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The Machine as Art / The Machine As Artist

by srl on 2020-10-27

This book is available in hard cover and open access here https://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/selection/3013 with an article on SRL by Nicolas Ballet

This is the chapter on SRL written by Nicolas Ballet

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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.