Austrian subversive art collective monochrom present an all-new installment of the philosophical sock puppets Kiki and Bubu on today’s episode of Boing Boing tv.
These fuzzy logicians ponder the true nature of individual identity in capitalist societies, and connect the dots between Star Trek fandom, Sesame Street characters, Broadway musicals, and racy jpegs.
Previously:
* Nazi Petting Zoo
* Fisch Interview
* Orwell’s 1984 deconstructed by puppets
* Monochrom’s Marxist sock puppets
* Monochrom: MyFaceSpace, the musical
* Monochrom: Campfire at Will
* Monochrom: Falco Stairs
* Monochrom: Bar code artist Scott Blake / Falco stencil memorial
* Human USB Hack / Very Simple Motor
* Mark’s Curie Engine / Monochrom’s love song for Lessig
@#3 AVIDD, & Johannes:
Thanks for alerting us to the video glitch in this episode. We actually didn’t make any edits to the video, rather it seems there was a hiccup when we converted the original file from its PAL format.
We have re-converted – revised video will be up shortly!
Thanks again,
Dana Devonshire
Series Producer, Boing Boing tv
#5 Yeah, one of many highlights.
oh, i’d be deeply honoured to be mentioned, even in a disparaging way. As Marcuse wrote in one dimensional man – my copy of which was lost when i drunkenly thought i needed something to read on the five minute drive to the bar a few weeks back – entertainment is the most efficient way of learning, hence the use of this sort of web vid. surprised to see marcuse left out of a discussion of individuality under capitalism, actually. but youre right about blogs; i forget where i read that the internets tend toward the right, as a function of, as discussed above, the ease of switching channels, as it were. but literally, not only are half the letters on my keyboard broken, but backspace as well, so commenting is a bit of a pain.
I suppose my first comment should read ‘author function! author function!’
author! author! excellent work, as usual. only criticism is I think the first one worked so well because it was tied to practice and the effect of sock puppets talking about such real world sort of problems was to grab and hold ones attention. this one seems to depend on the online porn monster as a character, and the message seeps through laterally. Still, all the best and hope you keep these up. My crappy keyboard keeps me from writing more.
Our director’s uncut can be found here http://www.monochrom.at/kiki-and-bubu/
All the best from Newark Airport. (Why do they call it Liberty?)
The full version makes more sense
http://blip.tv/file/1065098
It may run a little long for the internet attention span, but the bbtv cuts are akward. Kudos on the addition of mozart though.
I think you should introduce a Slavoj Žižek sock puppet. But perhaps the irony would be too much and the internets would implode. Maybe he could eat some chocolate laxative and decaf coffee? Or talk about how the online porn monster never has any sex.
@Avidd: As far as I can tell there seems to be an edit error in the opening scene. There is a short segment of 10 seconds missing (where Kiki wants to talk about the Western working class and hears someone crying).
And yes! Fight attention de-spanning.
Johannes (monochrom)
“If everybody is an individual doesn’t that mean that everybody is just the same?”
“Like in San Francisco?”
@noen: We are planning to do something about Lacan someday… but I’m not giving anything away…
@scottfree: I refuse to be part of the interpretive process. At least sometimes.
@scottfree: Thanks for your comment. We always try to address a specific liberal concept or idea. (We are, btw, referring to a real blog entry by a real liberal lady complaining about the OMG being plagiarism.)
Maybe we’ll refer to your comment in the next episode? Who knows
Johannes (monochrom)