From Jon Reiss:
Sad to say goodbye to Monte Cazazza who I got to know pretty well in San Francisco in the early 80s while making documentaries of @survivalresearchlabs. He had an incredibly sharp wit, had unique perspectives on the world and was a pioneer of industrial music collaborating with #factrix and #throbbinggristle and others – even coining the phrase “industrial music for industrial people”. He was nice enough to let me use his classic song #stairwaytohell for the opening sequence of my first directing project “A Scenic Harvest From the Kingdom of Pain” – a performance documentary of three SRL performances for 1983-1984 (yikes – 40 years ago note the old school chryon titles). I cut together a little Stairway to Hell tribute to Monte here from that film – focusing on the first performance which amoung other machines features a machine that @markpauline5 made and named after Monte’s song which Monte operated during the performance. You get a sense of him even in this tiny clip. RIP Monte 6/29/23
See this video from Clay Graham – lots of references to industrial culture/SRL/Mark Pauline and other friends Val Vale, Naut Humon, Clay Graham, James F.Ellis and Greg Kulz
Folk subcultures are emergent cultures that form out of some common situational experience, usually one that is challenging or from collective trauma. Folk subcultures are not just alternative expressions within a larger culture but rather emerge as a response to specific circumstances that shape the identity and practices of its members. This can include experiences of geographic isolation, socioeconomic challenges, or situational shared experience such as post-war disillusionment.
How do emergent folk subcultures form? How can we look at history to help us understand how situations can drive the emergent genesis of culture? How do subcultures express their shared experiences in art and music to become part of the collective zeitgeist?
Welcome to Episode 8 of The Richest Family, Emergent Situational Subcultures and The Industrial Folk Phenomenon where we discuss Hillbilly situational exceptionalism, folk subcultures, and the causes for the formation of the modern Industrial folk art experience.
YOUTUBE – https://youtu.be/ZeF3zvAN–A
TWITCH – https://www.twitch.tv/claytantor
PODCAST – https://audioboom.com/channels/510513…
THIS IS AN EDUCATIONAL VIDEO ALL VIDEO USED TO PRODUCE THIS VIDEO FALLS UNDER “FAIR USE”.
Listen to what he says too in about 54 min mark on the YouTube about how a lot of the subversive stuff is being done with AI now and the mainstream just don’t get it.
Artist and academic Garnet Hertz talks about a chapter on SRL from his book published by MIT Press: Art + DIY Electronics:
Here is a book review of Garnet’s book by We Make Money Not Art.
SRL to be featured in Kara Walker project in San Francisco. Maybe Kara would like us to demo some machines? Wow! We are so honored in any case! https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/kara-walker-sfmoma-mural-free-18112450
Mark Pauline commenting on the SF Chron article on the Kara Walker commission for SFMOMA (see previous post). SRL did the ground breaking for SFMOMA back in 1992 also.
Printing out some of the old SRL posters to fill an order. I don’t have very many of the originals left so these are re-prints on fancy museum grade rag paper strictly for the SRL connoisseur available on our eBay store at srlsales.
From Jon Reiss:
Stay tuned for @8.above @jonreiss SRL documentary! Repost from @8.above
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Got back up to do a little shooting for my documentary about Mark Pauline @markpauline5 and Survival Research Laboratories. Did an interview with Mark and shot the current state of The Predator Arm – which is designed to let you feel what it will be like to be hunted by a machine – eventually the arm will go up to 100 mph.
#srl #predatorarm #markpauline #survivalresearchlaboratories #documentaryfilmmaking
Yoyogi Park in Shibuya was the site of a SRL show in 1999 on the emperor’s bday! we were the 1st Americans to detonate high explosives in downtown Tokyo since WW2. We also had the first web controlled lethal machines coded by civilians: (Karen Marcelo and Eric Paulos) – the pitching machine, air launcher and track robot were run from the ICC #survivalresearchlabs
One of four drive wheel assemblies for the Puncher Machine mobile base. These are 16 inch diameter Omni wheels Shown running at 48 V. Will be running these 0 to 48 V in different directions for moving the machine around. Soon I’ll have one more machine that presenters won’t allow me to use in their space!
#survivalresearchlabs
Mark shows the drive shafts he made for the Puncher. Images and video from Karen Marcelo