160 Kroeber Hall
Berkeley, California

Long before there was Burning Man, there was Survival Research Laboratories, the legendary San Francisco-based performance art group founded by Mark Pauline in 1978.

SRL, whose tagline is the not-exaggerated "Producing the most dangerous shows on Earth," stages mechanical spectacles of sociopolitical satire in which high-tech weapons and robots menace each other amid noise, flames, and much destruction. The group calls itself an "organization of creative technicians dedicated to re-directing the techniques, tools, and tenets of industry, science, and the military away from their typical manifestations in practicality, product or warfare."

Artist and SRL director Mark Pauline will give a talk for the Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium Series on "Exploiting the Momentum of Self Righteousness." The talk is free but space is limited, so arrive early to ensure a seat.

Campus map showing Kroeber Hall:
http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/DE56.html

Added by disrupsean on January 25, 2006

Comments

eddie

rumour is something big, loud and firey may appear nearby.

drumm

sounds about right

eddie

bring earplugs!

disrupsean

and codpieces

drumm

I think I saw some earplugs around my house.

eddie

i keep mine in my codpiece.