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Johannes Grenzfurthner
Johannes Grenzfurthner (; born 1975 in Vienna) is an Austrian artist, filmmaker, writer, actor, curator, theatre director, performer and lecturer. Grenzfurthner is the founder, conceiver and artistic director of ''monochrom'', an international art and theory group and film production company. Most of his artworks are labeled ''monochrom''. Grenzfurthner is an outspoken researcher in subversive and underground culture, for example the field of sexuality and technology, and one of the founders of "techno-hedonism". Boing Boing magazine referred to Grenzfurthner as ''leitnerd'', a wordplay with the German term Leitkultur that ironically hints at Grenzfurthner's role in nerd/hacker/art culture. Career In the early 1990s, Grenzfurthner was a member of several Bulletin Board System, BBS message boards. Grenzfurther used his online connections to create ''monochrom'', a zine or alternative magazine that dealt with art, technology and subversive cultures. His motivation was to react t ...
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Vienna
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli coastal plain, Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of , it is the Economy of Israel, economic and Technology of Israel, technological center of the country. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city ahead of West Jerusalem. Tel Aviv is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, headed by Mayor Ron Huldai, and is home to many List of diplomatic missions in Israel, foreign embassies. It is a Global city, beta+ world city and is ranked 57th in the 2022 Global Financial Centres Index. Tel Aviv has the List of cities by GDP, third- or fourth-largest e ...
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Je Suis Auto
''Je Suis Auto'' is an upcoming Austrian social science fiction indie comedy film directed by Juliana Neuhuber and written by Johannes Grenzfurthner. Chase Masterson is voicing the title character "Auto", a self-driving taxi,. Johannes Grenzfurthner plays Herbie Fuchsel, an unemployed nerd critical of artificial intelligence. The film is a farcical comedy that deals with issues such as artificial intelligence, politics of labor, and tech culture. The film is distributed by monochrom. Synopsis The film's plot is currently unknown, but it is confirmed that the story starts with an ill-tempered mafioso who needs to deliver a suitcase full of money. He enters a self-driving taxi to get to his destination but doesn't know that his ride is ontologically challenged. Cast * Chase Masterson * Johannes Grenzfurthner * Jason Scott * Florian Sebastian Fitz * Boris Popovic * Aaron Hillis The film features several cameo appearances by Austrian media personalities such as Chris Lohner, Eva ...
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Juliana Neuhuber
Juliana Neuhuber (born 1979) is a director, screenwriter, and artist from Austria. She is based in Vienna. Neuhuber has been active in the Austrian independent film scene since 1998, and realized many short films and artistic projects. Her first feature film is Je Suis Auto, written by Johannes Grenzfurthner. The film features Chase Masterson and Jason Scott Jason Scott Sadofsky (born September 13, 1970), more commonly known as Jason Scott, is an American archivist, historian of technology, filmmaker, performer, and actor. Scott has been known by the online pseudonyms Sketch, SketchCow, The Slipped .... Neuhuber won the ''Austrian Indie Adler'' (Honorary Award) at the Austrian Filmfestival 2018. References External links * Official homepage Living people 1979 births 21st-century Austrian writers 21st-century Austrian women artists 21st-century screenwriters Austrian contemporary artists Austrian film directors Austrian screenwriters English-language fil ...
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Razzennest
''Razzennest'' is a 2022 Austrian supernatural, satirical horror film written and directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner. The film was produced by art group monochrom. Plot South African filmmaker and enfant terrible Manus Oosthuizen meets with film critic Babette Cruickshank in a Los Angeles sound studio. With key members of Manus's crew joining, they record an audio commentary track for his new "elegiac feature documentary ''Razzennest''" that cryptically deals with the legacy of the Thirty Years’ War. Strange incidents occur during the recording session; one by one, the film crew members are possessed by the ghosts of soldiers and peasants from 1645, and history repeats itself. Cast * Sophie Kathleen Kozeluh (as ''Babette Cruickshank'') * Michael Smulik (as ''Manus Oosthuizen'') * Anne Weiner (as ''Ellen Zampaglione'') * Roland Gratzer (as ''Hetti Friesenbichler'') * Jim Libby (as ''Pat Kirkpatrick'') * Bob Rose (as ''Bob'') * Joe Dante (as ''Joe Dante'', narrator) Themes Razze ...
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Drafthouse Films
Drafthouse Films is a film distribution company based in Austin, Texas which releases "provocative, visionary and artfully unusual films new and old from around the world". It was founded in 2010 by Tim League, who had previously founded the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain. Drafthouse Films has released a variety of films since its inception. Its third release, '' Bullhead'', was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Its fourteenth release, '' The Act of Killing'', was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, as was its sequel ''The Look of Silence''. In March 2022, it was announced that digital distributor Giant Pictures has acquired the Drafthouse Films label. Nick Savva became the new Drafthouse Films CEO, while Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League serves as chairman of the acquired company. Drafthouse Films' first two acquisitions under new management are '' Nr. 10'', directed by Alex van Warmerdam, and '' Masking Threshold'', a psy ...
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Fantastic Fest
Fantastic Fest is an annual film festival in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2005 by Tim League of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Alamo Drafthouse, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, and Tim McCanlies, writer of ''The Iron Giant'' and ''Secondhand Lions''. Lisa Dreyer is festival director. Annick Mahnert is head of programming. History The festival focuses on genre films such as horror film, horror, science fiction film, science fiction, fantasy film, fantasy, action film, action, Cinema of Asia, Asian, and Cult following, cult. The festival takes place in September at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, filling eight screens for eight days and hosting many writers, directors, and actors, either well-established or unknown. The festival has become known as a launch-pad for genre films, where critical aclaim at the fest can lead to big box office returns. A notable feature of this festival is the inclusion of "secret screenings". For these screenings, the audie ...
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Masking Threshold (film)
''Masking Threshold'' is a 2021 English-language Austrian horror film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner, and produced by art group monochrom. Plot A skeptic IT worker tries to cure his harrowing hearing impairment by conducting a series of experiments in his makeshift home lab. The film combines the style of a chamber play, a scientific procedural and the aesthetic of unboxing or DIY YouTube videos, with body horror elements and techniques known from experimental film. Grenzfurthner sees the film in the tradition of ''extreme cinema'', but presents elements of psychological horror. In an interview with Thomas Kaestle, Grenzfurthner talks about his motivation. ::''Masking Threshold'' is a film about a suffering but stubborn and willful person whose perspective of the world and whose beliefs are turned upside down, whose dogmas are turned against the world and against himself. My protagonist is queer, so you want to understand the societal pressures on him, you want to understa ...
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Glossary Of Broken Dreams
''Glossary of Broken Dreams'' is a 2018 Austrian/American documentary film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner. The essayistic feature film tries to present an overview of political concepts such as freedom, privacy, identity, resistance, etc. Grenzfurthner calls his project an "ideotaining cinematic revue" about political ideas he considers important. Grenzfurthner cites frustration about the current level of political debate as a primary influence for making the film. He couldn't tolerate "ignorant and topically abusive comments on the 'Internet' anymore." So he teamed up with writer and activist Ishan Raval to "explain, re-evaluate, and sometimes sacrifice political golden calves of discourse." The film features performances by Amber Benson, Max Grodenchik, Jason Scott Sadofsky and others. The film was produced by art group monochrom. Concept Johannes Grenzfurthner, who defines himself as a ' lumpennerd' in the film's intro, functions as a storyteller and host who guides the vi ...
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Traceroute (film)
''Traceroute'' is a 2016 Austrian- American documentary film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner. The autobiographical documentary and road movie deals with the history, politics and impact of nerd culture. Grenzfurthner calls his film a "personal journey into the uncharted depths of nerd culture, a realm full of dangers, creatures and more or less precarious working conditions", an attempt to "chase the ghosts of nerddom's past, present and future." The film was co-produced by art group monochrom and Reisenbauer Film. It features music by Kasson Crooker, Hans Nieswandt, and many others. Concept Artist and self-declared nerd Johannes Grenzfurthner is documenting his personal road trip from the West Coast to the East Coast of the United States, to introduce the audience to places and people that shaped and inspired his art and politics. ''Traceroute'' is a reflection on Grenzfurthner's own roots of nerddom, an "On the road style romp across the United States as he visits icons of the ...
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The Rise Of Echsenfriedl
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ...
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Eignblunzn
''Eignblunzn'' (also known as Viennese Factionism: Eignblunzn or auto blood sausage) is a 2003 performance by Austrian art theory group monochrom and is considered an important work in the group's history and Austrian art history in the 2000s. The group's members Johannes Grenzfurthner, Evelyn Fürlinger and Harald Homolka-List staged a classic Austrian Heuriger (wine tavern) in a room at Museumsquartier Vienna, and consumed Austrian-style blood sausage made out of their own blood. Volunteers were invited to take part. German author Johannes Ullmaier and Austrian journalist Gerlinde Lang of radio station FM4 joined the procedure and reported about it. The performance was accompanied by political essays about the 'auto-cannibalistic' tendencies of the global economy. The event also can be interpreted as a critical statement about art, art history, the art market, and martialism in performance art (see: Viennese Actionism). The performance influenced other art and media projects, fo ...
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