Johannes Grenzfurthner

Biography

Johannes Grenzfurthner is an Austrian filmmaker, artist, writer, and curator working between cinema, theory, and experimental media. As founder of the art and theory collective monochrom, he explores the cultural and political entanglements of technology, subculture, and ideology through films, performances, and exhibitions. His works blend essayistic reflection, genre cinema, and dark satire.

Directed

1. Masking Threshold (2022) — Director
2. Razzennest (2022) — Director
3. Solvent (2024) — Director
4. Traceroute (2016) — Director
5. Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018) — Director
6. Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014) — Director
7. 73rd Communique of the CPSUZOeD (2020) — Director
8. Hacking at Leaves (2024) — Director
9. The Void's Foaming Ebb (2006) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Clickbait (2019) — Wolfgang van Tütstrudel
2. Masking Threshold (2022) — Protagonist (corporeal)
3. Solvent (2024) — Ernst Bartholdi
4. Traceroute (2016) — Host / Self
5. Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018) — Host / Doktor Ullmaier (voice) / Frau Schlammpeitzinger / Johannes Kepler / The 1% / Harnulf Rohrkrepierer
6. Fudliaks! Tear the Sexes Apart! (2021) — Fudliak 3
7. Hacking at Leaves (2024) — Self / host
8. The Void's Foaming Ebb (2006) — Cuneiform Tablet
9. Second Door to the Right (2019) — Kamerad Kurt Kienast
10. SLUGFEST (2023) — Literally Every Man
11. Musings of a Mechatronic Mistress (2023) — Johannes Grenzfurthner
12. Umbilicus Desidero (2019) — Dr. Alexei Pupok-Nyet
13. Tycho — Johannes Kepler
14. Je Suis Auto (2024) — Herbie Fuchsel
15. The Transformations of the Transformations of the Drs. Jenkins (2021) — Dr. Jenkins / Dr. Jenkins / Self
16. 73rd Communique of the CPSUZOeD (2020) — His Excellency Commissioner Nikita P. Chrusov