Johannes Grenzfurthner

In the early 1990s, Grenzfurthner was a member of several BBS message boards.[http://boingboing.net/2016/04/14/the-story-of-traceroute-about.html Interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner about Traceroute, Boing Boing magazine; 14 April 2016] Grenzfurther used his online connections to create monochrom, a zine[https://fanzineindex.de/zine-monochrom German 'Fanzine Index' about monochrom] or alternative magazine that dealt with art, technology and subversive cultures.{{cite book |author=Uwe Husslein, Ralf Bornowski |title=Fandom Research (Reader und Index zu deutschsprachigen Fanzines |url= |location= |publisher=Ventil-Verlag |page=70 |date=1995 |isbn=}} His motivation was to react to the emerging conservativism in cyber-cultures of the early 1990s,"[http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cre062.html Chaos Radio Express, episode 62: Monochrom]"{{cite web|url=https://exitmedia.net/EXIT/es/exit-libris/267-manifiestos-sobre-el-arte-y-la-red-1990-1999-pdf.html|title=Schubumkehr Manifesto, published 1996; "Manifiestos sobre el arte y la red 1990–1999", published 2021 by Exit Media)|access-date=25 March 2021}} and to combine his political background in the Austrian punk and antifa movement with discussion of new technologies and the cultures they create.Marc Da Costa, "[http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/interview-johannes-grenzfurthner-monochrom-part-3 Interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner of monochrom, Part 3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317210019/http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/interview-johannes-grenzfurthner-monochrom-part-3 |date=17 March 2012 }}", Furtherfield. The publication featured interviews and essays, by e.g. Bruce Sterling, HR Giger, Eric Drexler, Terry Pratchett and Bob Black,{{cite web|url=http://monochrom.at/mono/|title=monochrom print}} in its experimental layout style."[http://www.neural.it/art/2010/06/various_editors_monochrom_2634.phtml monochrom #26–34 Ye Olde Self-Referentiality] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505115628/http://www.neural.it/art/2010/06/various_editors_monochrom_2634.phtml |date=5 May 2012 }}", Neural, 15 June 2010. In 1995 the group decided to cover new artistic practices{{cite news | first=Erin | last=Kobayashi | url=https://www.thestar.com/article/178430--how-to-be-buried-alive | title=How to be buried alive | newspaper=Toronto Star | date=6 February 2007}}{{cite web|first=Marie |last=Lechner|url=http://www.ecrans.fr/Pop-Guerilla,3513.html|title= Pop Guérilla {{! }} Libération|date= 4 March 2008|website=www.ecrans.fr}} and started experimenting with different media: computer games, robots, puppet theater, musical, short films, pranks,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKh1RojOyQI Video documentary short "The Thomann In(ter)vention" by Hadas Emma Kedar][https://web.archive.org/web/20071206122116/http://www.researchpubs.com/books/prank2exc16.php Interview with V. Vale in Pranks! 2] conferences, online activism, which Grenzfurthner calls 'Urban Hacking'{{cite web|url=http://www.othercinema.com/otherzine/?issueid=26&article_id=145|title=OtherZine}} or more specific: 'Context hacking', a term that Grenzfurthner coined.[http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2138 Context Hacking: Some Examples of How to Mess with Art, the Media System, Law and the Market, at O'Reilly ETech 2008, San Diego] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314093838/http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/2138 |date=14 March 2012 }}

:Context hacking transfers the hackers' objectives and methods to the network of social relationships in which artistic production occurs, and upon which it is dependent. In a metaphoric sense, these relationships also have a source code. Programs run in them, and our interaction with them is structured by a user interface. When we know how a space, a niche, a scene, a subculture or a media or political practice functions, we can change it and "recode" it, deconstructing its power relationships and emancipating ourselves from its compulsions and packaging guidelines.{{cite web|url=http://www.monochrom.at/context-hacking-essay/|title=monochrom: CONTEXT HACKING – Essay}}

The group is known for working with different media, art and entertainment formats.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO6ibhn7TwU Q21 Backstage Tour – monochrom] Grenzfurthner calls this "looking for the best weapon of mass distribution of an idea".[https://futurezone.at/digital-life/monochrom-digitales-politisieren-erlebt-eine-renaissance/400006208 Interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner in 'Futurezone', 15 March 2018]

File:Johannes Grenzfurthner at Paraflows Symposium 2012, Vienna.jpg

Grenzfurthner is head of the Arse ElektronikaSilverberg, David (4 October 2007). [http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/237046/Sex_Meets_Tech_at_Kinky_Conference_in_San_Francisco "Sex Meets Tech at Kinky Conference in San Francisco"] Digital Journal. Retrieved 19 February 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/10/04/violetblue.DTL&hw=arse&sn=001&sc=1000|title=Arse Elektronika 2007: Porn and Tech Conference / Violet Blue holds hope for the future of sex, despite the musical condoms|author=Violet Blue, Special to SF Gate|date=4 October 2007|website=SFGate}} festival in San Francisco (2007{{spaced ndash}}), an annual academic and artistic[http://www.monochrom.at/6fuc/RueMorgue--January2011-Page34_SixFeetUnderClub.pdf 'Dirty Deeds Done Six Feet Deep', in Rue Morgue, January 2011] conference and anthology series that focusses on sexuality and technology. The first conference was curated by Grenzfurthner in 2007 to answer questions about the impact of sexuality on technological innovation and adoption.

Grenzfurthner is hosting Roboexotica,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/multimedia/2008/05/gallery_roboexotica|title=Bot Bartenders Sling Drinks at Roboexotica USA|author=Jenna Wortham|date=12 June 2008|magazine=WIRED}} the international Festival for Cocktail-Robotics (2002–) which invites researchers and artists to build machines that serve or mix cocktails. V. Vale calls Roboexotica "an ironic attempt to criticize techno-triumphalism and to dissect technological hypes."{{cite web|url=http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=179363|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714171149/http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=179363|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-14|title=Sputnikfest 2012 Event Schedule|author=Justin Page|website=Laughing Squid}}

Grenzfurthner is head of Hedonistika, a festival for artistic food tech and robotic indulgement. The festival took place in Montréal at the 2014 'Biennale internationale d'art numérique',[http://bianmontreal.ca/en/calendar/hedonistika-montreal Hedonistika; information on BIAN homepage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195922/http://bianmontreal.ca/en/calendar/hedonistika-montreal |date=25 May 2014 }} in Holon, near Tel Aviv at 'Print Screen Festival',{{Cite web |url=http://www.printscreenfestival.com/#!hedonistika/cimk |title=Hedonistika at Print Screen Festival 2016 |access-date=23 June 2016 |archive-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215120634/https://www.printscreenfestival.com/#!hedonistika/cimk |url-status=dead }} and in Linz at Ars Electronica 2022.

File:Traceroute--Johannes Grenzfurthner and Matt Winston.jpg

Grenzfurthner wrote and directed theatre plays[http://www.monochrom.at/udo77/pressespiegel/DerStandard%20Kultur%2017.9.2004.jpg Der Standard, Ronald Pohl: "Das ist der Zuckerbäckerblues"; 2004]{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/34/34988/1.html|title=Kotze, Sperma und Inventur im Weltraum|author=Peter Mühlbauer|date=24 June 2011|website=Telepolis}}[https://kurier.at/kultur/steppenrot-der-sonnenkoenig-ist-runtergefallen/300.580.472 Kurier: "Steppenrot: Der Sonnenkönig ist runtergefallen"; December 2017]{{cite web |title=Sex, Crime und ein Halleluja für Hansi |url=https://diepresse.com/home/leben/mensch/5556200/Sex-Crime-und-ein-Halleluja-fuer-Hansi |website=Die Presse |date=6 January 2019 |access-date=14 January 2019}} and pieces of performance (e.g. Eignblunzn) and interventionist art.{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2012/03/protestors-call-games-industry-a-temple-of-sin-demand-repentance.ars?clicked=related_right|title="Protestors" call games industry a "temple of sin," demand repentance|website=Ars Technica|date=9 March 2012 }}

Grenzfurther is the CEO of film production company monochrom Propulsion Systems.[http://www.monochrom.at/traceroute Producer of "Traceroute", 2016] He is member of the Austrian Director's Guild{{cite web|title=Profile Johannes Grenzfurthner|url=http://www.austrian-directors.com/mitglieder/grenzfurthner-johannes/|website=Austrian Directors Guild|access-date=23 May 2018}} and the Association of Austrian Documentary Filmmakers.{{cite web|title=Profile Johannes Grenzfurthner|url=http://dok.at/person/johannes-grenzfurtner/|website=Dok.at|access-date=23 May 2018}}

He wrote and directed shorts[http://laughingsquid.com/earthmoving-a-short-film-by-monochrom-a-prequel-to-sierra-zulu/ Laughing Squid: "Earthmoving, A Short Film by Monochrom (A Prequel To Sierra Zulu)", 6 February 2012] and feature films. His first TV film was the independent fantasy-comedy {{Lang|de|Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl}}[http://www.monochrom.at/gstettensaga/ "Die Gstettensaga" project page, film download] (2014). Grenzfurther first theatrically released feature documentary was Traceroute (2016), followed by Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018).

His horror feature Masking Threshold was premiered at Fantastic Fest in September 2021[https://rue-morgue.com/exclusive-teaser-photos-comments-the-existential-unease-of-masking-threshold/ The existential unease of "MASKING THRESHOLD" (in: Rue Morgue; written by Michael Gingold, 5 July 2021)][https://fantasticfest.com/films/masking-threshold Review of Masking Threshold by Annick Mahnert] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909230705/https://fantasticfest.com//films/masking-threshold |date=9 September 2021 }} on the Fantastic Fest website and was released by Drafthouse Films.{{Cite web|date=2022-03-09|title=Drafthouse Films Sells to Giant Pictures, Sets Nick Savva as CEO|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/drafthouse-films-giant-pictures-1235199895/|access-date=2022-03-09|website=Variety|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2022-03-09|title=Draftshouse Films Label Sold to Giant Pictures|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/draftshouse-films-label-sold-to-giant-pictures-1235107765/|access-date=2022-03-09|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}

His horror film Razzennest had its premiere at Fantastic Fest 2022.

His documentary feature Hacking at Leaves had its premiere at Diagonale in 2024.

His horror mystery feature Solvent had its premiere in September 2024.

File:Johannes Grenzfurthner and Pedobear at ROFLCon 2010.jpg

Grenzfurthner lectures at art institutions,[https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/55142/come-and-forget-with-johannes-grenzfurthner CCA Montreal, 'Come and Forget, with Johannes Grenzfurthner'; April 2018][http://aksioma.org/seminar/index.php?site=conversations Aksioma, Tactics&Practice, Ljubljana 2010] symposions[http://www.utopiafest.org.il/fest2014/en/events/%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A1-%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%AA/ UtopiaFest 2104, Tel Aviv: "Robots in Human Society"][https://kupf.at/service/weiterbildung/symposium-zum-trendthema-crowdfunding-am-15-16-11-in-linz/ KUPF/Symposion about crowdfunding, Linz; 2012] and political events,{{Cite web |url=http://sommercamp.me/2014/08/11/context-hacking-eine-lecture-performance-von-johannes-grenzfurthner/ |title=Linkes Sommercamp, Wagrain; "Context Hacking"; 2014 |access-date=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618203823/http://sommercamp.me/2014/08/11/context-hacking-eine-lecture-performance-von-johannes-grenzfurthner/ |archive-date=18 June 2018 |url-status=dead }} teaches at universities[https://books.google.com/books?id=nLTWBQAAQBAJ&dq=grenzfurthner+fh+joanneum+kunstuniversit%C3%A4t+linz&pg=PA327 Academic biography in "Kunst, Krise, Subversion", referring teaching positions at FH Joanneum Graz and art university Linz][https://www.transcript-verlag.de/author/grenzfurthner-johannes-320003132/ Academic biography at Transcript][http://www.onscenity.org/conf1/?p=520#more-520 Sexual Cultures Conference 2012, Brunel University, UK (Onscenity Research, School of Arts and the School of Social Sciences at Brunel University)] and mentors students.[https://idk.fh-joanneum.at/2014/04/10/keeper-of-evil/ "Keeper of Evil", 2014]Mir, Georg. Michtim: Designing a Pen & Paper Storytelling Game. Graz: FH Joanneum, 2012. p. 1.

He has published books, essays and articles on politics, contemporary art, communication processes and philosophy including Mind and Matter: Comparative Approaches Towards Complexity, Do androids sleep with electric sheep?, Of Intercourse and Intracourse: Sexuality, Biomodification and the Techno-Social Sphere and Pr0nnovation?: Pornography and Technological Innovation.[https://www.diepresse.com/5879340/die-leiden-der-politik-oder-die-identitatskrise Die Presse, 2020: "Die Leiden der Politik, oder: Die Identitätskrise"]{{cite web|url=http://fm4.orf.at/stories/1602572/|title=Guerrilla Comm?|date=21 April 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.turia.at/titel/kroeger.html|title=Kroeger u.a. (Hg.) – Geistiges Eigentum und Originalität|author=Ingo Vavra|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803082127/http://www.turia.at/titel/kroeger.html|archive-date=3 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}[https://www.sfsite.com/02a/as313.htm SF Site: "Do Androids Sleep With Electric Sheep? Critical Perspectives on Sexuality and Pornography in Science and Social Fiction. A review by Paul Graham Raven"]

Grenzfurthner published the much debated pamphlet "Hacking the Spaces", that dealt with exclusionist tendencies in the hackerspaces movement. Grenzfurthner extended his critique through lectures at the 2012 and 2014 Hackers on Planet Earth conferences in New York City.{{cite magazine |last1=Niarchos |first1=Nicolas |title=A Print Magazine for Hackers |url=https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/print-magazine-hackers |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=5 February 2019}}{{cite book |last=Dunbar-Hester |first=Christina |date=2020 |title=Hacking Diversity: The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures |publisher=Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology |page=59 |isbn=978-0-691-19288-8 }}

2020 through 2021, he was editor-in-chief of the print and online magazine The Free Lunch.{{Cite web |url=https://thefreelunch.org/WHO.html |title=The Free Lunch, team page; 5 December 2020 |access-date=5 December 2020 |archive-date=29 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129225516/https://thefreelunch.org/WHO.html |url-status=dead }}

Since April 2023, he has been contributing as a weekly columnist to the Austrian news magazine Profil.

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Grenzfurthner has taken a comedic turn and performed at various venues, e.g. Vienna's Rabenhof Theater.{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/2000007033569/Pornos-und-tote-Huehner|title=Pornos und tote Hühner|author=Dorian Waller|website=derStandard.at}} Parts of his comedy show "Schicksalsjahre eines Nerds" form the basis of his documentary film Traceroute (2016). Grenzfurther is a presenter and emcee for various industry events,[https://elevate.at/websites/2013/en/discourse/guest/grenzfurthner/index.html Elevate Festival 2013, Grenzfurthner hosted the opening gala]{{Cite web |url=https://www.it-press.at/presseaussendung/IKT_20170927_IKT0001/auszeichnung-fuer-innovativste-koepfe-oesterreichs-bild |title=IT-Press: "Auszeichnung für innovativste Köpfe Österreichs: Zehn heimische IT-Projekte mit dem Open Minds Award prämiert"; 2017 |access-date=10 April 2018 |archive-date=13 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065703/https://www.it-press.at/presseaussendung/IKT_20170927_IKT0001/auszeichnung-fuer-innovativste-koepfe-oesterreichs-bild |url-status=dead }} and guest performer at events like Goldenes Brett. Grenzfurthner has had supporting and lead parts in several theater plays.[http://www.kleinezeitung.at/s/steiermark/weiz/peak_weiz/4994044/KOMMST-16_Gasthaeuser-werden-zum-Wald Kleine Zeitung: "KOMM.ST 1.6 – Gasthäuser werden zum Wald", 23 May 2016][http://www.heute.at/szene/events/story/-Steppenrot--bringt-Musical-Schlagabtausch-in-der-Bahnhofskantine-56139487 Heute.at: "Steppenrot bringt Musical-Schlagabtausch in der Bahnhofskantine"] He performs in Andi Haller's feature film Zero Crash[http://www.zerocrash.info/ Zero Crash, official website] and Michael J. Epstein's and Sophia Cacciola's feature film Clickbait[https://www.starburstmagazine.com/trailers/clickbait Starburst Magazine, Clickbait] and Umbilicus desidero.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pophorror.com/umbilicus-desidero-2019-movie-review-a-goodbye-letter-to-neals-belly-button/ |title=Umbilicus Desidero (2019); movie review: A Goodbye Letter To Neal's Belly Button; in: PopHorror |access-date=4 September 2021 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904130457/https://www.pophorror.com/umbilicus-desidero-2019-movie-review-a-goodbye-letter-to-neals-belly-button/ |url-status=dead }} He portrays one of the two lead characters in his own film Je Suis Auto.

Grenzfurthner voice acted director Fritz Lang in Karina Longworth's Vanity Fair podcast Love Is a Crime (together with Zooey Deschanel and Jon Hamm).[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/08/love-is-a-crime-hollywood-partnership-destroyed-by-art-money-sex-and-celebrity Love Is a Crime Podcast: A Hollywood Partnership Built and Destroyed by Art, Money, Sex, and Celebrity; Episode 3]

Grenzfurthner was one of the core team members in the development process of netznetz, 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.[https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20060502_OTS0047/netz-community-hackt-kulturfoerdersystem OTS: "Netz-Community hackt Kulturfördersystem", 2 May 2006]

He started the "Hackbus" community.{{cite web|url=http://owni.fr/2011/09/01/sur-la-route-des-hackers-evangelistes/|title=Sur la route des hackers évangélistes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.brandeins.de/magazin/freiraeume/jeder-ist-ein-lehrer.html|title=Mozilla Bildung: Jeder ist ein Lehrer – brand eins online|access-date=29 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420215944/http://www.brandeins.de/magazin/freiraeume/jeder-ist-ein-lehrer.html|archive-date=20 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Together with Florian Hufsky, Leo Findeisen and Juxi Leitner, Grenzfurthner co-organized the first international conference of the pirate parties.Ben Jones: [http://torrentfreak.com/pirates-gather-at-first-international-pirate-party-conference/ Pirates Gather at First International Pirate Party Conference], torrentfreak, 9 September 2007.{{cite web |publisher=Wiki.pp-international |url=http://wiki.pp-international.net/International_Conference_2007 |title=International Pirate Parties Conference 2007 Wiki |date=10 July 2007 |access-date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605012301/http://wiki.pp-international.net/International_Conference_2007 |archive-date=5 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Grenzfurthner conceptualized and co-built a robot installation to promote the products of sex toy company Bad Dragon.{{cite web|url=http://www.heise.de/hardware-hacks/meldung/Wenn-Roboter-einschenken-16-Roboexotica-in-Wien-2467585.html|title=Wenn Roboter einschenken: 16. Roboexotica in Wien|author=Philip Steffan|date=27 November 2014|website=Make}} He created an artistic online ad campaign for Cheetos.{{cite web |last1=Learmonth |first1=Michael |title=Frito-Lay Puts Cheetos Brand in Bloggers' Hands |url=https://adage.com/article/madisonvine-news/frito-lay-puts-cheetos-brand-bloggers-hands/134558/ |website=Ad Age |date=11 February 2009 |access-date=9 December 2018}}

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Grenzfurthner lives and works in Vienna. He talks about this very openly in a homestory for Austrian newspaper Der Standard.[https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000263393/die-leute-pinkeln-von-drau223en-gern-ins-eck-beim-zaun Der Standard: Künstler Johannes Grenzfurthner: "Wer hier hinscheißt, ist auf Youtube"; 31 March 2025] Grenzfurther grew up in Stockerau in rural Lower Austria[http://filmthreat.com/interviews/johannes-grenzfurthner-is-kinda-nerdy/ Film Threat, "Johannes Grenzfurthner is kinda nerdy", 21 March 2017] and talks about it in his stand-up comedy "Schicksalsjahre eines Nerds" (2014) and his semi-autobiographical documentary film Traceroute (2016).

:If I had not grown up in Stockerau, in the boonies of Lower Austria, than I would not be what I am now. The germ cell of burgeoning nerdism is difference. The yearning to be understood, to find opportunities to share experiences, to not be left alone with one's bizarre interest. At the same time one derives an almost perverse pleasure from wallowing in this deficit. Nerds love deficiency: that of the other, but also their own. Nerds are eager explorers, who enjoy measuring themselves against one another and also compete aggressively. And yet the nerd's existence also comprises an element of the occult, of mystery. The way in which this power is expressed or focused is very important.[http://boingboing.net/2016/04/14/the-story-of-traceroute-about.html Interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner about Traceroute, Boing Boing magazine; 14 April 2016]

Grenzfurthner uses his personal history and upbringing{{cite web|last1=Higgins|first1=Chris|title=Nerds and Annihilation, Q&A with Johannes Grenzfurthner|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/79393/traceroute-documentary-about-nerds-and-annihilation|website=Mental Floss|date=May 2016 |access-date=27 April 2018}} as a source for his work. In a conversation with Zebrabutter he names the example that he wanted to deal with his claustrophobia,{{cite web|last1=Kaestle|first1=Thomas|title=Der Film Glossary of Broken Dreams oder: Im Schlachthaus Zum Goldenen Kalb|url=https://www.zebrabutter.net/der-film-glossary-of-broken-dreams-oder-im-schlachthaus-zum-goldenen-kalb.html|website=Zebrabutter|date=25 April 2018 |access-date=27 April 2018}} so he started a series of art performances where volunteers can be buried alive.

As a child, Grenzfurthner spent a lot of time at his grandparents' farm in the small village of Unterzögersdorf (a cadastral municipality of Stockerau). His grandparents' stories about Nazism, World War II and the Soviet occupation in allied-occupied Austria (1945–1955) influenced monochrom's long-term project Soviet Unterzoegersdorf.[http://fm4v2.orf.at/glashuettner/92453/main.html FM4: "Kurzbesuch in Sowjet-Unterzögersdorf", 23 July 2002]

Grenzfurthner's name was one of 200 activists, politicians, and artists from Germany, Switzerland and Austria (only one of a total of 10 Austrian names) that were published on an ultra-right doxing list distributed on a variety of online platforms in December 2018 and January 2019.{{cite web |last1=Fritsche |first1=Andreas |title=Rechte Drohliste auf linkes Portal geschmuggelt |url=https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1109331.indymedia-rechte-drohliste-auf-linkes-portal-geschmuggelt.html |website=Neues Deutschland |access-date=16 January 2019}}{{cite web |title=Großer Hack und kleinere Drohliste |url=https://www.stopptdierechten.at/2019/01/09/grosser-hack-und-kleinere-drohliste/ |website=Stopp die Rechten |access-date=16 January 2019}} The list's extremist creators threatened "#wirkriegeneuchallee" (sic!) — "We will get you all". Grenzfurthner openly addressed this on online platforms{{Cite tweet |user=johannes_mono |number=1082344668766093312 |date = 7 January 2019 |title=Ich bin auf dieser rechten Drohliste...}} and in lectures.

An artistic fake image posted by Grenzfurthner in July 2021 on his Twitter account sparked some controversy on social media and in the news.{{cite news |url= https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/germany-flood-fake-image-fact-check-viral-greta-thunberg-profane-submerged-bmw-3988304.html | publisher=news18.com | title=Viral Photo of 'F**k You Greta Thunberg' Sticker on Drowned BMW is Not Real | date=21 July 2021}}[https://www.giornalettismo.com/adesivo-fuck-you-greta-falso/ Giornalettismo, 17 July 2021][https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/estadao-verifica/foto-de-carro-em-inundacao-com-adesivo-ofensivo-a-greta-thunberg-e-montagem/ Estadao, 19 July 2021]

Jean Peters reports in his book "Wenn die Hoffnung stirbt, geht's trotzdem weiter" (2021, translation from German) about a special form of anti-fascist prank Grenzfurthner staged:

:Austrian artist Johannes Grenzfurthner, who himself has also published on context hacking, mingled in disguise with a Nazi demonstration in Bavaria in the spring of 2005. When cameras passed by, he made the forbidden Hitler salute. When he started doing so, the dam quickly broke; everyone around him joined in. In doing so, he had created media images showing the group as it really was. It turned bizarre when a few of them then approached him and said, "Stop, stop!" which, coming from a Nazi, sounded like a performative peculiarity, "we're not allowed to do that here." Whether over-affirmation or mimicry, the point is to make truly visible what would rather remain hidden behind a facade of self-righteousness.{{cite book |url=https://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/jean-peters-wenn-die-hoffnung-stirbt-geht-s-trotzdem-weiter-9783103970876 |title=Wenn die Hoffnung stirbt, geht's trotzdem weiter (S. Fischer Verlage, 2021) |page=201 |accessdate=2021-12-31 |language=de}}

• Won (as director of "Udo 77") Nestroy Theatre Prize (2005){{Cite web |url=https://diepresse.com/unternehmen/austria08/412602/Monochrom_Die-Pioniere-des-wilden-Worldwideweb |title=Die Presse: Die Pioniere des wilden Worldwideweb |access-date=23 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622005124/https://diepresse.com/unternehmen/austria08/412602/Monochrom_Die-Pioniere-des-wilden-Worldwideweb |archive-date=22 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}
• Won Coke Light Art Edition Award (2006){{Cite web |url=https://www.gast.at/gast/www.gast.at/gast/coke-light-art-edition-2006-kultflasche-wird-zum-kunstobjekt-82502 |title=gast.at: "COKE LIGHT ART EDITION 2006 – Kultflasche wird zum Kunstobjekt"; 31 May 2006 |access-date=23 April 2018 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124135/https://www.gast.at/gast/www.gast.at/gast/coke-light-art-edition-2006-kultflasche-wird-zum-kunstobjekt-82502 |url-status=dead }}
• Won (as the artistic director of monochrom) the Art Award of the FWF Austrian Science Fund (2013){{Cite web |url=http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/public_relations/publikationen/jahresberichte/fwf-jahresbericht-2012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825110819/http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/public_relations/publikationen/jahresberichte/fwf-jahresbericht-2012.pdf |archive-date=25 August 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

• Solvent (2024) – director, writer, producer, actor
• Je Suis Auto (2024) - writer, actor
• Hacking at Leaves (2024) – director, writer, producer, actor
• Razzennest (2022) – director, writer, producer
• Masking Threshold (2021) – director, writer, producer, actor
• The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (2021) – segment director, actor
• Avenues (2019) – producer
• Zweite Tür Rechts (2019) – producer, actor
• Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018) – director, writer, producer, actor
• Clickbait (2018) – actor
• Traceroute (2016) – director, writer, producer, host
• Shingal, where are you? (2016) – associate producer
• Valossn (2016) – associate producer
• Zero Crash (2016) – actor
• Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014) – director, writer, producer
• Kiki and Bubu: Rated R Us (2011) – director, writer

• Udo 77 (Rabenhof Theater, Vienna, 2004/2005) – director, actor, writer
• Waiting for Goto (Volkstheater, Vienna, 2006) – director, writer
• Campaign (Volkstheater, Vienna, 2006) – director, performer, writer
• monochrom's ISS (Garage X, Vienna and Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, 2011 and 2012) – director, actor, writer
• Schicksalsjahre eines Nerds (Rabenhof Theater, Vienna, 2014) – director, performer, writer
• Steppenrot (komm.st, Styria and Theater Spektakel, Vienna, 2017) – director, actor, writer
• Die Hansi Halleluja Show (komm.st, Styria and Theater Spektakel, Vienna, 2018–2019) – director, actor, writer
• Das scharlachrote Kraftfeld (komm.st, Styria and Theater Spektakel, Vienna, 2019–2020) – director, actor, writer

• Carefully Selected Moments (album, Trost Records, 2008)

• Editor of magazine/yearbook series "monochrom" (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)
• Editor of "Stadt der Klage" (Michael Marrak, 1997)
• Editor of "Weg der Engel" (Michael Marrak and Agus Chuadar, 1998)
• Editor of "Who shot Immanence?" (together with Thomas Edlinger and Fritz Ostermayer, 2002)
• Editor of "Leutezeichnungen" (together with Elffriede, 2003)
• Editor of "Quo Vadis, Logo?!" (together with Günther Friesinger, 2006)
• Editor of "Spektakel – Kunst – Gesellschaft" (together with Stephan Grigat and Günther Friesinger, 2006)
• Editor of "pr0nnotivation? Arse Elektronika Anthology" (together with Günther Friesinger and Daniel Fabry, 2008)
• Editor of "Roboexotica" (together with Günther Friesinger, Magnus Wurzer, Franz Ablinger and Chris Veigl, 2008)
• Editor of "Do Androids Sleep with Electric Sheep?" (together with Günther Friesinger, Daniel Fabry and Thomas Ballhausen, 2009)
• Editor of "Schutzverletzungen/Legitimation of Mediatic Violence" (together with Günther Friesinger and Thomas Ballhausen, 2010)
• Editor of "Urban Hacking" (together with Günther Friesinger and Thomas Ballhausen, 2010)
• Editor of "Geist in der Maschine. Medien, Prozesse und Räume der Kybernetik" (together with Günther Friesinger, Thomas Ballhausen, Verena Bauer, 2010)
• Editor of "The Wonderful World of Absence" (together with Günther Friesinger and Daniel Fabry, 2011)
• Editor of "Of Intercourse and Intracourse – Sexuality, Biomodification and the Techno-Social Sphere" (together with Günther Friesinger and Daniel Fabry, 2011)
• Editor of "Context Hacking: How to Mess with Art, Media, Law and the Market" (together with Günther Friesinger and Frank Apunkt Schneider, 2013)
• Editor of "Screw The System – Explorations of Spaces, Games and Politics through Sexuality and Technology" (together with Günther Friesinger and Daniel Fabry, 2013)
• Editor of Subvert Subversion. Politischer Widerstand als kulturelle Praxis (together with Günther Friesinger, 2020)
• Editor of Anima Ex Machina by Michael Marrak (edited together with Günther Friesinger, 2021)
• Editor of Femi und die Fische by Tommy Schmidt (edited together with Günther Friesinger, 2022)
• Editor of Roboexotica: Beautiful Failure" (together with Günther Friesinger and Franz Ablinger, 2025)
• Editor of Sexponential! (together with Günther Friesinger and Jasmin Hagendorfer, 2025){{cite book |last1=Grenzfurthner |first1=Johannes |last2=Friesinger |first2=Günther |last3=Hagendorfer |first3=Jasmin |title=Sexponential! |year=2025 |publisher=edition mono/monochrom |isbn=978-3-903549-01-2 |url=https://shop.monochrom.at/?product=sexponential}}

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