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Desolation Center

by srl on 2019-09-17

Before there was Burning Man or Coachella, Desolation Center transported music fans into the far reaches of the Mojave Desert for a series of guerrilla music and art performance happenings. Features rare performance footage of Survival Research Laboratories, Sonic Youth, Einstürzende Neubauten, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, and more.
For tickets and more info: bit.ly/desolationsf

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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.