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SRL in Downtown LALos Angeles, CA$15.00 |
SRL announces the release of the DVD of our last event in the LA
area. "SRL in Downtown LA" features extreme flame footage and
Pitching Machine Mayhem, and special guest appearances by the LAFD.
This show took place in connection with the Post Gallery Show curated
by Susan Joyce on July 5th 2002. Editing by Alan Kelley, video shoot
directed by Dave Scandina. Only $15! For excellent DVD quality.
Please see the SRL order page for ordering.
This show took place in connection with the Post Gallery Show curated by Susan Joyce on July 5th 2002. Editing by Alan Kelley, video shoot directed by Dave Scandina. Only $15! For excellent DVD quality. Please see the SRL order page for ordering. Edited by Alan Kelley, Shoot Directed by Dave Scardina. |
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Berkeley Show at the ShipyardBerkeley, CA$25.00 |
SRL DVD only release of December 15, 2001 performance in Berkeley at the Shipyard!! See SRL's most concentrated show ever. 30 tons of mechanical madness unleashed in a 75 by 60 ft area. Plenty of close calls for the audience and maximum crash and burn for the machines. Your kids will cheer as the Pitching machine deconstructs Jeffery the Giraffe with 200 mph 2 by 4 boards. Watch as the Sneaky Soldier dives into a bath of flaming calcium carbide. See and hear it all for only 25$ mastered directly to DVD from the Beta SP Master.
Edited by Alan Kelley, Shoot Directed by Dave Scardina. 24 min. |
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The Arbitrary Calculation of Pathological AmusementsTokyo, Japan$25.00 |
Alan Kelly, editor supreme takes you on a romp through SRLs weirdest show
experience ever: SRL Performing "The Arbitrary Calculation of
Pathological Amusements" in downtown Tokyo on December 23 1999, (the
emperors birthday). See what happens when Japanese corporate colossus NTT
(working through their public Museum the ICC) use their muscle to get
permits for explosives, flame-throwers, and the Pitching Machine to
operate in downtown Tokyo!!
Edited by Alan Kelley, Directed by Dave Scardina. Show Produced By ICC/NTT. Curated by Hisanori Gogota. |
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CrimewaveSan Francisco, CA$25.00 |
Alan Kelley's eagerly awaited edit of a SRL produced 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...
Edited by ALan Kelley, Directed by Dave Scardina |
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The Undexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts: A Misguided Adventure in Risk Eradication, Happening Without Known Cause In Connection with Events That Are Not Necessarily RelatedAustin, TX$25.00 |
Alan Kelley's eagerly awaited edit of SRL's largest event ever:"The
Unexpected Destruction of Elaborately Engineered Artifacts : A Misguided
Adventure in Risk Eradication, Happening Without Known cause, in
Connection With Events That are Not Necessarily Related". SRL adds 5000
spectators , 60 tons of machines , 50 srl members working tirelessly on
site for 3 weeks, at an Austin, Texas racetrack to equal major mayhem.
Artfully condensed on video to 18 min.
Edited by ALan Kelley, Directed by Dave Scardina, Additional footage by Anjali Gupta. |
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SRL Contemplates: A Million Inconsiderate ExperimentsPhoenix, AZ$25.00 |
SRL's fiery show in Phoenix. Staged Jan. 28, 1996. 23 minutes of hell
on earth.
Edited by Alan Kelly, shoot directed by Dave (Crazy Dave) Scardina. |
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A Calculated Forecast of Ultimate Doom: Sickening Episodes of Widespread Devastation Accompanied by Sensations of Pleasurable ExcitementSan Francisco, CA 1994$25.00 and
The Deliberate Evolution of A War ZoneGraz, Austria 1992$25.00 |
The Doom shows was SRL's biggest show ever and the War Zone event resulted in a nation-wide
defense alert in Austria.
Both directed and edited by Leslie Asako Gladsjo, produced by Leslie Asako Gladsjo and Rita Roti.
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SRL Performing at SFMOMA:SF Museum of Modern Art Groundbreaking Ceremony San Francisco, CA 10 min. $15.00 |
April 8, 1992. Short, but to the point. See the show that stopped downtown
San Francisco for 15 minutes.
Produced, directed and edited by Leslie Asako Gladsjų.
"...A risky but commendable attempt by an establishment
institution to embrace a genuinely modern, dangerous and defiant kind of
art." -Wall Street Journal
"In Florida we call it fraud, not art, and we put them
in jail." -Letter to the editor SF Chronicle
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The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess45 min. 1991 $25.00 |
A fast-moving and comprehensive documentation of three SRL performances 1989-1990. Includes "Illusions of Shameless Abundance ...", ArtSpace Computer-Controlled Installation, "A Carnival of Misplaced Devotion ...", plus details of the 1989 bomb hoax incident.
Program Director : Leslie Asako Gladsjo. |
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The Will to Provoke: An Account of Fantastic Schemes for Initiating Social Improvement45 min. $25.00 |
SRL'S 1988 European tour 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.
Dir. Jon Reiss, Cinematography, editing Leslie Asako Gladsjo. |
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A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief13 min. 1988 $18.00 |
Living in a fictional world all their own, SRL's machines act out scenarios of perpetual torment, exasperating consumption, and tragic recognition.
Directed by Jon Reiss, Fictional worlds, Mark Pauline, Matt Heckert. |
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The Virtues of Negative Fascination70 min. 1986 $25.00 |
Five mechanized performances, 1985-1986, 70 min. of endless pursuits, unavoidable captures, and merciless punishments.
Directed by Jon Reiss. |
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A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain45 min. 1984 $20.00 |
Documentation of three SRL 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".
Dirs. Jon Reiss, Joe Rees. |
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Seven Machine Performances50 min. 1983 $20.00 |
A selection from SRL's early performances, a must for those interested
in how such an enterprise ever got started in the first place.
Directed by Joe Rees, editing Joe Rees/Jon Reiss. |
   
   
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P R E S S B O O K
SRL PRESS BOOKLET
Over 60 articles, angry letters, weird stuff, Bible Burn press, etc.
Articles run the gamut from intelligent reporting to distorted smear campaigns, you decide.