- Konrad Becker
Konrad Becker is a hypermedia researcher and interdisciplinary content developer, Director of the
Institute for New Culture Technologies/t0 and initiator ofPublic Netbase and [http://world-information.org World-Information.Org] . Since 1979 he has been active in electronic media as an artist, writer, composer, curator, producer and organizer of numerous intermedia productions, exhibitions, and event designs for international festivals and cultural institutions. He has published media works, electronic audiovisuals and theoretical texts, lectured and held positions at various universities, and participated in conferences and symposia. He has been a member of various boards and committees on information and communication technologies and culture, and has worked as a consultant.As a musician Konrad Becker created Monoton, the crucial Austrian electronic music act providing distinguished soundscapes. The Wire magazine singled out Monoton’s record "Monotonprodukt07" as one of the 100 most important records of the 20th century. Konrad Becker has recently focused on notebook live jamming with minimalist rigor.
At the borderline between sound art, psychoacoustics and contemporary dance practices, Konrad Becker's project has crossed a variety of genres over the years and has gone through various mutations and side projects. Starting with meta-mathematical and performative multimedia installations, from industrial ambience noise to audio software art and a dance context in the early rave scene he also developed theatrical productions.
"Like other Germanic groups (
Kraftwerk ,Neu , Cluster,Conrad Schnitzler ), Monoton's products have turned out to be fine forerunners of certain trends in electronic music at the end of the twentieth century." (Eric Mattson, [http://www.oral.qc.ca ORAL] , 2002)Books by Konrad Becker
* Die Politik der Infosphäre- World-Information.Org, [http://www.vs-verlag.de/index.php;do=show/site=w/book_id=6160/sid=19 VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaft] , [http://www.bpb.de/publikationen/MDW6DP,,0,Die_Politik_der_Infosph%E4re.html BPB] Berlin, (2002)
* Tactical Reality Dictionary, Cultural Intelligence and Social Control, [http://www.selene.at/buchdetail.php?id=72&show=backlist Selene Verlag] Wien, [http://www.autonomedia.org Autonomedia] New York, (2002)
* Tactical Reality Dictionary, Russian translation and Foreword by Oleg Kireev, Ultraculture Publishing Moscow, (2004)
* Psychonautic, MonotonProdukt, Wien (1986)External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065489 Konrad Becker´s Filmography] in
Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.sra.at/person/4609 Konrad Becker´s Entry] in Austrian Music Database [http://www.sra.at Skug Research Archive]
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