Here’s a new re-edit (by Steve Bage in August 2011) of the Doom show from 1994 in San Francisco. Original footage was shot and edited by Leslie Asako Gladsjo. The fire department were not happy. See SFWeekly article from 1994
Pictured here is the De-Manufacturing machine built in 1979 that made its debut at the Machine Sex show in North Beach, SF together with the latest SRL machine the Spine Robot
Both machines will be seen in LA this October – stay tuned to this site for more details.
Another view of the De-manufacturing machine: (which was first used to process dead pigeons dressed as Arabs)
After the debut run of the Spine Robot last fall for the Explosion of Ungovernable Rage show at the Sonoma County Museum, it was observed that the Spine twists itself up during operation. Over the last few months, Mark Pauline has re-engineered it with neat new design features to correct this (see the Spine Robot Progress Log for more details). Yesterday Mark completed the final assembly for the new and improved Spine Robot and tested it manually. Mark says, “Works good! Even with hand power using lever arms, it can be moved around very smoothly and does not wind up like before. The drum winches are cool! Next is to put the high torque hydro motors on it. 800 ft lbs each with no drive ratio reduction.”
Images of the detailed tweaks can be seen in Spine Robot progress log (August 2011 entry)
While the first round of users jumped the social network ships flocking to newly launched Google+, look who infiltrated the White House? Mark Pauline shown here under the Presidential Seal got to see the West Wing and even took a peek at the Oval Office and Situation Room.
Mark Pauline completes more work on the Spine Robot describing new design and functionality of the spacers.
Thanks to Alan Kelley for editing some footage from the Post Show Gallery LA show in 2002.
Many other vintage videos have been added to the site recently as well. They are (and more to come):
Deliberate Evolution of a War Zone – Graz – 1992
Night of the Succubus – SF – 1981
SRL Halloween Trick – SF – 1996
Failure to Discriminate – SF – 1986
Unrestrained Use of Excessive Force – SF – 1986
Mysteries of the Reactionary Mind – SF – 1981
Extremely Cruel Practices – SF – 1985
Terrifying Scenes from the Battlefield of Tomorrow – SF – 1980
Deliberately False Statements – SF – 1985
On Broadway – SF – 1984
Illusions of Shameless Abundance – 1989
After making improvements to the first version of the Spine Robot as seen at the Explosion of Ungovernable Rage show last fall, Mark Pauline reassembles the Spine Robot.
Details on current work as well as a running log of past work done to the Spine Robot here
Some images and footage from shows done in the 80s have been found, digitized, and uploaded! Much more to come so stay tuned to this site/RSS feed.
Terrifying Scenes from the Battlefields of Tomorrow – Dec 6 1980 at Kezar Stadium
SRL Views With Regret: The Unrestrained Use of Excessive Force – Sep 18 1983 at DeHaro and 18th, SF, CA
Extremely Cruel Practices: Designed to Instruct those Interested in Policies that Correct or Punish – August 11 1985 in LA
Deliberately False Statements: A Combination of Tricks and Illusions Guaranteed to Expose Shrewd Manipulation of Fact – October 6 1985 at the SF Transit Authority
We’re going through Mark Pauline’s archive and slowly updating the website with images from the early days of SRL.
If you look closely, there are familiar faces in attendance such as RE/Search’s V. Vale, performance artist Karen Finley, Genesis P. Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti of Throbbing Gristle, Monte Cazzaza
Click on thumbnails below for a peek at some of the updated shows. Much more to come!
Mark Pauline just completed work on the new actuator for the Spine Robot that solves the scoliosis problem encountered at the robot’s debut during the Explosion of Ungovernable Rage show last October 2010.
On this image gallery page, click on the Spine Robot January 2011 link under Galleries for a larger view of the new actuator.
“It’s a 2 axis push-pull winch configuration with a urethane spring tensioner to take into account the differing radii on the tendons as they move. The cables are terminated in sefac spiked terminations that are clamped into the winch spools. In operation, the ropes are spooled from the bottom or top of the winch. The one side passes through a urethane spring tensioner. An 18² sprocket powered by a 1000 ft lb high torque hydraulic motor spools and unspools the rope, moving the spine roboti.
For the SRL show on Oct 30th 2010 (Explosion of Ungovernable Rage), a hydraulic actuator was hacked together from another SRL machine, The Finger. It had several serious drawbacks. One was that it used rubber bungee cords to power the return of each axis. This created about 5000 lbs of compressive force on the spine segments when the system was at rest, causing them to bind and creating a ³scoliosis² twisting effect. “, says Mark Pauline.
Mark’s been keeing a running log documenting the building and maintenance of the Spine Robot here.