
Core Survival Research Laboratories collaborators from the Bay Area and beyond are getting ready to truck an array of machines down to Los Angeles for a rare performance this Saturday, Dec. 22.
Given the impact SRL had on the pre-Internet (not to mention pre-Burning Man) maker art scene, it’s amazing to me how few young’uns know about this affiliation of engineers and artists and their shows of machine mayhem. From Wikipedia:
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.
Kinetic art is more popular than ever. Still, few make remote control machines as large, scary, or silly as SRL. Here’s a selection of pictures of the machines currently being prepped and staged for transport at SRL’s Petaluma, Calif. shop. All of them are about the size of a car.
If you’re in the LA area and thinking of attending, bring quality hearing protection.
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Ugh. Yet again I get to hear about an SRL show without getting to see it. I’ve idolized these guys since I first rea about them in Omni as a youngster. Mark has inspired many of us over the years and I hope he can continue to do so for a long time. Maybe some day I’ll get to see them.
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