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Johannes Grenzfurthner

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Johannes Grenzfurthner at EPCOT Center, 2019
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Johannes Grenzfurthner is a filmmaker, writer, artist, and performer.

He is the founder and artistic director of monochrom, an internationally-acting art and theory group. He is founder of movie production company monochrom Propulsion Systems.

His films deal with subversion, technology, nerd culture, politics, and the overall problems of life in 21st century capitalism -- for example his documentary features "Traceroute" (2016) and "Glossary of Broken Dreams" (2018) and his horror films "Masking Threshold" (2021) and "Razzennest" (2022).

He is one of the most outspoken researchers in the field of sexuality and technology, and one of the founders of 'techno-hedonism'. He is head of "Arse Elektronika" (sex and tech festival) in San Francisco, "Hedonistika" (food tech festival in Montréal and Tel Aviv) and host of "Roboexotica" (Festival for Cocktail-Robotics) in Vienna.

He gave talks at Fantastic Fest, SXSWi, O'Reilly ETech, FooCamp, Maker Faire, HOPE, Chaos Communication Congress, Google (Tech Talks), ROFLCon, Ars Electronica, Transmediale, Influencers, Mozilla Drumbeat Barcelona, Neoteny Camp Singapore, Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon University...

He and his projects have been featured in The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Liberation, Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, CNN, Reuters, Slashdot, Playboy, Boing Boing, New Scientist, The Edge, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, ZDF, Gizmodo, io9, Wired, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, CNet, Toronto Star...

Johannes' artistic and textual work are contemporary art, activism, performance, humor, philosophy, postmodernism, media theory, cultural studies, sex tech, popular culture studies, subversion, science fiction and the debate about copyright and intellectual property.
BornJune 13, 1975
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BornJune 13, 1975
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  • Awards
    • 45 wins & 20 nominations

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Johannes Grenzfurthner, 2011
Johannes Grenzfurthner and Matt Winston, during shooting of Traceroute in March 2015.
At premiere of "Glossary of Broken Dreams" in Vienna (2018)
Johannes Grenzfurthner and Sean Bonner. Interview for 'Traceroute' (2015).
Johannes Grenzfurthner and Martin Gschlacht at the shooting of Earthmoving (January 2012).
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Johannes Grenzfurthner, Ryan Finnigan, and Jenny Marx in Traceroute (2016)
Eddie Codel, Bruce Sterling, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Jenny Marx, and Jon Lebkowsky in Traceroute (2016)
Johannes Grenzfurthner in Traceroute (2016)
Matt Winston and Johannes Grenzfurthner in Traceroute (2016)
Johannes Grenzfurthner as Johannes Kepler
Johannes Grenzfurthner, 2022

Known for

Masking Threshold (2021)
Masking Threshold
6.3
  • Director
  • 2021
Razzennest (2022)
Razzennest
6.7
  • Director
  • 2022
Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)
Glossary of Broken Dreams
6.0
  • Director
  • 2018
Traceroute (2016)
Traceroute
6.9
  • Director
  • 2016

Credits

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Director

  • Hacking at Leaves
    • Director
    • Completed
  • Solvent
    • Director
    • In Production
  • Razzennest (2022)
    Razzennest
    • Director
    • 2022
  • Masking Threshold (2021)
    Masking Threshold
    • Director
    • 2021
  • The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (2021)
    The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
    • segment director
    • 2021
  • Walk on By (2021)
    Walk on By
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in 73rd Communique of the CPSUZOeD (2020)
    73rd Communique of the CPSUZOeD
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in Warnbotschaft (2018)
    Warnbotschaft
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)
    Glossary of Broken Dreams
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Traceroute (2016)
    Traceroute
    • Director
    • 2016
  • The Man
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Sophia Grabner and Lukas Tagwerker in Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)
    Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in monochrom: 23 Works (2013)
    monochrom: 23 Works
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Earthmoving (2012)
    Earthmoving
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Kiki and Bubu: Rated R Us (2011)
    Kiki and Bubu: Rated R Us
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Jeff Ricketts, Maciej Salamon, Claire Tudela, and Geoff Pinfield in Monochrom's ISS (2011)
    Monochrom's ISS
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • The Earth Has Been Destroyed
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2010

Writer

  • Hacking at Leaves
    • Writer
    • Completed
  • Solvent
    • Writer
    • In Production
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in Je Suis Auto (2022)
    Je Suis Auto
    • Writer
    • 2022
  • Razzennest (2022)
    Razzennest
    • Writer
    • 2022
  • Blanka Daneluk, Alice Moe, Andrea Nitsche, and Benjamin Kornfeld in Fudliaks! (2021)
    Fudliaks!
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Masking Threshold (2021)
    Masking Threshold
    • story by
    • 2021
  • Walk on By (2021)
    Walk on By
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in 73rd Communique of the CPSUZOeD (2020)
    73rd Communique of the CPSUZOeD
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in Warnbotschaft (2018)
    Warnbotschaft
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)
    Glossary of Broken Dreams
    • Writer
    • 2018
  • Traceroute (2016)
    Traceroute
    • Writer
    • 2016
  • The Man
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Sophia Grabner and Lukas Tagwerker in Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)
    Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl
    • writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in monochrom: 23 Works (2013)
    monochrom: 23 Works
    • Writer
    • 2013
  • Earthmoving (2012)
    Earthmoving
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Kiki and Bubu: Rated R Us (2011)
    Kiki and Bubu: Rated R Us
    • Writer
    • 2011
  • Jeff Ricketts, Maciej Salamon, Claire Tudela, and Geoff Pinfield in Monochrom's ISS (2011)
    Monochrom's ISS
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2011

Actor

  • Solvent
    • Bartholdi
    • In Production
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in Je Suis Auto (2022)
    Je Suis Auto
    • Herbie Fuchsel
    • 2022
  • Blanka Daneluk, Alice Moe, Andrea Nitsche, and Benjamin Kornfeld in Fudliaks! (2021)
    Fudliaks!
    • Fudliak 3 (voice)
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Masking Threshold (2021)
    Masking Threshold
    • Protagonist (corporeal)
    • 2021
  • The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (2021)
    The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins
    • Dr. Jenkins
    • Self
    • 2021
  • Walk on By (2021)
    Walk on By
    • The victim
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in 73rd Communique of the CPSUZOeD (2020)
    73rd Communique of the CPSUZOeD
    • Commissar Nikita Perostek Chrusov
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Alexander Melach, Erik Willerstorfer, Christian Holzmann, Christian David, and Anita Kümmel in Zweite Tür Rechts (2019)
    Zweite Tür Rechts
    • Kamerad Kurt Kienast
    • 2019
  • Clickbait (2019)
    Clickbait
    • Wolfgang van Tütstrudel
    • 2019
  • Johannes Grenzfurthner in Warnbotschaft (2018)
    Warnbotschaft
    • Fresse
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)
    Glossary of Broken Dreams
    • Host
    • Doktor Ullmaier (voice)
    • Frau Schlammpeitzinger ...
    • 2018
  • Zero Crash (2016)
    Zero Crash
    • Whacky
    • 2016
  • Sophia Grabner and Lukas Tagwerker in Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)
    Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl
    • Nerd with chainsaw
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Martin Nechvatal in Zombie: Splattershow (2012)
    Zombie: Splattershow
    • Scientist
    • Video
    • 2012
  • Jeff Ricketts, Maciej Salamon, Claire Tudela, and Geoff Pinfield in Monochrom's ISS (2011)
    Monochrom's ISS
    • Dipl.-Ing. Bodo Holtzmann
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2012
  • Leben ist LARPen
    • Kalle from Braunschweig
    • Short
    • 2009

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Masking Threshold
Trailer 1:52
Masking Threshold
Glossary of Broken Dreams / Trailer
Trailer 1:43
Glossary of Broken Dreams / Trailer
Fudliaks! (official trailer)
Trailer 0:29
Fudliaks! (official trailer)
Razzennest (trailer)
Trailer 1:01
Razzennest (trailer)

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Monochrom
  • Born
    • June 13, 1975
    • Vienna, Austria
  • Spouses
      Anna Kirst2016 - 2018 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Book: "Context Hacking: How to Mess with Art, Media, Law and the Market". Vienna: monochrom.

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  • Quotes
    I think that Man in creating God somewhat overestimated his abilities.
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      Likes to wear trucker hats with nerdy references.

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