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Assassination Prop at Area: The Exhibition

by srl on 2013-11-08

Mark Pauline resurrected the Assassination Prop from 1985 for AREA NYC book launch private opening at The Hole NYC November 5 2013. The event was curated by Jeffrey Deitch and featured the works of artists that had exhibited over the years at AREA including SRL, Basquiat, Chuck Close, Warhol, Sol Lewitt, Jenny Holzer, etc.

Mark took some images and videos of the opening – more details here. Here’s a video of the Assassination Prop in action:

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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.