Hello, Mark Pauline from SRL used to do some pretty off the hook stuff. As time has progressed he has gotten a little more business oriented and he isn't quite as radical as he once was. He isn't attacking bill boards anymore, he isn't stealing his supplies from factories anymore either. ;) These days the stuff that is probably getting him the most attention is the Robot Wars events in SF that he organizes. If you watched Discovery and TLC a couple years ago the events used to get coverage on their tech shows. Remote control robots that smash each other up while the onlooking crowd cheers, its like Rome with IC's.
I do not think SRL is very active anymore, in order for SRL to have a performance they have to be commissioned by an individual. I looked into it once out of curiosity, and I think the cost would have been around $150,000, plus the time involved with permits and logistics. I would have hella bragging rights if I could say that I had Mark Pauline build some robots that blow each other up with home built rocket launchers, lazers and flame throwers in Hart Plaza, but I think financing and insuring the whole endeavor would have been difficult. ;) Definitely one of the old school industrial pioneers. I think his billboard modifications are probably the most interesting thing he did, at least in my mind. Fine art is interesting, but I wish there were more people doing art terrorist actions in Detroit. Those "who yo baby daddy" and casino signs on I-96 are just begging for modification. That is the sad thing about Punk and Industrial, as time passed they stopped being radical and just became another set of poses. But that, my friends, is a completely different thread. FRED MCMURRY wrote: > > > > how about cars? that guy who makes sculptures out of old car > > > bodies (whatshisname?)? > > Along the same lines as this is the Survival Research > Laboratories...questioning technology while using/manipulating it at the > same time. Plus these people are completely nuts! Love it! Giant Teslas! > Pulse cannons! Flame throwers with sirens on top! Techno-punk all the way! > > Fred > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michael Taylor : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homes.arealcity.com/Intermodal/index.html http://www.mp3.com/TheMSProject http://www.egroups.com/group/tech-gear "Occasional collisions unexpectedly encountered determine the direction of a lifetime. " Elias Canetti
