Machine Performance Movies

  • 1996
    Crimewave

    Crimewave

    Crimewave

    01996HD

    Alan Kelley's eagerly awaited edit of a Survival Research Laboratories show in the Bay Area held on an empty parking lot off Beale Street at the foot...

    Crimewave
  • 1984
    A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain

    A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain

    A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain

    01984HD

    Documentation of three Survival Research Laboratories events, 1983-1984. Meet Stu, the SRL guinea pig, and see him training to operate the 4-legged...

    A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain
  • 1988
    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

    61988HD

    Living in a fictional world all their own, the machines of Survival Research Laboratories act out scenarios of perpetual torment, exasperating...

    A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief
  • 1984
    Maimed Artist

    Maimed Artist

    Maimed Artist

    01984HD

    Documentary that profiles Mark Pauline, the machine performance artist of Survival Research Laboratories. As the Title suggests, Pauline lost most of...

    Maimed Artist
  • 1986
    Virtues Of Negative Fascination

    Virtues Of Negative Fascination

    Virtues Of Negative Fascination

    01986HD

    Five mechanized performances of Survival Research Laboratories, 1985-1986. 70 min. of endless pursuits, unavoidable captures, and merciless...

    Virtues Of Negative Fascination
  • 2004
    Survival Research Laboratories - Ten Years Of Robotic Mayhem

    Survival Research Laboratories - Ten Years Of Robotic Mayhem

    Survival Research Laboratories - Ten Years Of Robotic Mayhem

    82004HD

    1 A Bitter Message Of Hopeless Grief 2 The Will To Provoke 3 The Delusions Of Expediency 4 The Pleasure Of Uninhibited Excess 5 A Scenic...

    Survival Research Laboratories - Ten Years Of Robotic Mayhem
  • 1989
    The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements

    The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements

    The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements

    01989HD

    The 1988 European tour of Survival Research Laboratories, with shows in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. SRL ferrets out and gleefully satirizes assorted...

    The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements