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Useless Mechanical Activity
A running commentary on the psychology of acts of military aggression and their consequences. (Pauline 1983)
Terrifying Scenes From the Battlefield of Tomorrow
A mechanical enactment of scenes from the battlefields of tomorrow with Factrix, Monte Cazazza, Tana Emmolo, and Cole Palme. A few short films were also shown including Letters to Dad by Scott and Beth B. (Survival Research Laboratories 2013)
Survival Research Laboratories Views with Regret: The Unrestrained Use of Excessive Force
This live event featured all new equipment, of an even more massive scale than previous SRL works, including the debut of the 30-foot-long Stairway to Hell and a bevy of numerous male robots. Also appearing was the Autonomous Crazy Machine, a ramming…
Noise, with members of Throbbing Gristle in attendance
An assault on leisure promenades complete with exploding glass. (Pauline 1983)
Night of the Succubus
MARK: Well, if things that are dead make people feel funny, then what are people going to think if they see things that are definitely dead, but are moving around and look like they're alive? When we first made the little robot for the Night of The…
Mysteries of the Reactionary Mind
R/S: What was a specific idea of your Fort Mason performance?
MARK: Specifically Mysteries of the Reactionary Mind: an exploration of the mechanics underlying reactionary thought. Everyone likes to think they have specific ideas about things like…
Machine Sex
Machine Sex was done at a Chevron gas station, shortly after an OPEC price rise. I had built this de-manufacturing machine that was like a giant food processor, called The Shredder, It was made out of a big triangular shaped drum, with a plexi-gears…
Food For Machines
The second one was Food for Machines done in United Nations Plaza. The machines tore up and mutilated food. All kinds of food. It all got wasted. There was a big mess we didn’t even clean up. I forged permission to do that. (Cazzaza and Emolo 1980:…
Fiery Presentation of Dangerous and Disturbing Stunt Phenomena
SRL machine operators ride through flaming tubs of gasoline, detonate bombs attached to their bodies, fire hand-held Flamethowers as a robot fuck machine with an expanding and deflating rubber head mates with a huge black bag in its flaming pen. A…
Epidemic of Fear: The Relief of Mass Hysteria Through Expression of Senseless Jungle Hate
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