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06 Oct 08
06 Oct 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageI've been down on performance art ever since Karen Finley shoved yams up her quim, so bear with me if I appear provincial. Is it the artist's intention to show that machines will lead the next holocaust?
This Survival Research Laboratories video is short but sweet:
http://www.ubu.com/film/srl_social.html
06 Oct 08
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterI'm content to enjoy the spectacle of large machines destroying each other.
I've been down on performance art ever since Karen Finley shoved yams up her quim, so bear with me if I appear provincial. Is it the artist's intention to show that machines will lead the next holocaust?
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterI'm pretty sure the intention of SRL is to have giant death machines tear each other apart while shooting giant balls of flame and dodging bolts from the Tesla coil. It's been a decade since I've seen a show, though, so maybe their mission has changed.
I've been down on performance art ever since Karen Finley shoved yams up her quim, so bear with me if I appear provincial. Is it the artist's intention to show that machines will lead the next holocaust?
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by convectThat show was in 1988 or thereabouts.
I'm pretty sure the intention of SRL is to have giant death machines tear each other apart while shooting giant balls of flame and dodging bolts from the Tesla coil. It's been a decade since I've seen a show, though, so maybe their mission has changed.
What was it like being in the audience?
13 Oct 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageGreat stuff. I watched the longer Survival Research Laboratories film sometime last year.
This Survival Research Laboratories video is short but sweet:
http://www.ubu.com/film/srl_social.html
This one's considerably longer:
http://www.ubu.com/film/srl_virtues.html