an evening with monochrom

2008-01-22 20:00:00 - 2008-01-22 00:00:00

This description courtesy Ian Monroe of the Orlando Weekly.

*Johannes Grenzfurthner*(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Grenzfurthner)

*and Evelyn Fürlinger* of the *Viennese art collective *

*monochrom*(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochrom)were going to be

paying a visit to our humble burg.

*What's that? * You've never heard of

*monochrom*(http://www.monochrom.at/english/)? Well, then you haven't

been paying attention. If you had, you would have

seen them just the other day on *Boing Boing* *collecting barcodes for

Falco* (http://tv.boingboing.net/2008/01/03/bar-code-artist-scot.html).

Maybe you would have seen them demonstrating how to install a *USB

interface into a human

spine*(http://tv.boingboing.net/2007/11/30/human-usb-hack-very.html)or

singing an

*8-bit love song*(http://tv.boingboing.net/2007/11/15/marks-curie-engine-m.html)to/about

*Creative Commons mastermind* *Lawrence

Lessig*(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig).

Or maybe you're a Luddite, and you *hate the internet.* Perhaps you'd be

more familiar with *Georg Paul

Thomann*(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Paul_Thomann),

the *fictional artist* that saved 'Taiwan' at the 2002 Sao Paulo Art

Biennial? Maybe you heard about the multi-city exhibition where they *buried

participants alive* (http://www.monochrom.at/experiences/alive.htm) in a *

coffin* for 15 minutes. Or the time they boiled *20 gallons of

Coca-Cola*down to a sludge so they could make their own

*brick of coke* (http://www.monochrom.at/experiences/coke.htm).

Perhaps you'll be familiar with *Arse

Elektronika*(http://laughingsquid.com/arse-elektronika-2007-photos/)(a

conference in San Francisco earlier this year that explored the

intersection of *art, pornography and technology*). Or maybe with the *

Roboexotica* (http://www.roboexotica.com/en/mainentry.htm) conference, which

celebrates the state of the art in *cocktail robotics.* Or the *International

Year of Polytheism* (http://www.monochrom.at/polytheism/) (*"The number of

the beast is one."*)?

I could go on all day. These cats have an extensive resumé of this kind of

*subversive, socio-political, and self-referential thought-art.* But even

now, I can hear you saying, "What does all this mean to me?"

Great question. Glad you asked.

As it turns out, *monochrom* is kind enough to have put together a *little

presentation* for us while they visit sunny Florida. And you're *lucky

enough* to be invited.

Of course, the only venue in town that's crazy enough to host this

kind of *weirdo

party* is the incomparable *Redlight

Redlight*(http://www.myspace.com/theredlightredlight)in Winter Park.

Thankfully, they're also the only venue in town with the

kind of *beer selection* that I wouldn't be embarrassed share with educated

European guests. (*Fantome de Noel?* They've got it. *Boon Gueze?*

Nowhere else in town. *Allagash Grand Cru?* Oh yeah.)

So exactly what's this show going to look like? Frankly, *I have no idea.*

There's a video projector and a PA, and Dr. Xenlab will be providing some

bubbly, brain-churning IDM *bumper music.* The rest we're leaving in the

capable and consistently surprising hands of *monochrom.*

P.S. Redlight Redlight is 21+ and takes CASH ONLY at the bar. There is an ATM inside with a $2 service charge.