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Video of SRL at Under the Big Black Sun at LA MOCA

by srl on 2011-10-18

The video shows Jeffrey Deitch asking Mark Pauline details on the De-manufacturing machine. Video edited by Alan Kelley. More info, images, etc. of SRL at Under the Big Black Sun (California Art from 1974-1981)

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Survival Research Laboratories was conceived of and founded by Mark Pauline in November 1978. Since its inception SRL has operated as an organization of creative technicians dedicated to re-directing the techniques, tools, and tenets of industry, science, and the military away from their typical manifestations in practicality, product or warfare. Since 1979, SRL has staged over 45 mechanized presentations in the United States and Europe. Each performance consists of a unique set of ritualized interactions between machines, robots, and special effects devices, employed in developing themes of socio-political satire. Humans are present only as audience or operators.