -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/12/roboexotica-2009-opening.htmmonochrom at 12/03/2009 09:25:00 AM
[monochrom] Roboexotica 2009 / 3. bis 6- Dezember 2009
Adventzeit ist Cocktailroboterzeit Cocktailmixende Roboter bevölkern diese Woche wieder die Stadt - 3. bis 6. Dezember 2009 = Wien (OTS) - Roboter sind nicht nur zum Arbeiten und Angst machen da. Sie können auch Cocktails mixen, selber trinken oder alkoholggeschwängerte Bar-Konversationen führen. Diesen Robotern wird einmal im Jahr eine weltweit einzigartige Veranstaltung gewidmet. 2009 steigt die Roböxotica erstmals in der ehemaligen Drinkomat-Fabrik in der Missindorfstraße 21, 1140 Wien. Ein würdiger Ort! Dort treffen sich eine James Bond-taugliche Martini-Mix-Maschine, eine Terminator-Westernbar, in der ein Whisky mit Armdrücken erspielt werden muss, der unfreundliche Zwillingscomputer von Hal 9000, der die Besucher in eine Schlägerei verwickeln will, ein Geldschnorr-Robot, bar2D2, der von Darth Vader und anderen Star-Wars-Gesellen begleitet wird und viele mehr. Einige davon wurden von StudentInnen der FH Joanneum, Studiengang Informatiosndesign gebaut. Doch weil die Roböxotica nicht nur ironisch über technologisch-alkoholische Interventionen nachdenkt, gibt es wie jedes Jahr ein gut sortiertes Symposion. Unter dem Titel Technotopia werden Gaststars wie Aaron Muszalski (u.a. für Industrial Light und Magic tätig), Rose White (die Soziologie-Queen aus Kalifornien) oder Sex-Technologie-Experte Kyle Machulis zu Wort kommen. Im Showprogramm gibt es am Freitag eine monochrom Taugshow und am Sonntag die traditionelle ACRA-Preisverleihung für die besten Roboter der Ausstellung. Veranstaltet wird das Festival von Shifz, monochrom und dem Bureau für Philosophie. Eröffnung: Donnerstag, 3. Dezember 2009, 19 Uhr (Missindorfstrasse 21, 1140; U3 Hütteldorfer Strasse) http://www.roboexotica.org
[monochrom] New evidence for early life on Mars: NASA
A new NASA study of a Martian meteorite that made headlines 13 years ago strengthens the original claim that the rock contains evidence of life on ancient Mars. Researchers at the Johnson Space Center used advanced electron microscopes that weren't available in 1996 to re-examine the magnetite crystals on the meteorite. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/30/tech-space-mars-life.html?ref=rssLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/new-evidence-for-early-life-on-mars.htmmonochrom at 11/30/2009 08:53:00 PM
[monochrom] Wikipedia is bloated with trivia and needs more meat
In its almost nine years of existence, Wikipedia has achieved unequivocal success: as the fifth most visited website in the world, it features more than 14.3m articles in 270 languages contributed by more than 100,000 volunteers. Given that this has been done on a shoestring budget, Wikipedia easily puts to shame all other efforts to create and disseminate digital knowledge. The debates about the truthfulness of entries have also subsided perhaps a sign that most of us have discoveredd there are plenty of other lies on the internet. Wikipedia has become the lazy man's Google: why bother sifting through 100 search results if chances are that someone has already done this job for you in a Wikipedia entry? Most projects would be comfortable with gaining so much power in so little time, but Wikipedians are an ambitious bunch. Their commitment, as codified in the vision statement of the Wikimedia foundation, the legal entity behind the project, is to create a world where every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article6936407.eceLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/wikipedia-is-bloated-with-trivia-and.htmmonochrom at 11/30/2009 08:57:00 PM
[monochrom] Up: Pixar's Defense of Animation
The philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce used the term index to describe things like Ellie's note, things that stand as physical remnants of the causes of their existence. A footprint is the index of a foot, just as a scrape on a fender might be the index of another car or of a guardrail. Ellie's writing, a sign of her physical being, connects Carl to her through this sort of relationship. In fact, the film characterizes Carl in part through a collection of indexical objects. His most prized remembrance of Ellie is an old photograph; many theorists and philosophers of film have claimed photography and motion pictures to be the pinnacle of indexicality, based on the relationship between the subject of a photograph and the resulting image. The scrapbook, full of photographs and other memorabilia, reads as a kind of collective index of Ellie's life with Carl. It may also be worth noting here that Carl steers his house with a weathervane, which Peirce himself famously identifies as evidence of the blowing wind. http://metaphilm.com/index.php/detail/up/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/up-pixars-defense-of-animation.htmmonochrom at 11/30/2009 08:59:00 PM
[monochrom] The Meaning of Seattle: Truth Only Becomes True Through Action
WTO+10: Before 1999, the momentum of globalization seemed to sweep everything in front of it, including the truth. But in Seattle, ordinary women and men made truth real with collective action. http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-meaning-of-seattle-truth-only-becomes-true-through-action/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/meaning-of-seattle-truth-only-becomes.htmmonochrom at 11/29/2009 04:52:00 PM
[monochrom] Where In The World: Computer Scientists Develop Program To Decipher Location Of Photograph
Computer scientists designed a program that can analyze a photograph to identify where it was taken. The program scans the scene on the photo, noting colors, textures and lines, and uses these elements to compare it to more than six million images previously tagged with locations on online databases. The program has an average success rate of 16 percent, which is better than random chance or a human guess. http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1202-where_in_the_world.htmLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/where-in-world-computer-scientists.htmmonochrom at 11/29/2009 05:02:00 PM
[monochrom] Interview with Baburam Bhattarai: Transition to New Democratic Republic in Nepal
This interview of Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, a leading figure of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, was conducted by the World People's Resistance Movement (Britain). http://www.monthlyreview.org/091106bhattarai.phpLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/interview-with-baburam-bhattarai.htmmonochrom at 11/28/2009 03:04:00 PM
[monochrom] abwehramt ueberwachte subversivmesse
http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20091128_OTS0006/profil-abwehramt-ueberwachte-linz-09
[monochrom] Laughing Squid recommends Roboexotica 2009
Roboexotica 2009, an annual festival for cocktail robotics organized by SHIFZ, monochrom and Bureau of Philosophy, takes place December 3-6 at Drinkomat in Vienna, Austria. http://laughingsquid.com/roboexotica-2009-a-festival-for-cocktail-robots/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/laughing-squid-recommends-roboexotica.htmmonochrom at 11/28/2009 11:25:00 PM
[monochrom] Zombie Turkey!
Gobble! Gobble! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD_xNc_WzlwLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/zombie-turkey.htmmonochrom at 11/27/2009 12:22:00 PM
[monochrom] The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody
Yes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqYLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/muppets-bohemian-rhapsody.htmmonochrom at 11/27/2009 12:28:00 PM
[monochrom] Armenia excels at chess: The lion and the tiger
Armenia excels at chess. Its top player now has a shot at becoming world champion. How did this tiny country become a giant at the game? Levon Aronian likes to sleep late. But at 11am on a weekday in August this year, his dreams were disturbed by what sounded like people chanting his name. In a semi-conscious state he got up, looked out of the window and saw a large group of people outside where he was staying. You must win for Armenia! shouted the crowd. They were there because in his native country, Levon Aronian is a megastar. He is 27 years old, charming, handsome, wealthy and the best in his nation at chess. And his countrymen take chess very seriously. The patriotic zeal focused on him during the August tournament was more intense than usual. If Aronian did well, he might one day become world champion. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/11/the-lion-and-the-tiger/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/armenia-excels-at-chess-lion-and-tiger.htmmonochrom at 11/26/2009 06:04:00 PM
[monochrom] Starts with candy, ends in napalm
Barack Obama once described the operations in Afghanistan as a necessary war. That war has lasted eight years and General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the US forces there, appointed by Obama, is urging him to deploy 40,000 more troops. In Indochina, the US supported corrupt and illegitimate puppet governments, to no avail. In Afghanistan, Britain and the Soviet Union failed to subdue the country, despite all their efforts. US military losses have been relatively small (880 since 2001, compared with 1,200 a month in Vietnam in 1968) and anti-war protests have been low-key, but have the western armies any chance of winning, lost in mountains, surrounded by drug traffickers (1), and suspected of crusading against Islam? The French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner still hopes to win hearts and minds with a bullet-proof vest and McChrystal assures the world that the American goal in Afghanistan must not be primarily to hunt down and kill Taliban insurgents but to protect the population. Apart from their cynicism, these statements are based on a common assumption that social development can be combined with military operations in a country where it is impossible to distinguish between insurgents and civilians. In Vietnam, the US journalist Andrew Kopkind summed up this kind of counter-insurgency in 1966 as candy in the morning, napalm in the afternoon. http://mondediplo.com/2009/11/01afpakLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/starts-with-candy-ends-in-napalm.htmmonochrom at 11/26/2009 06:07:00 PM
[monochrom] Should We Defend Undocumented Workers?
One winter morning in 1996, Border Patrol agents charged into a Los Angeles street-corner clinic where 40 day laborers had lined up to be tested for AIDS. One worker, Omar Sierra, had just taken his seat, and a nurse had inserted the needle for drawing the blood. As agents of the migra ran across the street and sidewalk, Sierra jumped up, tore off the tourniquet, pulled the needle out of his vein and ran. Sierra escaped and made it home. Shaken by his experience and determined never to forget his friends who were deported, he wrote a song. I'm going to sing you a story, friends that will make you cry, how one day in front of K-Mart the migra came down on us, sent by the sheriff of this very same place ... We don't understand why, we don't know the reason, why there is so much discrimination against us. In the end we'll wind up all the same in the grave. With this verse I leave you, I'm tired of singing, hoping the migra won't come after us again, because in the end, we all have to work. Sierra states an obvious truth about people in the US without immigration papers: We all have to work. Yet, work has become a crime for the undocumented. That Hollywood raid took place 13 years ago, but since then immigration enforcement against workers has grown much more widespread, with catastrophic consequences. In the last eight years of the Bush administration in particular, a succession of raids treated undocumented workers as criminals. http://www.truthout.org/1123096Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/should-we-defend-undocumented-workers.htmmonochrom at 11/26/2009 06:10:00 PM
[monochrom] Brain scanner can tell a Dali from a Picasso
Patterns in brain activity can be used to determine whether someone is looking at a surrealist landscape by Salvador Dali or the cubist lines of Pablo Picasso. Yukiyasu Kamitani of ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, and colleagues showed 12 students dozens of Picassos and Dalis while scanning their brains using functional MRI. A program then identified patterns in activity that were unique to each artist. When fed brain scans produced by students looking at fresh paintings by the same artists, the program correctly identified the painter better than chance alone: it was correct 83 per cent of the time among the six students who were art majors and 62 per cent of the time among the others. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427365.900-brain-scanner-can-tell-a-dali-from-a-picasso.htmlLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/brain-scanner-can-tell-dali-from.htmmonochrom at 11/26/2009 06:12:00 PM
[monochrom] Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow
Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities. Here's a new one to add to the list: the ant farmers, like their human counterparts, depend on nitrogen-fixing bacteria to make their gardens grow. The finding, reported Nov. 20 in the journal Science, documents a previously unknown symbiosis between ants and bacteria and provides insight into how leaf-cutter ants have come to dominate the American tropics and subtropics. What's more, the work, conducted by a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist Cameron Currie, identifies what is likely the primary source of terrestrial nitrogen in the tropics, a setting where nutrients are otherwise scarce. http://www.news.wisc.edu/17398Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/like-humans-ants-use-bacteria-to-make.htmmonochrom at 11/25/2009 01:14:00 PM
[monochrom] Monsanto: Biotech bonanza
Last year's global food crisis made millions for agro-giant Monsanto. Tim Hunt of Ethical Consumer magazine fails to find any redeeming features in this corporate behemoth. Try looking objectively at biotech firm Monsanto, a company that only ever seems to receive a negative press, and see if you can find any redeeming features any ray of light emanating from this seeming black hole of corporate misanthropy. You will struggle. Monsanto is the exemplar of all that is wrong with the world's corporate-controlled food system. Monsanto has a damning history. It worked on the atomic bomb in the 1940s and produced the chemical weapon Agent Orange during the Vietnam war. More recently its herbicides have been used to devastating effect against coca-producing peasant farmers in Colombia. But nightmarish weapons have never been the company's primary money-spinner. The big bucks come from industrialised agriculture. When it comes to food, never before has so much been controlled by so few a situation that is worsening as genetically modified (GM) crops and patents are pushed further into agriculture. http://www.redpepper.org.uk/Biotech-bonanzaLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/monsanto-biotech-bonanza.htmmonochrom at 11/25/2009 01:17:00 PM
[monochrom] Fwd: Reminder: Carl Djerassi, 26th November
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[monochrom] roboexotica schlafplaetze
hallo leute! heuer wirds eng! wir suchen noch schlafplaetze fuer die special guest stars auf der roboexotica! hat jemand von euch lust den einen oder anderen roboexotica gast (david fine, kyle machulis, ben cowden, sf slim) fuer eine woche oder so unterzubringen? liebe gruesse johannes
[monochrom] How Downloading Is Changing Music?
Digital downloading and distribution, illegally or otherwise, has had a greater effect on the recording industry than anything in its history. As the legal variety grows rapidly, driven most significantly by iTunes, so those old-school players are having to adopt radical new business plans to compete in the brave new world of music. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/on-song-to-digital-revolution/story-e6frg8qf-1225800281670Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/how-downloading-is-changing-music.htmmonochrom at 11/22/2009 03:48:00 PM
[monochrom] Red Cosmos: K.E. Tsiolkovskii, Grandfather of Soviet Rocketry
The details of Konstantin Tsiolkovskii's life, as James Andrews explains in his new study of the man, are more complex and far more interesting than the legend. Anyone who has studied the history of the space age has come across the name Konstantin Tsiolkovskii (18571935), often under the more common alternative spelling Tsiolkovsky. He is generally credited with the development of the basic mathematical formulae for space travel. Other than that, he is often described as the man who after the revolution inspired a small group of space enthusiasts, including Glushko and Korolev, to begin serious work on rocket technology. The details of his life, as James Andrews explains in his new study of the man, are more complex and far more interesting than the legend. The details are interesting in and of their own right. Herman Oberth wrote to Tsiolkovskii in 1929: I am sorry I did not hear about your work prior to now, or I may have been further along with my own analysis and discoveries. Certainly the paper the Russian wrote in 1903 on rockets fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen was far ahead of its time. His speculations about what would happen to the human body in weightlessness were equally prescient. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1508/1Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/red-cosmos-ke-tsiolkovskii-grandfather.htmmonochrom at 11/22/2009 03:50:00 PM
[monochrom] Why do human testicles hang like that?
[...] the first big question is why so many mammalian species evolved hanging scrotal testicles to begin with. The male gonads in some phylogenetic lineages went in completely different directions, evolutionary speaking. For example, modern elephants' testicles remain undescended and are deeply embedded in the body cavity (a trait referred to as testicond), whereas other mammals, such as seals, have descended testicles but are ascrotal, with the gonads simply being subcutaneous. Gallup and his coauthors jog through several possible theories of our species' testicular evolution by descent. http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=why-do-human-testicles-hang-like-th-2009-11-19Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/why-do-human-testicles-hang-like-that.htmmonochrom at 11/22/2009 03:56:00 PM
[monochrom] Modern Architecture and Complaints about the Weather, or, 'Dear Monsieur Le Corbusier, It is still raining in our garage .'
Historians of Modern Architecture have cultivated the image of the architect as a temperamental genius, unconcerned by issues of politeness or pragmaticsa reading reinforced in cultural representations off Modern Architects, such as Howard Roark, the protagonist in Ayn Rand's 1943 novel The Fountainhead (a character widely believed to be based on the architect Frank Lloyd Wright). The perception of the Modern Architect as an artistic hero or genius has also influenced the reception of their work. Despite their indisputable place within the architectural canon, many important works of Modern Architecture were contested on pragmatic grounds, such as cost, brief and particularly concerning issues of suitability and effectiveness in relation to climate and weather. A number of famed cases resulted in legal action between clients and architects, and in many more examples historians have critically framed these accounts to highlight alternate issues and agendas. Complaints about the weather, in relation to architecture, inevitably raise issues regarding a work's success, particularly in view of the tensions between artistry and functionality inherent in the discipline of architecture. While in more recent decades these ideas have been framed around ideas of sustainabilityparticularly in relation to contemporary buildingsmore traditionally they have been engaged through discussions of an architect's ethical responsibility to deliver a habitable building that meets the client's needs. This paper suggests these complaints often raise a broader range of issues and are used to highlight tensions inherent in the discipline. In the history of Modern Architecture, these complaints are often framed through gender studies, ethics and, more recently, artistic asceticism. Accounts of complaints and disputes are often invoked in the social construction (or deconstruction) of artistic genius whether in a positive or negative light. Through its discussion of a number of famed examples, this paper will discuss the framing of climate in relation to the figure of the Modern Architect and the reception of the architectural masterpiece. http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/172Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/modern-architecture-and-complaints.htmmonochrom at 11/22/2009 05:34:00 PM
[monochrom] Robniks Vortrag zu Inglourious Basterds/Mittwoc h 17.30h im besetzten Hörsaal C1
Robniks Vortrag zu Inglourious Basterds / Mittwoch (25. November) 17.30h im besetzten Hörsaal C1 Geschichte im Gesicht. Zur Politik und Geschichtsästhetik von Quentin Tarantinos Inglourious Basterds Vortrag mit Filmausschnitten zu Quentin Tarantinos Inszenierung von geschichtsmächtig handelnden widerständigen Subjekten in der Konfrontation mit nationalsozialistischem Rassismus und Antisemitismus, zur film- und popkulturhistorischen Positionierung von Inglourious Basterds und zu Aspekten seiner filmkritischen Rezeption, sowie zur Frage einer (politisierbaren) Film-Ästhetik des Voraussetzungsbruchs. Drehli Robnik Filmwissenschaftler, Researcher am Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Geschichte und Gesellschaft; lehrt seit 2000 an der Universität Wien (Institut für Theater-, Film und Medienwissenschaft), gelegentlich an der J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Masaryk-Universität Brno; Publikationen zuletzt: Geschichtsästhetik und Affektpolitik. Stauffenberg und der 20. Juli im Film 1948-2008 (Wien: Turia + Kant 2009); Siegfried Kracauer in: Felicity Colman (Hg.): Film, Theory and Philosophy: The Key Thinkers (London: Acumen 2009); Die Massen mustern: Biopolitik und Geschichte im Zeichen der Filmästhetik bei Siegfried Kracauer in: Buchmann/Draxler/Geene (Hg): Film, Avantgarde, Biopolitik (Wien: Schlebrügge 2009); gelegentlich Edutainer. Lebt in Wien-Erdberg.
[monochrom] Arse Elektronika: Interview with Kyle Machulis on Sex Toy Tech
Recording of Kyle's interview on Sex Toy Tech with FM4 Radio, Friday, November 20, 2009. Intro is in German, interview in English language. http://slashdong.org/other/fm4_interview_2009-11-20.mp3Link (MP3) -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/arse-elektronika-interview-with-kyle.htmmonochrom at 11/21/2009 04:47:00 PM
[monochrom] The Universe According to Scrooge McDuck
A profoundly thorough history of Scrooge McDuck and his effect on world culture, by Wiley Wiggins. http://blog.mondotees.com/2009/11/19/the-universe-according-to-scrooge-mcduck/Link -- Posted By sharon to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/universe-according-to-scrooge-mcduck.htmmonochrom at 11/20/2009 08:51:00 AM
[monochrom] The Universe According to Scrooge McDuck
A profoundly thorough history of Scrooge McDuck and his effect on world culture, by Wiley Wiggins. http://blog.mondotees.com/2009/11/19/the-universe-according-to-scrooge-mcduck/Link -- Posted By sharon to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/universe-according-to-scrooge-mcduck.htmmonochrom at 11/20/2009 08:51:00 AM
[monochrom] Arse Elektronika and qDot on FM4
Kyle has a second site just for the projects based on his hobby of breaking sex-toys. Slashdong. If you feel uncomfortable viewing pictures of sex-toys in various states of deconstruction, you may want to avoid it. If that type of thing doesn't bother you, then you might find it an entertaining read about all sorts of things you probably didn't know existed. Right now Kyle is an Artist in Residence for Monochrom. Tonight they will be combining forces in Raum D in the MuseumsQuartier to present the most recent Arse Electronika anthology Do Androids Sleep With Electric Sheep and Kyle will be giving a talk entitled: What is the sex of the future, and why aren't we having it yet?. http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1632285/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/arse-elektronika-and-qdot-on-fm4.htmmonochrom at 11/20/2009 11:57:00 AM
[monochrom] It's Really a War on the Poor: A War on Coca Nobody Believes In
Since their systemic targeting of producer nations through militarized methods of eradication, government officials in Washington have regularly brandished bogus data when concerning the effectiveness and validity of the US's so-called 'war on drugs'. Dating back to the 1980s, Colombia became a figurative and literal battleground in this war, as the world's principal cultivator of coca. As liberalized economic policies debilitated Colombia's rural political economy hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized producers, campesinos, and landless farmers gravitated toward the narcotic industry, via cultivation, as a way of life and survival. The United States, denounced such activities a threat, as drugs were proclaimed a risk to 'national security' (White House, 1986). In turn, Washington devoted a great deal of time, money, and military resources to curb coca 'at the source'. Yet this militarized approach toward eradication has consistently produced incredibly poor results. Rather than facilitating a decline the narcotic industry witnessed an enormous expansion over the past two decades. A fascinating shift related to this historic debacle was reported in early November. The United States Embassy in Bogota announced a miraculous 29 per cent decrease in Colombian coca cultivation and an estimated 39 per cent drop in cocaine production in 2008 alone. Such figures are incredible, for rates of coca cultivation have, in actuality, significantly risen since Washington embarked on its war on drugs in Colombia. Throughout the 1980s, when Colombia was identified as a threat to US national security, cultivation averaged 46,000 hectares. [1 hectare = 2.47 acres.] By the 1990s levels had reached 61,000 hectares, while the past decade saw median rates hovering at 140,000 hectares. Taking the subject a step further, when one situates rates of coca cultivation in conjunction with rates of coca eradicated via manual and aerial techniques it becomes glaringly apparent that growth rates have done anything but declined. To the contrary, coca accelerated especially under the administration of Alvaro Urribe Velez [2002-2010]. Such information devastates the success Washington (and Bogota¡) today claim. Who drafted and released the information to the public? While formally released through the US Embassy in Bogotá, the report and findings came from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) specifically the US Director of Central Inttelligence, Crime and Narcotics Center (CNC). What is unique about this is the unspoken absence of the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). For the greater part of the last decade, the ONDCP has been the principal medium for formally releasing information related to coca cultivation levels within Colombia. The fact that the CIA/CNC released this report and not the ONDCP should spark some question and debate. http://www.counterpunch.org/brittain11202009.htmlLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/its-really-war-on-poor-war-on-coca.htmmonochrom at 11/20/2009 07:10:00 PM
[monochrom] Paying Off the Warlords: Anatomy of an Afghan Culture of Corruption
Kabul, Afghanistan -- Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Among the dozens of businesses dispatching these trucks are two extremely well connected companies -- Ghazanfar and Zahid Walid -- that helped to swell the election coffers of President Hamid Karzai as well as the family business of his running mate, the country's new vice president, warlord Mohammed Qasim Fahim. Some of the trucks are on their way to two power stations in the northern part of the capital: a recently refurbished, if inefficient, plant that has served Kabul for a little more than a quarter of a century, and a brand new facility scheduled for completion next year and built with money from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Afghan political analysts observe that Ghazanfar and Zahid Walid are striking examples of the multimillion-dollar business conglomerates, financed by American as well as Afghan tax dollars and connected to powerful political figures, that have, since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, emerged as part of a pervasive culture of corruption here. Nasrullah Stanikzai, a professor of law and political science at Kabul University, says of the companies in the pocket of the vice-president: Everybody knows who is Ghazanfar. Everybody knows who is Zahid Walid. The [government elite] directly or indirectly have companies, licenses, and sign contracts. But corruption is not confined just to the Afghans. The international community bears a share of this blame. Indeed, the tale of the reconstruction of Kabul's electricity supply is a classic story of how foreign aid has often served to line the pockets of both international contractors from the donor countries and the local political elite. Unfortunately, these aid-financed projects also generally fail -- as the Kabul diesel plants appear destined to -- because of a lack of planning and the hard cash to keep them operating. http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175140/pratap_chatterjee_afghanistan_as_a_patronage_machineLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/paying-off-warlords-anatomy-of-afghan.htmmonochrom at 11/20/2009 07:12:00 PM
[monochrom] Reflections On Epilepsy
Raymond Tallis applies his mind to his mind. My experience with neurological patients has underlined what ordinary life tells us: that a brain in some working order is a necessary condition for human consciousness. Unlike mind-brain identity theorists, however, I do not believe that consciousness is identical with neural activity in the cerebral cortex, the brain stem, the thalamus or wherever. This does not mean that I think I have an immaterial soul; nor do I subscribe to a 'ghost-in-the-machine' Cartesian dualism. Rather, I am a non-Cartesian atheist who just can't help noticing that however hard you look, you will not find sensations, affections and reasons in bits of the brain, or even distributed throughout the brain. So although a functioning brain is necessary for every aspect of consciousness, from the simplest twinge of sensation to the most exquisitely constructed sense of self, it is not sufficient for consciousness and ccertainly not for the kind of consciousness you and I enjoy. A necessary condition, or set of conditions, of something happening, is that without which it will not happen; a sufficient condition, or set of conditions, is that which is enough to ensure that it happens. In order for me to be knocked down by a 97 bus in London, itâs necessary for me to be in London. However, being in London is not sufficient otherwise I mightt be even more inclined to avoid the place. Something else is required â for example that I should be in a certain street; that a 97 bus should be in the same street; that, preoccupied with the mind-body problem, I should walk in front of the bus; and that the driver, who may also be pondering the mind-body problem, should fail to see me in order to stop in time. http://www.philosophynow.org/issue75/75tallis.htmLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/reflections-on-epilepsy.htmmonochrom at 11/20/2009 07:15:00 PM
[monochrom] Ben-Hur: The Book That Shook the World
Hate keeps a man alive. Those famous words do not actually appear in the original 1880 novel Ben-Hur by General Lew Wallace. Karl Tunberg, or more likely Christopher Fry or Gore Vidal (there was a dispute over the screenplay credit), gave that line to Roman patrician Quintus Arrius as he confronted the magnificent, nearly-naked galley slave Judah Ben-Hur, played by Charlton Heston, in the 1959 Hollywood blockbuster. The film cost MGM $15 million to make, won the studio a record eleven Oscars, and was seen by ninety-eight million people in cinemas across the United States. It was the only Hollywood movie to make the Vatican's official list of approved religious films, and, like clockwork, it is rebroadcast on network television every Easter. And yet the movie's acclaim still does not compare to the waves of religious ecstasy that followed the publication of the novel, which is the most influential Christian book written in the nineteenth century. Since its first publication, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ has never been out of print. It outsold every book except the Bible until Gone With the Wind came out in 1936, and resurged to the top of the list again in the 1960s. By 1900 it had been printed in thirty-six English-language editions and translated into twenty others, including Indonesian and Braille. The novel intertwines the life of Jesus with that of a fictional protagonist, the young Jewish prince named Judah Ben-Hur, who suffers betrayal, injustice, and brutality, and longs for a Jewish king to vanquish Rome. It has the appeal of a rollicking historical adventure combined with a sincere Christian message of redemption. http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2009-11/BenHur.htmlLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/ben-hur-book-that-shook-world.htmmonochrom at 11/19/2009 04:53:00 PM
[monochrom] Dancer Plans To Induce Epileptic Seizure In Performance
A dance artist with epilepsy is to try to induce a seizure on stage - but has been urged to reconsider by a charity. Rita Marcalo has stopped taking her medication ahead of the event at The Bradford Playhouse, which the audience will be invited to film. Arts Council England, which is funding the performance, said it aimed to raise awareness about the condition. But the Epilepsy Action charity expressed concerns and urged Ms Marcalo to reconsider the event. Ms Marcalo, the artistic director of Leeds-based dance company, Instant Dissidence, plans to induce a seizure as part of the 24-hour Involuntary Dances event on 11 December, which will also include dance and poetry readings. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/8368159.stmLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/dancer-plans-to-induce-epileptic.htmmonochrom at 11/19/2009 04:56:00 PM
[monochrom] Oceans' Uptake of Human-Made Carbon May Be Slowing
The oceans play a key role in regulating climate, absorbing more than a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans put into the air. Now, the first year-by-year accounting of this mechanism during the industrial era suggests the oceans are struggling to keep up with rising emissions -- a finding with potentially wide implications for future climate. The study appears in the November 19 issue of the journal Nature. http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2586Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/oceans-uptake-of-human-made-carbon-may.htmmonochrom at 11/19/2009 04:57:00 PM
[monochrom] Fwd: Theorie studieren an der Kunsthochschule / Studying Theory at the Art University
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at monochrom.at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.598 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.598 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001] autolearn=ham Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:33:17 +0100 From: Gerald Raunig rau...@eipcp.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) To: rau...@eipcp.net Subject: Theorie studieren an der Kunsthochschule / Studying Theory at the Art University X-Info: valid message X-Info: original Date english version below: Studying Theory at the Art University --- Zürich: Theorie studieren an der Kunsthochschule http://vth.zhdk.ch/http://vth.zhdk.ch Die neue Website der Vertiefung Theorie (Bachelor Medien und Kunst) an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ist online. Theorie boomt in den Weiten des Kunstfelds, auf den Fluchtlinien sozialer Konflikte, an den glänzenden Oberflächen der Kreativindustrie. Dennoch tut sich eine immer grössere Kluft auf zwischen dem blossen Begehren nach Theorie und einer tatsächlichen Austauschbeziehung von kulturellen Praktiken und Wissensproduktion. Das Studium in der Vertiefung Theorie bearbeitet diese Lücken und Bruchstellen auf der Basis eines europaweit einzigartigen Zusammenspiels avancierter Theorie mit dem Freiraum der Kunsthochschule. Jenseits akademischer Konvention schafft die systematisch angelegte Ausbildung einen fundierten Überblick und erprobt neue Formen der Text- und Theorieproduktion, der ästhetischen und politischen Intervention. Die Ausbildung führt in die gegenwärtig relevanten Strömungen ästhetischer, politischer und kulturwissenschaftlicher Theorien ein und setzt sich zum Ziel, die Grundlagen für eine kritische und theoretisch versierte AutorInnenschaft zu legen. Spezifisch für die Vertiefung ist die Fokussierung dieser Theorien auf Kunstpraxis und Populär- und Alltagskultur sowie die Reflexion von deren sozialer und politischer Dimension. In der Auseinandersetzung mit zeitgenössischen Diskursen entwickeln die Studierenden textuelle, konzeptionelle und organisatorische Kompetenzen, mit denen sie kulturelle Praktiken analysieren, mitgestalten und neu erfinden. Unter der Adresse http://vth.zhdk.ch/http://vth.zhdk.ch finden Sie Informationen zum Theorie Studium an der Kunsthochschule und Hinweise auf unsere aktuellen Veranstaltungen, Projekte und Publikationen. Infotag: 24. November 2009 http://www.zhdk.ch/index.php?id=11702http://www.zhdk.ch/index.php?id=11702 Bewerbungsfrist (Studienbeginn Herbstsemester 2010/2011): 19. Februar 2010 Mit der Bitte um Weiterleitung an interessierte Einzelpersonen und Mailinglisten und den besten Grüssen, Gerald Raunig / Klaus Schönberger Leitung Vertiefung Theorie Bachelor Medien und Kunst Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK --- Zurich: Studying Theory at the Art University http://vth.zhdk.ch/http://vth.zhdk.ch The new website of the specialization Theory (Bachelor Media and Arts) at the Zurich University of the Arts is online now. Theory is booming ... ... along the final frontiers of the art field, across the flight lines of social conflicts, on the glossy surfaces of the creative industries. All the same, an ever-widening gulf is opening up between the mere desire for theory and an actual relationship of exchange between cultural practices and knowledge production. Unique in Europe, the courses offered by the Theory major address these gaps and fractures by establishing an interplay between advanced theory and the free space of the art school. Surpassing the boundaries of academic convention, the systematic course structure provides students with a substantiated overview and opportunities to try out new forms of text and theory production, of aesthetic and political intervention. The specialisation offers an introduction to the topical drift of aesthetic, political and cultural studies, and aims to lay the foundations for critical and theoretically versed authorship. Specific to this major is the focus on artistic practice and popular and everyday culture, as well as the examination of their social and political dimensions. In the course of this preoccupation with contemporary discourses, students develop textual, conceptual, and organizational skills enabling them to analyze, shape and reinvent cultural practices. Courses mainly in german language. At http://vth.zhdk.ch/http://vth.zhdk.ch you find information about Studying Theory at the Art University as well as announcements about our current events, projects and publications. Information day: 24 November 2009 http://www.zhdk.ch/index.php?id=11702http://www.zhdk.ch/index.php?id=11702 Deadline for applications (autumn term 2010/2011): 19 February 2010 Please distribute widely. All the best, Gerald Raunig / Klaus Schönberger Leitung Vertiefung Theorie Bachelor Medien und Kunst Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK
[monochrom] A Teledildonic Soiree: Arse Elektronika Vienna Special
== A TELEDILDONIC SOIREE == Arse Elektronika Vienna Special http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronika Friday, November 20, 8 PM @ Raum D, Museumsquartier, Vienna == What is the sex of the future, and why aren't we having it yet? In this talk about the current state of sex toy technology, including computer controlled toys, teledildonics, and whatever weird stuff he had to bring through customs with him, Kyle Machulis (of Nonpolynomial Labs and http://slashdong.org) covers what's available to the consumer currently, why it sucks, and what's coming in the near and far future. Outlining the thoughts and strategies that go into designing the interface to a sex toy, he asks the question: What can the DIY and open source community do to help further everyone with a access to a computer getting laid? About the speaker: Kyle Machulis, aka qDot, is a researcher of alternate input mechanisms and haptics, which is really a fancy way of saying he breaks sex toys. Through his Slashdong webpage, he uses the topic of teledildonics (remotely actuated sexual experience) to teach the basic concepts of software, electrical and mechanical engineering. He also tracks the convergence of sex and technological advances in toys and interaction, building on the idea that paradigms for interfaces people would use for intimate encounters on computers can be extended to other usage experiences. He is one of monochrom's collaborators at Arse Elektronika in San Francisco. == Do Androids Sleep With Electric Sheep? Critical Perspectives on Sexuality and Pornography in Science and Social Fiction == Johannes Grenzfurthner will introduce you to the brand new Arse Elektronika Anthology Do Andoids Sleep With Electric Sheep? Taking up where the successful first part of the Arse Elektronika book series left off, this anthology stands under the motto future -- and the ways in which the present sees itself reflected in it. Maintaining a broadened perspective on technical development and technology while also putting special emphasis on its social implementation, this anthology focuses on Science and Social Fiction. The genre of the fantastic is especially well suited to the investigation of the touchy area of sexuality and pornography: actual and assumed developments are frequently depicted positively and approvingly, but just as often with dystopian admonishment. Here the classic, and continuingly valid, themes of modernism represent a clear link between the two aspects: questions of science, research and technologization are of interest, as is the complex surrounding urbanism, artificiality and control (or the loss of control). Depictions of the future, irregardless of the form they take, always address the present as well. Imaginations of the fantastic and the nightmarish give rise to a thematic overlapping of the exotic, the alienating and, of course, the pornographic/sexual as well. Featuring essays and stories by Rudy Rucker, Richard Kadrey, James Tiptree, Jr., Allen Stein, Sharing is Sexy, Jason Brown, Cory Doctorow, Annalee Newitz, Tina Lorenz, Reesa Brown, Karin Harrasser, Isaac Leung, Rose White, Mela Mikes, Viviane, Susan Mernit, Chris Noessel, Kit O'Connell, Jens Ohlig, Bonni Rambatan, Thomas Roche, Bonnie Ruberg, Mae Saslaw, Violet Blue, Nathan Shedroff, 23N!, Benjamin Cowden, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Daniel Fabry. Edited by Johannes Grenzfurthner, Günther Friesinger, Daniel Fabry, Thomas Ballhausen. Published by RE/Search Publications (San Francisco) in cooperation with monochrom.
[monochrom] Roland Barthes: Presence of Mind
Roland Barthes died almost 30 years ago, on 26 March 1980, but his works continue to engage new and old readers with remarkable consistency. Books about him keep appearing: literary and philosophical essays by Jean-Claude Milner (2003), Jean-Pierre Richard (2006) and Eric Marty (2006), a gossipy biography of his last years by Hervé Algalarrondo (2006), a chapter about his piano-playing by François Noudelmann (2008). And now we have two new/old texts by Barthes himself, transcriptions of his notes on the trip he made to China in spring 1974 with his friends from the Seuil publishing house and the magazine Tel Quel (François Wahl, Philippe Sollers, Julia Kristeva, Marcelin Pleynet), and of his so-called diary of mourning, a set of jottings made in the immediate aftermath of his mothers death in the autumn of 1977. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n22/michael-wood/presence-of-mindLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/roland-barthes-presence-of-mind.htmmonochrom at 11/16/2009 02:42:00 PM
[monochrom] Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists
Dirt. Noise. Crowds. Delays. Scary smells. Even scarier fluids swirling on the floor. There are lots of reasons to loathe the New York City subway, but one very good reason to love it Helvetica, the typeeface that's used on its signage. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/arts/16iht-design16.html?_r=1partner=rssemc=rssLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/mistakes-in-typography-grate-purists.htmmonochrom at 11/16/2009 02:45:00 PM
[monochrom] A Prehistory of n-Categorical Physics
By J. Baez and A. Lauda: This paper traces the growing role of categories and n-categories in physics, starting with groups and their role in relativity, and leading up to more sophisticated concepts which manifest themselves in Feynman diagrams, spin networks, string theory, loop quantum gravity, and topological quantum eld theory. Our chronology ends around 2000, with just a taste of later developments such as open-closed topological string theory, the categorication of quantum groups, Khovanov homology, and Lurie's work on the classication of topological quantum eld theories. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/history.pdfLink (PDF) -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/prehistory-of-n-categorical-physics.htmmonochrom at 11/16/2009 02:49:00 PM
[monochrom] Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis 2009 / Zusammenfassung
Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis für internetfreie Minuten 2009 http://www.monochrom.at/wolfgang-lorenz-gedenkpreis/ Nominierungsliste: 1. Nominierung: die ORF ON-Direktoren für 15 Jahre fehlende Barrierefreiheit im Scheißinternet und generelle Ignoranz; denn ORF ON endet als Versorgungspostenpool, der sich in der Konzeption von ORF-Dörfern und TV-Theken ergeht, anstatt eine umfassende Internetstrategie zu entwickeln. 2. Nominierung: Plagiatsjäger Stefan Weber für seine Leistungen als Blockwart eines konservativen Wissenschaftsbetriebes, der Studierenden Dummheit und Internetkriminalität vorwirft, anstatt Überlegungen über einen zeitgenössischen Wissenschaftsbetrieb des Web 3.0 zu machen. 3. Nominierung: der Bühnenabend Menschmaschine im Rabenhof in der Kategorie fehlgeleitetes Infotainment für die Leistung, das Web 2.0 auf die Formel Beidlwitze zu reduzieren. 4. Nominierung: Ibrahim Evsan - stellvertretend für alle Social Media Gurus, die den Übergriff der Technik (Fixierungscode) predigen und gut daran verdienen. 5. Nominierung: Armin Thurnher in der Kategorie beleidigter Leitartikler; große Verdienste um die österreichische Medienlandschaft sind noch lange kein Freibrief für unreflektiertes Gegrantel. 6. Nominierung in der Kategorie Abmahnwahn: Jako und Jack Wolfskin für ihren unglaublichen juristischen Umgang mit Kleinst-Bloggern und Hobby-Bastlern mit Netzzugang 7. Nominierung in der Kategorie ProfilneurosendistinktionsgewinnlerInnen: ein paar KolumnistInnen (u.a. Doris Knecht und Polly Adler/Angelika Hager) für ihre medialen Anti-Social-Media-Koketterien. 8. Nominierung: die Wiener Grünen für ihre missglückte politische Kommunikation im Netz und das Verpassen einer einmaligen Chance. 9. Nominierung: Franz Medwenitsch für seine jahrelange Tätigkeit als Blockierer von fairen Verwertungsmodellen und diesbezüglicher lobbyistischer Begleitung von allen Gesetzesnovellen auf staatlicher und gemeinschaftlicher Ebene. 10. Nominierung: Wolfgang Schüssel - fürs Lebenswerk in der Bereitung internetfreier Minuten, denn er strafte die von ihm ungeliebte Internetgeneration mit einer miserablen Telekom-Regulierungspolitik ab. Und der Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis für internetfreie Minuten 2009 geht an: +++Die Wiener Grünen+++ Welche Chance die Wiener Grünen im Umgang mit neuen Formen netzgestützter Bürger/innenbeteiligung (die Netzinitiative Gruene Vorwahlen) vergeben hat, werden manche Funktionär/innen der Partei in ihrer eigenen Funktionsperiode gar nicht mehr realisieren können. In einer Partei, die aus den BürgerInneninitativen der 1980er hervorgegangen ist, wäre es mehr als notwendig gewesen, die neu aufkommenden Politik- und Partizipationsansätze der NetzuserInnen einzubeziehen. Doch ein ignoranter Parteikader machte die Schotten dicht, und wies bewegte SympathisantInnen zurück. Zweifelsohne eine vertane Chance, sich als first mover im österreichischen Parteienspektrum zu positionieren, der Antworten auf die neuen Phänomene der Repolitisierung (Stichwort #unibrennt) findet. Man könnte bemerken: Was kümmert ein strategischer Missgriff einer Partei die Allgemeinheit? Der angerichtete Schaden wird dort zu einer echten multidimensionalen politischen Havarie, wo politische Motivation erdrückt, Begeisterung erstickt und Gestaltungswillen ausgedämpft wird. Aus diesem Stoff wird Politikverdrossenheit gemacht. Grund genug, den Wiener Grünen für die Neuerfindung der gläsernen Decke den #wolo09 zu verleihen. Die Jury: Jana Herwig, Manfred Bruckner, Thomas Thurner, Ingrid Brodnig (14. November 2009)
Re: [monochrom] Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis 2009 / Zusammenfassung
interessensfrage: von wem ist dieser text: das ist eine melange aus unterschiedlichen statements der juror/innen... es gibt keine direkte autor/innen/schaft... evelyn und ich haben drueberredigiert... der jg
Re: [monochrom] wolo09
Mit Ingrid Brodnig in der Jury hatte der Falter ja eher schlechte Chancen auf den Preis. nein, das war eher nicht das problem... sie hat jedenfalls nicht gegen ihn gestimmt.
Re: [monochrom] [Safari] Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis 2009 / Zusammenfassung
Verwundert, dass monochrom sich zur Verbreitung von Diffamierungen hergibt wir haben eine jury. und die juror/innen haben unterschiedliche leute und institutionen nominiert. da wir ja nur einen preis haben und auch nur einen preis vergeben hats (offensichtlich) fuer stefan weber nicht gereicht. btw: die laengeren und detaillierteren nominierungsreden sind noch nicht alle zusammengetragen, werden aber nach und nach auf der homepage landen. der jg
[monochrom] Reminder: Heute 'Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis für internetfreie Minuten'
OTS: Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis für internetfreie Minuten (14. Nove,ber 2009) Wien (OTS) - Dem Scheiß Internet, in das sich junge Menschen verkriechen, hat ORF-Programmdirektor Wolfgang Lorenz im Herbst des Jahres 2008 den Kampf erklärt. Wenn das nicht Grund genug ist, nach dem Visionär einen Preis zu benennen, was dann? Das Wiener KünstlerInnen-Kollektiv monochrom hat deshalb den Wolfgang Lorenz Gedenkpreis für internetfreie Minuten gestiftet. In einer großen Verleihgala am 14. November im Wiener Figurentheater Lilarum werden jene Menschen ausgezeichnet, die im letzten Jahr durch Wort und Tat völlig unqualifizierte Statements gegen das Informationszeitalter abgeliefert haben. Ein Lobesschwanengesang auf die kommunikationstechnologiefeindlichsten und kulturpessimistischsten Distinktionsgewinnler! Und -innen! Die hochkarätige Fachjury, bestehend aus - Jana Herwig, Medienwissenschaftlerin - Manfred Bruckner, Wirtschaftskammer Österreich - Ingrid Brodnig, Journalistin/Falter - Thomas Thurner, Quartier für digitale Kultur musste sich zwischen realitätsfremden Leitartiklern, angeblichen Basisdemokratlern und auch sonst allerlei denkwürdigen Meinungen entscheiden. Im Rahmen der triumphale Abendshow in Wien werden auch diverse Ehrengäste zu Wort kommen: - Heinz Wittenbrink, Medienwissenschaftler - Christoph Chorherr, Die Grünen - Franz Ablinger, Student und Experte - Andreas Klinger, ein Socialist - Evelyn Fürlinger, Gesangswunder - Roland Gratzer, Mediendrüse - Max Kossatz, der @karli Der Host: Johannes Grenzfurthner, monochrom Web: http://www.monochrom.at/wolfgang-lorenz-gedenkpreis/ Twitter: #wolo09 Facebook: http://bit.ly/wolo09
[monochrom] 2012 Debunker guide
Christ on crutches, why does anybody still buy into 2012 Mayan Apocalypse theory? It's like all the new age crystal worshipers joined a death cult. The Mayans' calendar outlasted their civilization, and that's just not good enough for some people. Don't you over entitled pricks realize how much work it is to carve 5,125 years of calendar into stone? I bet your calendar doesn't go past this year, and it's printed on fucking tree pulp! As Richard Dawkins would say, http://www.rathergood.com/scienceFuck Off. Here's an illustrated guide to debunking 2012 theories. Enjoy! http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/2012-the-end-of-the-world/Link -- Posted By David Fine to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/2012-debunker-guide.htmmonochrom at 11/12/2009 06:49:00 PM
[monochrom] When Sesame Street Was New
Educators were thrilled that children were entering school with a grasp of letters, colors and elementary numbers. Later, the show was criticized as too winsome, leading children to expect that the elements of reading and math would bounce in bright colors across the classroom. Nowadays, teachers are probably just grateful if kindergartners aren't texting in class. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-sesame10-2009nov10,0,3907007.storyLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/when-sesame-street-was-new.htmmonochrom at 11/10/2009 07:22:00 PM
[monochrom] Massive Defense Spending Leads to Job Loss
There is a major national ad campaign, funded by the oil industry and other usual suspects, to convince the public that measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and slow global warming will result in massive job loss. This ad campaign warns of slower growth and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs, possibly even millions of jobs, if some variation of the current proposals being debated by Congress get passed into law. In fact, standard economic models do show that measures designed to reduce GHG by raising energy prices will lead to some cost in terms of slower economic growth. And slower economic growth implies fewer jobs, although the impact will almost certainly be less than indicated in these scare stories. However, the oil industry's scare stories about job loss never put it in any context. In these models, any government measure that interferes with market outcomes almost by definition reduces efficiency, leading to less economic growth and fewer jobs. Efforts to slow global warming fall in this category, but so does almost everything else, and many items in the everything else category have a much larger impact. For example, defense spending means that the government is pulling away resources from the uses determined by the market and instead using them to buy weapons and supplies and to pay for soldiers and other military personnel. In standard economic models, defense spending is a direct drain on the economy, reducing efficiency, slowing growth and costing jobs. A few years ago, the Center for Economic and Policy Research commissioned Global Insight, one of the leading economic modeling firms, to project the impact of a sustained increase in defense spending equal to 1.0 percentage point of GDP. This was roughly equal to the cost of the Iraq war. http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/23100Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/massive-defense-spending-leads-to-job.htmmonochrom at 11/10/2009 07:24:00 PM
[monochrom] Can Oil Be Recycled?
A new facility aims to test the market for recycled oil Changing the oil in a car every 5,000 kilometers or so seems to be the industry standard (and may well be overkill). But that means a whole lot of pouring and draining motor oil into and out of the U.S. auto fleet: 1.3 billion gallons or so, to be precise. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-oil-be-recycledLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/can-oil-be-recycled.htmmonochrom at 11/10/2009 07:29:00 PM
[monochrom] The Vatican joins the search for alien life
The Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences is holding its first ever conference on alien life, the discovery of which would have profound implications for the Catholic Church. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6536400/The-Vatican-joins-the-search-for-alien-life.htmlLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/vatican-joins-search-for-alien-life.htmmonochrom at 11/10/2009 07:45:00 PM
[monochrom] Krach der Roboter on FM4 Soundselection 21
A wonderful song by beloved http://www.monochrom.at/krachKrach der Roboter will be featured on FM4 Soundselection 21. The song can be found on Krach's first Solo-CD http://www.monochrom.at/krach/hello-world!/Hello World! (released by monochrom). http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1631189/Link FM4 -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/krach-der-roboter-on-fm4-soundselection.htmmonochrom at 11/09/2009 04:00:00 PM
[monochrom] Frustikus Verleihung, Donnerstag, 12. November
Waren Sie schon einmal frustriert nachdem Sie etwas benutzt haben? Haben Sie sich schon einmal darüber geärgert, daß die Dinge nicht so funktionieren wie sie sollten? Begegnen Ihnen täglich Produkte, die kaum oder nur umständlich zu bedienen sind? Bei uns können Sie Ihrem Ärger Luft machen. Wir haben ein offenes Ohr für Ihre frustrierenden Erlebnisse. Teilen Sie Ihre Erlebnisse mit Leidensgenossen und machen Sie auf die vorhandenen Probleme aufmerksam. Technik muss immer benutzbar und beherrschbar sein daher sind wir Benutzer dazu aufgerufen, Dinge zu fordern, die einfach besser zu bedienen sind. Frustikus, der Preis für Unbenutzbarkeit, führt Produkte öffentlich vor, die KonsumentInnen frustrieren, da sie nicht Ihren Anforderungen und Bedürfnissen entsprechen. Einreichungen für den Preis sind ab sofort in den Kategorien Geräte, Software, Websites und Kundenservices bzw Prozesse aller Art möglich. Wer seinem Ärger Luft machen will, kann hier einen Beitrag einreichen oder eine Beschreibung mit Foto an frusti...@interactiondesign.at schicken. »Konsumenten nehmen Technik manchmal als unfehlbar wahr und suchen die Ursache des Scheiterns dann leider bei sich selbst.« sagt Jörg Linder, Initiator des Frustikus und Usability Consultant. »Ziel des Frustikus ist es, das Selbstbewusstsein von Konsumenten zu stärken und unbenutzbare Produkte oder Dienste ruhig auch mal beim Hersteller zu reklamieren.« Eine Jury aus Mitgliedern des Instituts für Gestaltungs- und Wirkungsforschung der Technischen Universität Wien und des Berufsverband der deutschsprachigen Usability und User Experience Professionals wird die PreisträgerInnen auswählen. Die Preisverleihung findet am 12. November 2009 um 20 Uhr im werkzeugH, Schönbrunnerstrasse 61, 1050 Wien statt. Der Eintritt ist frei. Das internationale Kunst-Technologie-Philosophie Kollektiv monochrom wird durch den Abend führen. http://www.frustikus.at/
[monochrom] Lakes of Antarctica Isolated for Millions of Years Discovered wit...
Antarctica's icy lakes have been discovered to house a surprisingly diverse community of viruses, including some that were previously unidentified. The finding could shed light on whether microbial life evolved independently in Antarctica, which has been isolated for millions of years, or they were introduced there more recently. Some of these lakes which are frozen nine months of the year, have little animal life and are dominated by microorganisms, including algae, bacteria, protozoans and viruses. http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/11/lakes-of-antarctica-discovered-with-new-unknown-viruses-isolated-for-millions-of-years.htmlLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/lakes-of-antarctica-isolated-for.htmmonochrom at 11/07/2009 04:42:00 PM
[monochrom] Matrix Producer Plans Biopic Of Prophet Muhammad -- without Muhammad
Barrie Osborne is planning a $150 million production, funded by a holding company in Qatar, that will educate people about the true meaning of Islam. The scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi [will] oversee all aspects of the shoot. In accordance with Islamic law, the prophet will not actually be depicted on screen. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/nov/02/matrix-producer-plans-muhammad-biopicLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/matrix-producer-plans-biopic-of-prophet.htmmonochrom at 11/04/2009 10:59:00 AM
[monochrom] IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in Gland, Switzerland, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species aims to catalogue and highlight those plants and animals that are facing a higher risk of global extinction. http://www.iucnredlist.org/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/iucn-red-list-of-threatened-species.htmmonochrom at 11/04/2009 11:02:00 AM
[monochrom] Myth of the Global Safety Net
Media reports on the economic meltdown have mainly concentrated on the impact of the crisis on the rich nations, with little concern for the mass of the population living in what used to be called the Third World. The current view seems to be that the setbacks in these emerging economies may be less severe than expected. China's and India's high growth rates have slackened, but the predicted slump has not materialized. This line of thought, however, analyses only the effects of the crisis on countries as a whole, masking its differential impact across social classes. If one considers income distribution, and not just macro-calculations of gdp, the global downturn has taken a disproportionately higher toll on the most vulnerable sectors: the huge armies of the poorly paid, under-educated, resourceless workers that constitute the overcrowded lower depths of the world economy. To the extent that these many hundreds of millions are incorporated into the production process it is as informal labour, characterized by casualized and fluctuating employment and piece-rates, whether working at home, in sweatshops, or on their own account in the open air; and in the absence of any contractual or labour rights, or collective organization. In a haphazard fashion, still little understood, work of this nature has come to predominate within the global labour force at large. The International Labour Organization estimates that informal workers comprise over half the workforce in Latin America, over 70 per cent in Sub-Saharan Africa and over 80 per cent in India; an Indian government report suggests a figure of more than 90 per cent. Cut loose from their original social moorings, the majority remain stuck in the vast shanty towns ringing city outskirts across the global South. http://www.newleftreview.org/?page=articleview=2800Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/myth-of-global-safety-net.htmmonochrom at 11/04/2009 11:06:00 AM
[monochrom] Benjamin Cowden: New monochrom artist in residence
One more monochrom artist in residence! Ye! http://twentysevengears.com/Benjamin Cowden began working with metal during an undergraduate anthropology project in Cameroon in 1997, where he studied how Baka Pygmies turned worn machetes into utility knives. He later worked as a blacksmith and focused on utilitarian objects and furniture. When he began making sculpture in 2003, Cowden sought to maintain the physical relationship and interactivity of his earlier work. During his graduate studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Benjamin created interactive mechanical devices which explored human experience and the senses. Mr. Cowden now lives in Oakland California where he continues to explore these themes using mechanics, electronics, and other media. -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/benjamin-cowden-new-monochrom-artist-in.htmmonochrom at 11/04/2009 02:28:00 PM
[monochrom] morgen: monochrom @ Uni Graz Besetzung
monochrom performance am 2. November 2009 um 18 Uhr im befreiten Hörsaaltrakt Vorklinik (HS 06.01) der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz schauts vorbei!
[monochrom] monochroms Massives Multiplayer Daumenwrestling @ Top Sites For Cool Games Using Your Hands
Great... http://www.monochrom.at/thumbMassive Multiplayer Thumb-Wrestling is hitting the blogosphere again! http://www.makeuseof.com/makeuseof.com reports... What do you do when the XBox 360 has gone down, your Nintendo DSi is on the fritz, and even your board games aren't around because you sold them at your yard sale? You and some friends, sitting around on your thumbs is no way to spend Saturday night. What you need are Hand Games! Everyone with hands can play them, and we all have hands! OK, most of us have hands. Those that don't can referee or be enthusiastic spectators! [...] Maybe you're just all thumbs when it comes to hand games. If that's the case, I'm sure you'd excel at the latest in thumb wars multiplayer! No more one on one, with your cousin with the freakishly monkey like thumb that reach your thumb even while it's still in the air. Level the playing field by bringing in the rest of the mutated family and friends. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-top-site-for-games-that-involve-your-hands/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/11/monochroms-massive-multiplayer-thumb.htmmonochrom at 11/01/2009 04:22:00 PM
[monochrom] UK Scientists Use Laser To Give False Memories to Flies
A team of neuroscientists at the University of Oxford have discovered a way to trigger behavior in flies by selectively modifying neurons in their brain and stimulating them with a laser in order to simulate a learning experience. http://singularityhub.com/2009/10/20/uk-scientists-use-laser-to-give-false-memories-to-flies/Link -- Posted By sharon to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/uk-scientists-use-laser-to-give-false.htmmonochrom at 10/30/2009 11:51:00 PM
[monochrom] Kyle Machulis: new monochrom artist in residence
Our new artist in residence arrived! Hooray! Kyle Machulis, aka qDot, is a researcher of alternate input mechanisms and haptics, which is really a fancy way of saying he breaks sex toys. Through his Slashdong webpage (http://www.slashdong.orghttp://www.slashdong.org), he uses the topic of teledildonics (remotely actuated sexual experience) to teach the basic concepts of software, electrical and mechanical engineering. He also tracks the convergence of sex and technological advances in toys and interaction, building on the idea that paradigms for interfaces people would use for intimate encounters on computers can be extended to other usage experiences. He is one of monochrom's collaborators at http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronikaArse Elektronika in San Francisco. -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/kyle-machulis-new-monochrom-artist-in.htmmonochrom at 10/31/2009 12:10:00 PM
[monochrom] 1989? Why? Because capitalism is superior?
The events of 1989 are most often depicted as the failure of socialism. It's a powerful interpretation that has served to discredit alternatives to the capitalist system, which is said to have triumphed, and to bestow upon capitalism an aura of legitimacy based not only on a reading of recent history but also on assumptions about the natural order, not least human nature. Capitalism, it is proposed, is the normal state of human traffic in what people make and value and need; socialism is the deviation. Capitalism responds to the nature of man--acquisitiveness, competition, egoism and the insatiable need for more. Socialism stands in the way of initiative, creativity and competition. Going by its nom de guerre, communism, it proposes radical equality in a world of unequals. Therefore, it can be maintained only by the coercive power of an entrenched elite and a repressive state. In the Eastern bloc, once that force was removed and party leaders lost confidence in their right to rule, communism naturally fell, and people's instinctual drives for material accumulation were liberated. Markets won out everywhere, even when democracy did not. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091116/suny/singleLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/1989-why-because-capitalism-is-superior.htmmonochrom at 10/31/2009 12:26:00 PM
[monochrom] There Are No Seven Stages of Grief
You can even get over it quickly. The idea that grief is work that we must do began with Freud. He believed that if you didn't labor at it, you would never recover the psychic energy you had invested in a person who was no longer there. Over time, psychologists developed ways to describe the various stages of this work. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross' stages are the most familiar: Stage 1, denial--This cannot be! Stage 2, anger, followed by bargaining, then depression, then acceptance. The stages have great intuitive appeal, but, according to Bonanno, both Freud and Kübler-Ross were wrong. The way that grief unfolds for most people is almost nothing like the old model says it should. It is not work, and it doesn't occur in stages. It can be short-lived for some people and never-ending for others. Like breathing and consciousness and almost everything else about us, grief fluctuates. Our biggest mistake when describing grief, Bonanno writes in his deep and intelligent book, The Other Side of Sadness, is that we underestimate the resilience of the bereaved. Modern scientists have by now thoroughly picked apart Freud and his idiosyncracies, but Bonanno says that Freud's pronouncements about grief were particularly incomplete. The father of psychoanalysis never really explained how work turned grief into recovery. His statements were brief and preliminary, and he himself qualified them as pretty speculative. Kübler-Ross' stages of grief have been similarly accepted without any rigorous testing. It's also crucial to note that Kübler-Ross came up with her stages after observing people's reactions to the news that they themselves were going to die--not to the news that someone else had. Only later did she and colleagues apply the five steps to grief resulting from another person's death or to some other great disappointment. http://www.doublex.com/section/life/there-are-no-seven-stages-griefLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/there-are-no-seven-stages-of-grief.htmmonochrom at 10/31/2009 12:29:00 PM
[monochrom] Bacteria As Art: Biophysicists Grow Pretty Bacteria In Petri Dishes To Find Antibiotics
Biophysicists are growing Petri dishes of different species of bacteria in order to develop new antibiotics. The bacteria are subjected to different temperatures and have limited food sources inside the dish. Despite these conditions, most colonies tend to communicate and reproduce. Their growth results in unique patterns of varying colors--a sort of bacteria painting. Researchers are hoping to learn more about the strategies the bacteria use to thrive, in order to find weaknesses that new drugs could exploit. http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1211-bacteria_as_art.htmLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/bacteria-as-art-biophysicists-grow.htmmonochrom at 10/31/2009 12:39:00 PM
[monochrom] Qualtinger, bitte soo leiwand
Wie sehen Sie die Zukunft Österreichs? (Teil 1 von 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UONiGMmbS4feature=player_embedded Wie sehen Sie die Zukunft Österreichs? (Teil 2 von 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzm3prz8Vawfeature=player_embedded
[monochrom] reminder: Do. 29.10.- Fr. 30.10. HORROR IM MQ! 4.HALLOWEEN-FILM-SPECIAL
From: Martin Nechvatal martin-nechvatal@martin-nechvatal.com monochrom präsentiert: MARTIN NECHVATALS HORRORFILMREIHE 4.HALLOWEEN-FILM-SPECIAL Donnerstag 29.10. bis Freitag 30.10. jeweils 19:30 und 21:30 Einlass: ab 18:30 Beginn: 19:30Uhr (pünktlich wegen Double Feature!) WO:Im MUSEUMSQUARTIER,im QUARTIER 21 ,Abschnitt Electric Avenue,Raum D (neben MONOCHROM und QUINTESSENZ). Eintritt Frei! Für eine Auswahl an Getränken ist gesorgt. Brötchen und anderes gibt es zum Essen. Zu Filmbeginn gibt eine Trailer-Show mit den Filmen des Festivals. PROGRAMMÜBERSICHT: Do. 29.10. 19:30Uhr: MY BLOODY VALENTINE(US-UNRATED VERSION!!!) 21:30Uhr: MARK OF THE DEVIL 2 - HEXEN Fr. 30.10. 19:30Uhr:MADHOUSE-PARTY DES SCHRECKENS 21:30Uhr: THE BEAST WITHIN - Do.29.10. 19:30Uhr: MY BLOODY VALENTINE aka BLUTIGER VALENTINSTAG CAN/1981/90min./englische OF/SELTENE KOMPLETTE US-UNRATED UNCUT VERSION!!! mit Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck u.a. Drehbuch: Stephen A.Miller und John Beaird Regie: George Mihalka Bei einem Einsatz Unter Tage werden mehrere Männer in einem Bergwerk verschüttet.Währen die Leute in der kleinen Stadt den Valentinstag feiern,vergessen sie auf die fehlenden Männer.Als diese dann gesucht werden,kann nur mehr einer lebend gefunden werden.Dieser hat den Verstand verloren und verbietet von nun an den Valentinstag hier zu feiern.Als dieses Verbot Jahre später gebrochen wird,werden Kartons mit blutigen Herzen verschickt.Bald darauf passiert ein brutaler Mord... Endlich gibt es diesen kanadischen Slasher-Klassiker in der vollständigen ultra-harten Splatter-Fassung!! Um einiges härter als sonst im TV und auf den R-Rated DVDs wird hier schön brutal und einfallsreich in bester Slasher-Manier gemordet. Die echten Stollen-Sets haben viel Atmosphäre und die Grundstimmung ist sehr geschmacklos und makaber.Der Täter trägt die ganze Zeit die Arbeitskleidung plus Helm und Atemmaske,wodurch der Atem auch immer stöhnend hörbar ist. Thomas R.Burman hat die blutigen SFX kreiert.Er arbeitete z.b.an DIE HARD 2(STIRB LANGSAM 2/USA/1987)oder INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS(DIE KÖRPERFRESSER KOMMEN/USA/1978). Quentin Tarantino bezeichnet ihn als seinen Lieblings-Slasher. Der Score von Paul Zaza(z.b.POCORN(SKINNER/USA/1991) ist schönster Synthie-Sound. Einer dieser guten alten Slasherfilme im Stile von THE PROWLER(DIE FORKE DES TODES/USA/1981)oder FRIDAY THE 13(USA/1980)die sich von der Masse angenehm abheben. 2009 erfuhr der Film ein wie ich hörte ziemlich überflüssiges Remake. Dieser ist nicht in 3D,jedoch Original und komplett Uncut! 21:30Uhr: HEXEN-GESCHÄNDET UND ZU TODE GEQUÄLT aka MARK OF THE DEVIL 2 aka WITCHES-VIOLATED AND TORTURED TO DEATH aka HEXEN D/GB/1973/87min./deutsche Fassung/UNCUT VERSION mit Erika Blanc, Anton Diffring, Reggie Nalder, Percy Hoven, Ellen Umlauf, Johannes Buzalski,u.a. Drehbuch: Michael Armstrong und Fred Denger Regie: Adrian Hoven Irgendwo im Mittelalter. Der äußerst entstellte Hexenjäger Natas(Reggie Nalder)foltert,vergewaltigt und tötet junge Frauen im Auftrag vom Großmeister Balthasar von Ross(Anton Diffring).Als sich ein Graf(Adrian Hoven) mit seiner Frau bei einer dieser Handlungen einmischt,wird er ermordet.Die Gräfin Elisabeth von Salmenau(Erika Blanc)ist ihm nun mit ihrem Sohn(Percy Hoven)ausgeliefert.Sie wird als Hexe bezeichnet.Unter anderem auch die junge Nonne Clementine(Astrid Kilian).Sie und andere bekommen die brutale Härte der Inquisition zu spüren... Absolut sleaziges,grindiges Exploitation-Kino von Frauenliebling Adrian van Hoven alias Peter Hofkirchner oder Percy Hoven.Teil 2 zu HEXEN BIS AUFS BLUT GEQUÄLT(MARK OF THE DEVIL/GB/F/D/Ö/1969),den Hoven produzierte und teilweise die Regie übernahm.Der damalige Regisseur Michael Armstrong schrieb hier am Skript mit. Der Vater dieser Filme ist allerdings Michael Reeves.Mit THE WITCHFINDER GENERAL(GB/1968)brach er damals einige Tabus.Er sollte ursprünglich bei MARK...Regie führen,nahm sich jedoch leider das Leben.Sein Regieassi(Armstrong) übernahm dann voll auf Drogen den Job. Mit viel weniger Budget(Teil 1 wurde in Krems und im Salzburgerland auf Schloß Moosham in Mauterndorf gedreht)und einem dadurch nicht so berühmten Cast an Stars.Wie in dem Vorgänger wird auch hier ausgiebigst dem Mittelalter entsprechend gefoltert.Stachel-Bänke,Daumenschrauben,heisse Eisenschuhe und Pfählungen durch den Hintern gehören zum blutigen Repertoire.Das führte dazu,das der Film z.b.in der BRD indiziert wurde.In Australien ist er noch immer verboten.Die Effekte sind einfach,können jedoch unterhalten. Fast wäre der Film härter als BRENN,HEXE BRENN(Österreichischer Kino-Titel von Teil 1)geworden,leider musste der Streifen damals vor dem Start etwas gekürzt werden.Es reicht aber dennoch,um einigen zart besaiteten Besuchern den Abend zu verderben. Denn die traurigen realen Hintergründe
[monochrom] Sa.31.10. THE INCREDIBLE STRANGE SIDESHOW OF HORRORS im VEKKS- inkl.FLYER( komprimiert)
1.WIENER BLUTTHEATER presents: THE INCREDIBLE STRANGE SIDESHOW OF HORRORS am Samstag, 31.10. um 23Uhr im Keller vom VEKKS/EINGANG KOSTNIXLADEN!!! Zentagasse 26, 1050 Wien (5 Minuten von U4 Pilgramgasse,Margaretenplatz,Margaretenstrasse). Open ab 21Uhr Keller ab 22Uhr Eintritt:6.- Blut-Brot-Stand Halloweenparty nach der Show mit DJ SWEENEY TODD und GUESTS: Industrial-Rock,Horror-Music,Metal,Black Metal Horror-Visuals von Necvatal Zum ersten mal gastiert THE INCREDIBLE STRANGE SIDESHOW OF HORRORS in Wien. In der Tradition eines geschmacklosen und derben Zirkus werden hier Acts geboten die einem zum lachen oder zum kotzen bringen. Blutrünstige Splattereinlagen und bizarre Attraktionen führen in die Welten der guten alten Sideshow und des Grand Guignol-Theaters. Eine Reise in die Abgründe menschlicher Abnormitäten. LIVE zu sehen sind: OZ THE FAKIR OF LUST, IT FROM THE PIT-ONKEL HEINRICH THE GEEK, ZARDU MASTER OF ILLUSION, THE MANEATER,DER MENSCHENFRESSER, POGO THE DRUNKEN CLOWN secured by the THE MANIAC COP(ACHTUNG WACHPUNKT!) HOSTED BY MR.NECROFILE
[monochrom] monochrom's Climate Training Camp in Graz / pictures!
Pictures of monochrom's Climate Training Camp in Graz, last weekend. http://www.flickr.com/photos/monochrom/sets/72157622673675012/Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/monochrom/sets/72157622673675012/ Set / Link http://www.monochrom.at/climate-trainingClimate Training Camp -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/monochroms-climate-training-camp-in.htmmonochrom at 10/27/2009 12:05:00 PM
[monochrom] monochrom's Climate Training Camp @ Elevate 2009/Graz
Gear up for the future: with our DIY climate booths! Climate change tends to be seen as the result of failed politics. But the causes lay deeper: certain subjects of an economy act against each other's interests in international as well as in terms of the nation state. It's always the fault of the others who want to eat twice a day, as German chancellorette Angela Merkel rightfully stated. 'Climate machines' like portable heaters for example enabled humanity to adapt to any climate in the 19th century, creating 'climate-independent artificial man' (Friedrich Nietzsche). But the climatic challenges of the 21st century want to be tackled with a new generation of climate machines: adjusting the climate to man's needs is no longer the aim, it has to be the other way around. In a workshop and with lectures the art group monochrom wants to convey the knowledge required to build climate booths enabling you to train your personal adaptability to the extreme weather conditions of the future, today. Success in your job and with your choice of sexual partners is guaranteed! On top of that you have the opportunity to get a whiff of tomorrow's climate in our climate booths 'sand storm' and 'snow storm', and to gain precious experience. There's a lot to endure, let's get started. Next training: @ Elevate Festival, Forum Stadtpark; October 25, 2009 in Graz. http://www.monochrom.at/climate-training/Link -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/monochroms-climate-training-camp.htmmonochrom at 10/24/2009 11:43:00 PM
[monochrom] Malen nach Zahlen? / Akademie-Protest
Malen nach Zahlen? Wir lassen uns nicht aushungern! - Lieber räumen wir die Akademie! Am 22.Oktober soll eine Leistungsvereinbarung (diese teilt die Budgets zu) zwischen Bundesministerium und unserer Akademie zum Abschluss gebracht werden, in der das Bachelor/Master System in der bildenden Kunst - entgegen der Entscheidung der Akademie - erzwungen werden soll. Lasst uns die Freiheit der Hochschulen und der Kunst verteidigen - und nicht nach Zahlen malen! Pressekonferenz am Dienstag, 20. Oktober um 12.00 vor der Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Schillerplatz, 1010 Wien) Studierende, Lehrende, KollegInnen, KünstlerInnen, Kulturschaffende - kommt und unterstützt uns mit Euren AKTIONEN UND Beiträgen UND EURER ANWESENHEIT! Wir laden alle ein und bitten um Verbreitung unseres Anliegens! Studierende und Lehrende der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien Wir brauchen auch unterstützende Wort- und Bildspenden: www.malen-nach-zahlen.at
[monochrom] io9: Kalle the LARPer, Best Rant Ever
io9 loves Kalle: This wins the prize for Best Rant Ever. A German live action role player (LARPer) named Kalle yells at Americans for being poseurs when they LARP. It devolves into Kalle beating the photographer with a stick. http://io9.com/5382093/american-larpers-are-uselessLink -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/io9-kalle-larper-best-rant-ever.htmmonochrom at 10/16/2009 12:07:00 AM
[monochrom] Jason Scott @ Arse Elektronika 2009: The Atomic Level of Porn
Eddie Codel shot a video of Jason Scott's talk about digital retro-porn at http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronikaArse Elektronika 2009. http://vimeo.com/7088524Jason Scott @ Arse Elektronika 2009: The Atomic Level of Porn from http://vimeo.com/ekaiekai on http://vimeo.comVimeo. -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/jason-scott-arse-elektronika-2009.htmmonochrom at 10/16/2009 01:27:00 AM
[monochrom] Arse Elektronika 2010: SPACE RACY / Call for Papers, Performances, Films and Machines
Love hotels. Swinger club design. Phallic architecture. The gentrification of Times Square, kicking out all the peep shows, and similar anti-sex gentrifications and battles. Kids making out in the back seats of cars, and people fucking in parks. Housing for unconventional family units. Augmented reality sex spaces. Furniture for sex. Room design. Creating new environments. Gendered spaces, and gender in the creation of space. Architecture by women, and the potential for the construction of a feminist architecture. Actively gender-segregated spaces, as both empowering and oppressing. Queer-segregated spaces, similarly. The acts of human intimacy, sexual intercourse, and procreation in weightlessness and the extreme environments of space. Erotic space tourism. The visibility of sex, genders, and relationship structures in various spaces. Spaces of sexual control and permissiveness. Sexual subcultures as spaces of social division. Spatial enforcement of relationship structures and gendered power structures. Geotagging as an expression for kinks. The sexual reading of architecture, especially around historical and modern styles and concerning ornament and detail. The eroticization of buildings -- architecture for whorehouses, the Las Vegas strip, people who want to sleep with buildings. What makes design sexy and the construction of sexy as an architectural category as a comment on late heteronormativity. The terabyte gloryhole. The space in which the male gaze occurs and the space it defines. Heterosexism, misogyny, and heterocentrism reinforce the dominant cultural structure and contribute to the oppression of large sectors of society. Sexuality, sex, gender, and related constructs are heavily implicated in and reproduce space, and are also constrained and restricted by it and by heterosexism. Let's explore this space of interactions -- send us your ideas for talks, performances, films and machines. mailto:arse2010 AT monochrom.atContact. Deadline: February 28, 2010. http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronikaArse Elektronika page -- Posted By johannes to http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/10/arse-elektronika-2010-space-racy-call.htmmonochrom at 10/12/2009 07:21:00 PM
