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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…
Fight: A Practical Romance
On 17 July 1980, I received a letter from a man named Tom Chapman, challenging me to a fight, to be determined by standard (California) boxing procedures, saying that “it would not be fun” and “the best illusion is no illusion.” HA! What a joke. I…
Performance
The presentation was divided into ten separate programs, including Motel Stories, L.A. Itself, Reservations and SFO/LAX Corridor. The most intriguing piece was Executive Air Traveller, a document of the artist’s travels by air over a four-year…
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…
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)
An Exhibition of Performance Machinery Guaranteed to Fulfill Your Most Far-Out Entertainment Fantasies
San Francisco Unified School District officials were caught off guard when a Richmond District resident complained that a local Avant-garde show producer showed a pornographic movie at Cabrillo School Saturday night.
Based on an anonymous…
Based on an anonymous…
Useless Mechanical Activity
A running commentary on the psychology of acts of military aggression and their consequences. (Pauline 1983)
Installation at his house
Bearing an address rather than a title, David Ireland’s major project of the past five years is an endeavor of distinctly personal archeology and architectural preservation. In 1975 Ireland became the third owner of a two-story Victorian house at 500…
The Ephemeral Nature of Madame de Sade
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