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Survival Research Laboratories in Los Angeles, December 22

David Pescovitz at 10:46 am Mon, Dec 17, 2012

Pioneering machine performance group Survival Research Laboratories are holding a rare full-scale performance in Los Angeles on December 22. If you're not familiar with SRL, the video above gives a short, sharp taste of their 34 years of robotic mayhem and black comedy. "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." Survival Research Laboratories

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

TAGS: art mayhem robots

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http://factoidlabs.com mack

Their ’05 show in Los Angeles completely flabbergasted me. It kills me that I’ll have to miss this one. SO MUCH LOUD.
- http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis
  
  I remember it. They said it could get loud, as if noise might be an inadvertent byproduct. What they didn’t explain was SRL would be doing its utmost to ensure it WOULD be loud.
Andrew Singleton

I’ve had nightmares that went like this….
Frank W

It won’t be the end of the world… but damn near like it!
http://www.facebook.com/holyoutlaw Luke McGuff

1:42 to 2:02 is from a Seattle show they did in the early 90s. I was there!
http://twitter.com/chriscoreline chris coreline

This performance is part of the Extreme Futurist Festival http://extremefuturistfestival.com/ please credit the festival in the text if you can, i know the organizers went to a hell of a lot of trouble to book these guys and the rest of the festival is a must-see for happy mutants.