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////// SOVIET UNTERZOEGERSDORF
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//// SECTOR 1
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// The Adventure Game
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/// People of the world, you,
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/// secure third countries!
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Soviet Unterzoegersdorf (pronounced 'oon-taa-tsee-gars-doorf') is the last
existing appanage republic of the USSR. The enclave maintains no diplomatic
relationship with the surrounding so-called 'Republic of Austria' or with
the Fortress 'European Union'. The downfall of her motherland – the Soviet
Union – in the early 1990s had a particularly bad effect on the country's
economic situation.

It is a great challenge to secure survival for the small but proud
confederation. External reactionary forces put the country in danger. It's
a lack of respect due to a morally corrupted and perhaps even non-existing
unity of the peoples. The goal of a glorious future is almost unreachable.

But there are a handful of people who don't give up on a vision for a
better tomorrow. Let us tell you the stories of the brave citizens in the
beautiful little country of Soviet Unterzoegersdorf.

It's a story that will go into history.

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/// http://www.monochrom.at/suz-game/
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Featuring music by 'Negativland', Jazz Dance Combinat 'Vibemaster', 'Motion
Picture Expert Group', 'cccp.at', Joerg Piringer and others.

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// For IBM PC
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//// Windows or Linux/BSD
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////// Russian with English or German subtitles
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//// Appealing graphical game interface
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// Creative Commons License
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For years monochrom has been occupied with the construction, analysis and
reflexion of alternative worlds and models of recording history. monochrom
projects are treating this field partly as a discussion with concepts
deriving from popular culture, science and philosophy, partly as a direct
reference to science fiction and fantasy fan culture. monochrom's project
'Soviet-Unterzoegersdorf - The Adventure Game' is the implementation of a
'false reminiscence' into the Austrian cultural memory – a fictitious
country taking the shape of a computer game adventure. The enclave
'Soviet-Unterzoegersdorf', created by monochrom, is the last remaining USSR
republic, situated in the Austrian wine growing area.

Adventure Game?

The adventure game simply is one of the computer game classic. But what is
it all about?
In this case the player gets to experience an 'adventure'. Taking on the
role of the protagonist, the player's task is to search for solutions level
by level. These solutions will subsequently develop the narration and plot
of the game. In recent years this kind of game hasn't been selling to well:
action and combat games have taken over. Less than 1\% of all computer games
written in 2004 were adventure games. To monochrom it was clear that an
almost extinct form of computer game would provide the perfect media
platform to communicate the idea of 'Soviet-Unterzoegersdorf'.

History?

Debates triggered by postmodern culture have directed our attention towards
questions of representation and relevance of 'history' and stories – i.e.
The challenging proclamation of a post-histoire, the realization of the
impossibility of a meta-narrative record of history; the clash between
reality and sign systems, the difference between fact and fiction, the
status of ethnography, the impossibility of neutral contemplation or
witnessing as well as the positioning of subjective awareness within such
representations etc. All these forms of representation have been playing a
central part in the development of national and ethnic identities since WW
II. In Soviet-Unterzoegersdorf a fictitious and misplaced handling of the
past and the present is being discussed and put to use. In this regard, the
project is also taking part in the production as well as the criticism of
cultural and collective memories.

Other projects:
http://monochrom.at/english