The 80s underground art scene was unhinged, and these lunatics filmed the receipts.
Video accompaniment to the book of the same name released by RE/SEARCH magazine, featuring interviews with Survival Research Lab's Mark Pauline, Joe Coleman, Karen Finley, Boyd Rice, and Frank Discussion. "Five Fabulously Funny Interviews with Fiendishly Flamboyant Pranksters discussing diabolical (and sometimes illegal) deeds. Dazzling deceptions and put-ons from some of the most outrageous artists living today."
Production
Raw VHS aesthetic that screams authentic 1988
Writing
Interviews that feel like eavesdropping on criminal confessions
Director
Leslie Asako Gladsjø
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
RE/SEARCH magazine was ground zero for documenting industrial culture, pranksterism, and body horror before the internet made everything searchable.
Survival Research Laboratories' machines actually destroyed themselves in performances—no CGI, just genuine mechanical suicide.
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