Mark Pauline

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Mark Pauline

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Desolation Center
1h 33m
Movie 2018

Desolation Center

The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspiration for Burning Man, Lollapalooza, and Coachella. Interviews and rare performance footage of Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, Einstürzende Neubauten, Survival Research Laboratories, Savage Republic, Swans and more.

The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements
0h 45m
Movie 1989

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

The 1988 European tour of Survival Research Laboratories, with shows in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. SRL ferrets out and gleefully satirizes assorted icons of cultural pride in two of Europes more allegedly libertarian democracies.

Impact Video Magazine
1h 20m
Movie 1989

Impact Video Magazine

Counter-culture video magazine created by Stuart Shapiro, featuring Bill Hicks, Robert Williams, Public Enemy, Butthole Surfers, Survival Research Labs, and much more! Hosted by Alex Winter!

A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief
0h 13m
Movie 1988

A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief

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

Pranks!
0h 31m
Movie 1988

Pranks!

Video accompaniment to the book of the same name released by RE/SEARCH magazine, featuring interviews with Survival Research Lab's Mark Pauline, Joe Coleman, Karen Finley, Boyd Rice, and Frank Discussion. "Five Fabulously Funny Interviews with Fiendishly Flamboyant Pranksters discussing diabolical (and sometimes illegal) deeds. Dazzling deceptions and put-ons from some of the most outrageous artists living today."

Virtues Of Negative Fascination
1h 10m
Movie 1986

Virtues Of Negative Fascination

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

Biography

Mark Pauline is an American performance artist and inventor, best known as founder and director of Survival Research Laboratories.

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