Johannes Grenzfurthner
Johannes Grenzfurthner (German: [joˈhanəs ˈgrɛntsfʊrtnə]; born 1975 in Vienna) is an award-winning Austrian artist, filmmaker, writer, curator and theatre director.
Biography
He is known as the founder, conceptualist and artistic director of monochrom, an international art and theory group. Most of his artworks are labelled monochrom.
He is one of the most outspoken researchers in the field of sexuality and technology, and one of the founders of 'techno-hedonism' (see also: barbots).
Recurring topics in Grenzfurthner's art and writing are contemporary art, film, activism, performance, humor, philosophy, sex, communism, robotics, postmodernism, media theory, cultural studies, popular culture studies, science fiction, and the debate about copyright.
Traceroute
Traceroute is his latest film (April 2016).
On the basis of the first test screenings, I can confidently assert that both the savvy and the clueless will have a great time watching this film. Irregardless of whether you know D&D or not, the obsession, the shame, the interest, the joy in eccentricity are well known. I have this nice little anecdote: A well-built guy at one of the test screenings, a snowboarder and kayaker and American football fan, came up to me after we had watched the film together and said kind of remorsefully: “I would never have thought it, but I think that I am actually a nerd too. I like coral. I collect it, and I know all of the Latin names. I even have a piece in my wallet. Here, have a look.”
On artificial intelligence
"For decades, AI researchers have been going spastic in a way that is not very pretty to watch."
I was (and am) easy to enthuse, and I have always been interested in new ideas. Still, I am also a classic, "yeah, but" sayer. Take robotics, for example, which has always been a hobbyhorse for me. For decades, AI researchers have been going spastic in a way that is not very pretty to watch. Modernity was looking toward the moon as the next step in the big future of mining and looting, and at first it all seemed possible. The first artificial brain was prognosticated for the turn of the millennium, but de facto in the year 2016 I don't even trust my toaster.
Source: http://boingboing.net/2016/04/14/the-story-of-traceroute-about.html
See also
External links
- Johannes Grenzfurthner @ Wikipedia
- The story of Traceroute, about a Leitnerd's quest - interview @ Boing Boing
