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Encyclopedia > Johannes Grenzfurthner
Johannes Grenzfurthner, leading a fake demonstration in Munich in 2003
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Johannes Grenzfurthner, leading a fake demonstration in Munich in 2003

Johannes Grenzfurthner (* June 13, 1975, Vienna) is artist, writer, curator, director. Johannes Grenzfurthner, leading a fake demonstration in Munich in 2003 (picture taken from German Wikipedia, GNU) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Johannes Grenzfurthner, leading a fake demonstration in Munich in 2003 (picture taken from German Wikipedia, GNU) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A curator of a cultural heritage institution (e. ... A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ...


He attended many international symposia and published numerous essays and articles on contemporary art, science and philosophy. He writes for various online/print magazines and radio stations (e.g. ORF, FM4, Telepolis, Boing Boing). Johannes Grenzfurthner has served on a number of art juries (e.g. Steirischer Herbst, Graz). Quote: "He is a Provacateur a Perpetrator a Minx." ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk) is the National Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. ... FM4 is an austrian national radio station, powered by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF. Its main target audience are the youth and those who just dont want to grow old. ... Telepolis is the name of a German Internet magazine, published by the Heinz Heise Verlag since the beginning of 1996. ... 1990 Boing Boing logo, from a t-shirt Boing Boing (originally bOING bOING) is a publishing entity, first established as a magazine, later becoming an award winning group blog. ... The Grazer Schloßberg Clock Tower Graz [graːts] (Slovenian: Gradec IPA: /gra. ...


He holds a professorship for art theory and art practice at the University of Applied Sciences, Graz, Austria. The Grazer Schloßberg Clock Tower Graz [graːts] (Slovenian: Gradec IPA: /gra. ...


Johannes Grenzfurthner is founder of monochrom, an internationally acting art and theory group. Most of his artistic output is labeled as “monochrom”. He is collaborating with groups such as ubermorgen, Esel and Mego (label). He is member of the Community of Fine Arts Austria and a contributor to Vienna Metroblogging. He is administrating Dorkbot Vienna and supporting the 'Pirate Party' movement. monochrom is an international art-technology-philosophy group (founded in 1993). ... The Bath, a painting by Mary Cassatt (1891-1892). ... The word theory has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on their methodologies and the context of discussion. ... monochrom is an international art-technology-philosophy group (founded in 1993). ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice). ... eSeL.at is a Art-Platform in Vienna, Austria. ... Mego was an experimental electronic music independent record label based in Vienna, Austria. ... Metroblogging is an online local media project founded and owned by Sean Bonner and Jason DeFillippo. ... Dorkbot refers to a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor meetings of artists, engineers, and designers working in the medium of electronic art. ...


He is one of the core team members in the development process of netznetz's Mana, a new kind of community-based funding system for net culture and net art together with the culture department of the city government of Vienna. Since July 2006 he is coordinator of the Mana process. The correct title of this article is netznetz. ... The word mana can refer to: Mana, a concept in Polynesian mythology, borrowed into anthropology as well as works of fantasy. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word mana can refer to: Mana, a concept in Polynesian mythology, borrowed into anthropology as well as works of fantasy. ...


Recurring topics in Johannes Grenzfurthner’s artistic and textual work are: contemporary art, activism, performance, humour, philosophy, postmodernism, media theory, cultural studies, popular culture studies, science fiction, debate about copyright. The term contemporary art generally refers to art being done now. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Look up humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Postmodernism has been extremely controversial and difficult to define among scholars, intellectuals, and historians as it connotes to many the hotly debated idea that the modern historical period has passed. ... Media studies, a communication science, studies the nature and effects of media upon individuals and society. ... Cultural studies combines sociology, social theory, literary theory, media theory, film/video studies, cultural anthropology and art history/criticism to study cultural phenomena in industrial societies. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Debate or debating is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ... This articles section called History of Copyright does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Exhibitions/Curatorial work (incomplete)

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Publications (incomplete)

  • Editor of magazine/yearbook series "monochrom" (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004)
  • 2002: "Who shot Immanence? On The Dynamics Of Appropriation And Intervention In The Work Of Georg Paul Thomann", edited together with Fritz Ostermayer and Thomas Edlinger.
  • 2003: "Leutezeichnungen", edited together with Elffriede.
  • 2006: "Quo Vadis, Logo?!", edited together with Günther Friesinger.
  • upcoming: Schutzverletzungen/Legitimation of Mediatic Violence (2006)
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monochrom is an international art-technology-philosophy group (founded in 1993). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Fritz Ostermayer (*1956 in Schattendorf/Burgenland), lives and works in Vienna as popular radio broadcaster (Im Sumpf/FM4), author, DJ and musician. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External

  • Interview (video) with Johannes Grenzfurthner (part 1) about monochrom / Interviewer: Heinrich Schmidt, Vernissage TV

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Ourmedia: monochrom / Brandmarker / Interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner, part 2 (205 words)
Johannes Grenzfurthner talks about the different backgrounds of the monochrom team and “Brandmarker“, one of the projects monochrom got a lot of publicity for.
Johannes Grenzfurthner: “They are like one way communication.
Only designed to be recognized but not to be reproduced.” Interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner at the monochrom office in Vienna, January 24, 2006, part 2.
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