Acting
Mark Pauline
Mark Pauline is an American performance artist and inventor, best known as founder and director of Survival Research Laboratories.
Known For
Radio World · 1983Radio World
1983
Movie
In the not-so-distant future of a devolved high tech society, a group of displaced suburbanites
take refuge in a ruined factory, attempting to fend off the sadistic X-police.
A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain · 1984A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain
1984
MovieDocumentary
Documentation of three Survival Research Laboratories events, 1983-1984. Meet Stu, the SRL guinea pig, and see him training to operate the 4-legged Walking Machine, see 10-barrel shotguns, hear the "Stairway to Hell".
Baited Trap · 1986Baited Trap
1986
Movie
Short film by Jon Reiss, featuring machinery and effects by Survival Research Laboratories.
The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements · 1989The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements
1989
MovieDocumentary
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.
Maimed Artist · 1984Maimed Artist
1984
MovieDocumentary
Documentary that profiles Mark Pauline, the machine performance artist of Survival Research Laboratories. As the Title suggests, Pauline lost most of one hand during experimentation. 'Maimed Artist' explores the often destructive world of such performance art, where there is a fine line between entertainment and insanity.
Desolation Center · 2018Desolation Center
★ 9.32018
MovieDocumentaryMusic
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.
Crimewave · 1996Crimewave
1996
MovieDocumentary
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 of the Bay Bridge. The show revolves around the many humorous aspects of violent human interaction. Also included in the video are footage from the Wired anniversary party and the SRL Halloween Trick where the V1 was operated in front of the Roxie Theater and several other machines and props operated by SRL members on Minna Street. Includes footage of Mark Pauline being detained by the SFPD for questioning on the device ignited on 16th Street...
Pranks! · 1988Pranks!
★ 10.01988
MovieDocumentary
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."
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