Survival Research Laboratories was conceived of and founded by Mark Pauline in November 1978. Since its
inception SRL has operated as 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. Since 1979, SRL
has staged over 45 mechanized presentations in the United States and
Europe. Each performance consists of a unique set of ritualized
interactions between machines, robots, and special effects devices,
employed in developing themes of socio-political satire. Humans are
present only as audience or operators.
