an evening with monochrom January 22, 2008

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.

Official Website: http://www.monochrom.at/english/