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The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art
In 1969 I had to have a way of exhibiting because I felt like exhibiting. It was too politically complicated to try to exhibit my work and be a curator at the same time for a combination of reasons which are probably obvious. So I had to exhibit…
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)
Terminal Gym
Labat became a licensed boxer in the State of California for the period of one year. The project culminated in a debut bout within an evening card of professional boxing. A video P.O.V. (Point of View), documents the project. (Labat 2005: 199)
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Synthetic Ritual
Opposing forces, represented by two performers painted opposite colors, emerge from walls at either end of a room. Blindfolded and connected to ropes extending from the walls they meet at the center of the room inside a circle of steer manure where…
Synchromatic Baseball
Howard Fried's Synchromatic Baseball was performed one night in 1971 on a San Francisco rooftop. Fried selected the Dommy and Indo teams from among his friends and acquaintances according to whether they assumed dominant or "indominant" roles in…
Sylph
This piece took place in a darkened gallery space. Around two of the corners that protrude into the space, there were two green tape lights that circumscribed the 270-degree circular areas on the floor. In the larger circle, the tape light was facing…
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…
Surf Line
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Summer Offensive
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Studio Berkeley
In Studio Marioni draws his life-sized shadow which is distorted by a piece of black velvet suspended between two yellow spotlights and the vertical drawing surface. In a recent conversation Marioni explained that he chose yellow light because it is…