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<nettime-ann> [event] atc @ ucb: mark pauline, feb 1, 7:30pm |
. The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium of UC Berkeley's Center for New Media Presents: Exploiting the Momentum of Self Righteousness Mark Pauline, Artist, Survival Research Labs, SF Wednesday, Feb 1, 7:30-9pm: UC Berkeley, 160 Kroeber Hall All ATC Lectures are free and open to the public. ===================================================== Survival Research Laboratories was conceived of and founded by Mark Pauline in November 1978. Since then, 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, and warfare. Since 1979, SRL has staged over 45 mechanized presentations. 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. Pauline will present an overview of recent SRL shenanigans using video and images, plus a few choice outrages from the past. He will focus on the peculiar motivational mechanics which underlie and sustain the impractical activities of SRL. Depending on your perspective, Pauline's talk will be a stark warning of the pitfalls facing anyone daring to attempt the genuinely original, or a celebration of the thrills in store for those who actually get away with it. http://www.srl.org/ ===================================================== Mark Pauline was born in 1953 in Sarasota, Florida. As a boy he experimented with explosives and gun powder, and later began fixing and selling old motorcycles. Soon he began collecting abandoned machinery, technical equipment, and chemicals, in order to manipulate them to reflect concepts and ideas which resulted in the first of his performances. Performances: Originated and developed the concept of large scale machine performance beginning in 1978 with the founding of Survival Research Laboratories. Staged over 55 machine performances in the US, Europe, and Japan as director of SRL. The most recent performance was staged in Los Angeles on January 21, 2006. Constructed and designed dozens of large, complex robots and machines for use in these performances. Have trained and supervised the efforts of over 400 assistants in the art of machine performance. Teaching / Lectures, Panels : Over 180 lectures, panel discussions, and seminars at locations such as: Oxford Univ, Yale, Commonwealth Club of SF, Stanford, Interval Research Corp., MIT, Rutgers, UCLA, Carnegie-Mellon, Stanford, Los Alamos Laboratories, SCIARC, and at numerous locations throughout Europe, Japan, and Australia. Visiting professor, 1989 spring semester, Art Institute. Television Appearances: Over 150 TV spots in the US, Europe, Australia, and Japan, ranging from interviews and video documentation specials to anonymous reports of mechanized pranksterism. Publications: Over 450 articles and interviews both in print and on-line, in such publications as, Wired Magazine, NY Times, 21 C., Grand St. Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, South Atlantic Quarterly, Parkett, Art in America, ID Magazine, Art Forum, SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, Vogue, etc. Also featured in numerous books, including Mark Dery's "Escape Velocity" and Kevin Kelly's "Out of Control". ===================================================== ATC Primary Sponsors: UC Berkeley Center for New Media (CNM) and Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) Additional ATC Sponsors: Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, College of Engineering Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Consortium for the Arts, Intel Research, BAM/PFA, and the Townsend Center for the Humanities. ATC Director: Ken Goldberg ATC Associate Director: Greg Niemeyer ATC Assistant: Irene Chien Curated with ATC Advisory Board For updated information, please see: http://atc.berkeley.edu/ _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann