SRL Crew News

Sometimes Never - GX's new book

2009-04-08T09:27:00.000-07:00

Noise artist and SRL crew member GX Jupitter-Larsen has a new book out called Sometimes Never his first in 17 years. Published by Crossing Chaos, it's about a spy, who while observing Kettleday, reflects on a series of fanatic coincidences that take place on several planets. It should be hitting stores across America and the United Kingdom by now. You can also get it from Amazon, B&N, and Chapters. But, please order your copy directly from the publisher.

John Law Book Signing

2009-03-02T19:41:00.000-08:00

John is having a signing for his book O' short stories Thursday night March 5 2009 at City Lights, 7PM. There will be a slide show with stories of various Bridge adventures over the years. After the signing/reading/slide show at City Lights, people are jumping on Chicken John's bus for a late night tour (with drinks) of various Bay Area Bridges. John will pass the hat for gas & beer for this part of the evening. It should be a blast.

Some links below about the whole schemer.

http://laughingsquid.com/john-law-book-release-party-at-city-lights-bookstore/

http://www.furnacepress.com/publications/spacebetw.htm

http://www.citylights.com/info/?fa=event&event_id=513

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/05/john-laws-the-space.html

http://laughingsquid.com/the-space-between-short-story-fiction-about-bridges-by-john-law/

http://tls.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=PUJ2FHS2M9S5&linkid=34e189b0-5b45-413b-98cc-2eae94717949&pdaffid=ec

Beautiful Light Unveiled

2009-01-20T09:53:00.000-08:00

David Therrien's latest piece 4 LETTER WORD MACHINE was unveiled January 16 2009 in Scottsdale, AZ.

According to David: "It uses over 600KW - driven by a 1200HP, 1.25 MW generator. 100' high, 80' across. Control switches are 480/277 - manually operated, fully exposed (on the neutral), very old school music box style."

Michael Shiloh and Judy Castro Speak in Munich

2009-01-18T13:45:00.000-08:00

Judy Castro and Michael Shiloh have been invited to speak at DLD (Digital Life Design) Conference in Munich on January 25-27.

They will be speaking about art and technology in the Bay Area and the specific groups there such as Survival Research Labs, Burning Man, the Shipyard, Nimby, etc.

SRL Friend Joan Jeanrenaud nominated for a Grammy

2009-01-13T02:54:00.000-08:00

Joan has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance to be held on Feb 8 2009.

Lucha Robots

2008-10-31T09:53:00.000-07:00

Amy Jenkin's Lucha Robots will be on sale at this year's Bazaar Bizarre. Check it out!

Kevin Binkert on Prototype This Now Airing on Discovery Channel

2008-10-31T09:29:00.000-07:00

The first episode aired October 29, 2008 and will be aired again November 2, 2008! Don't miss it!

Clips can be viewed online. Click on Prototype This - 18 Clips on the left column to select a specific clip.

The one with Kevin is here:

http://dsc.discovery.com/video/?playerId=203711706&categoryId=1817711172&lineupId=1815835836&titleId=1859681382

Kevin Binkert's shop on Bryant was used to fabricate and shoot many of the episodes. Also on the show is Joe Grand, a dorkbotSF presenter

Escape from Berkeley on the Colbert Report

2008-10-20T10:35:00.000-07:00

SRL's very own Kimric Smythe and Shannon O'Hare make an appearance with their Steam Cart on the Oct 15th episode of the Colbert Report at about the 11:46 marker.

The event put on by Jim Mason of Shipyard fame was also covered by the New York Times and other media:

http://www.escapefromberkeley.com/?page_id=9

Amy Jenkins Interview

2008-09-25T00:04:00.000-07:00

Our very own Amy Bean Jenkins talks about toy making and her colorful past:

Click on the image for the full story!

Check out her Cozy Rampage warez at the You Bazaar on November 2 2008

Jon Sarriugarte's Snail Car

2008-08-30T07:24:00.000-07:00

Jon Sarriugarte and Kyrsten Mate's Golden Mean a steampunk snail car makes Wired:

More images of the work in progress here

More on Jon's blog here.

Todd Blair returns to the US

2008-02-21T17:17:00.000-08:00

Read more on the Todd Blog! May his recovery go much quicker in the midst of family and friends.

Jon Sarriugarte on BoingBoing

2008-01-03T19:58:00.000-08:00

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/02/jon-sarriugartes-fir.html

fringe exhibitions presents new work by kal spelletich and john colle rogers

2007-05-13T09:01:00.000-07:00

KAL SPELLETICH
Home Is Where The Wormhole Is: Toward A Home Of A Higher Reality, Physical Speculations On A Future State

JOHN COLLE ROGERS
Oakland Underground

Exhibition Dates: June 2 – June 30, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 2, from 6 – 9 PM
Gallery Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 12 – 6 PM
and by appointment

Fringe Exhibitions is extremely pleased to present new work by Bay Area artists Kal Spelletich and John Colle Rogers.

BB-Qing at the opening!

In the Main Gallery, Kal Spelletich investigates the use of audio and light frequencies to generate altered states of consciousness. Experimenting with binaural-beat stimulation and frequency following response theories the interactive
installation is a recreation of an unsolved mystery at a home in the Mission district of San Francisco. Included in the show a diorama of the actual house, video, drawings, and photographs exploring these phenomena. Special thank you to Rebecca Sanford-Smith for diorama collaboration, Rich Stone for audio, also help from Jonathan Foote and Don Gray.

The Lower Level features sculpture and video by John Colle Rogers. “Shelf Life” is an ongoing series of small vignettes made of objects found on the streets of Oakland. It is a way of reckoning with the consumption and expulsion of objects, and an attempt at making precious that, which has been forgotten. “Oakland Flow” is a video exploring different modes of transportation around the city. Focusing primarily on the freeways, the video delves into the sound and movement above and below the concrete maze. Special thank you to Aaron C. Strickler and Mary C. Wilson for video collaboration.

For more information, contact Fringe Exhibitions at 213-613-0160.

Greg Leyth Twin Tesla Coil Demo in Joshua Tree

2007-05-07T07:49:00.000-07:00

Save the date! June 9-10, Fringe Exhibitions will be going on a field trip out to
Joshua Tree to demo Greg Leyh's twin Tesla Coils which is a scaled down model of his Lightning Lab at the Integratron. More info soon!

Kevin Binkert in upcoming TV Show

2007-04-03T07:30:00.000-07:00

Stay tuned to Discovery Channel in August 2007! Kevin Binkert and 3 others star in a show called Prototype This (see pdf for more details) which is about the viability of technology and gadgets from science fiction. A lot of the filming is done at Kevin's shop in San Francisco!

Kevin Binkert resets the Oakland Tribune Tower Clock for DST

2007-03-15T13:19:00.000-07:00

DST wont save energy, especially not Kevin Binkert's. Here, he repairs the giant Oakland Tribune Tower clock that he machined parts for previously. The clock is reset from indoors (thankfully) via controller.

Complete article here: http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_5406550

Greg Leyh vs Taser Intl. Trademark Drama

2007-03-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

Recently crew member Greg got a cease and desist from Taser Intl. over the naming of the Taser Cannon he built at SRL in 1991. Taser only got their trademark in 1997. David Pescovitz of BoingBoing reports the details here:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/14/srl_and_greg_leyhs_t.html

Apes from Amy Jenkins

2007-03-09T00:56:00.000-08:00

Hand-made apes from Miss Amy for sale

For more information contact Amy at amybean [at] speakeasy [dot] net.

John Law Sues Burning Man Partners

2007-02-09T10:39:00.000-08:00

Back to the 3-way agreement or public domain it! Get the real scoop here!

More on SRL crew member Scott Beale's blog here

dorkbotSF #30

2006-11-02T02:55:00.000-08:00

Several SRL crew members involved on this one!

Jonathan Moore of CodeCon fame is guest-curating this month's meeting!
Marc Powell of UCP XIII will be food hacking so we have interesting snacking options!

WHEN:
Nov 30 2006
Wed 7:30pm

WHERE:
Encounter Studios
550 DeHaro St in Potrero Hill

WHO:
GREG HAZEL - Incoherence: Stereo Field Spectrum Analysis
http://omgaudio.com/incoherence
MATT CHISHOLM & ROSS COHEN - Neighborhood Project
http://hood.theory.org

FREE ADMISSION but donations to hosts Encounter Studios much appreciated!

OPEN DORK!
SIMONE DAVALOS - El Espanol Borracho http://suicidebots.com
BJOERN HARTMAN - Color Field Camera http://www.bjoern.org/projects/cfcam/

BRING YOUR OWN REFRESHMENTS to SHARE!

http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

dorkbotSF #29

2006-10-09T11:03:00.000-07:00

Don't miss this one!

where: BOCA (Bar of Contemporary Art)
414 Jessie St (off 5th near Mission) SF CA
when: 11 October 2006 7:30pm sharp!
who:
TIM HUNKIN - Reinventing the Amusement Space
MIKE KUNIAVSKY - The Coming Age of Magic
OPEN DORK

FREE ADMISSION by donations to our hosts most appreciated

21+ CASH BAR

dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/

Suicidebots is LIVE!

2006-10-09T10:59:00.000-07:00

SRL crew member Simone Davalos has just launched Suicide Bots! the main source for hot bot on bot action and news!

Best Wishes to Jack Davis

2006-09-17T11:41:00.000-07:00

In any town, any scene, any time, you can count on the fingers of one hand the largely unheralded folks that facilitate almost everything thing of note that happens. They are there early on, giving quiet, confident encouragement – and, as importantly for starving artists, the occasional big break in event cost or maybe various services provided but somehow unbilled. These two or three princes never expect anything in return other than to watch the blossoming and growth of what they consider to be (and usually are) the most worthy enterprises. Other’s who “make things happen” the individuals, deserving or not who do get the lion’s share of the credit – you know who they are – they’re in the papers, on the radio, these folks know who those two or three are and always owe them a debt.

Jack Davis is one of those princes. At crucial points in the life of almost any significant Frisco art endeavor/scene/ organization (underground or established,) Jack has, in some capacity, small or gigantic, been pivotal in its life and growth. As Director of SomArts Gallery in SOMA for the last twenty years, one of the largest, best and most easily accessible art/event/party places in the City, Jack and his wonderful staff have given untold thousands of nascent artists, community groups and provocateurs their first big or pivotal show and a grand forum for promulgating their ideas and spirit in the local scene. Many of these individuals and organizations have moved on to national prominence. Following is a very small sampling of groups that benefited from Jacks involvement and/or support: The Neighborhood Arts Program (one of the founders) this group kicked off most of local Cultural Centers, Intersection for the Arts (past Director,) S.F. Mime Troupe (Board Member,) Burning Man (first big in-town events in the early 90’s were at SOMARTs for extremely low cost,) Day of the Dead, The Farm, Pickle Family Circus, Make a Circus, Dance Mission, Cellspace, S.F. Pride, Survival Research Labs (Jack held the cops off while Mark and crew got away!) The list goes on & on.

Jack suffered a bad heart attack late last week and is recuperating at a local hospital. He is a big, strong guy, and pretty damn stubborn – I can’t imagine him not back at the helm pretty soon nor could anyone who has had the privilege of knowing him. His lovely, talented daughter Sara tells me he is not only expected to recuperate but that he’s requesting ice cream in the ICU and already planning to go back to work next week (hmmm? maybe he should rest up for a month or two?) If you know Jack or if your group has benefited in some way through his largesse, greetings and best wishes can be forwarded to him at: davis AT somarts DOT org or you can snail mail cards or whatever to:

Jack Davis
SomArts Gallery
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

- John Law
Laughing Squid

Violet Blue - SF Chron's New Sex Columnist!

2006-08-30T21:39:00.000-07:00

CONGRATS to SRL's very own Violet Blue for crashing the MSM party and hitting the big time! Stay tuned for her SF Chronicle column "Open Source Sex" every Thursday debuting September 21st!

More details here

Pranks 2

2006-08-24T10:15:00.000-07:00

SRL friend Laughing Squid's Scott Beale blogs the arrival of the new Pranks 2 book from RE/Search that will be out in October. Featured in it are Survival Research Labs - Halloween Prank from 1996, and other SRL friends like John Law, BabaLou, Karen Marcelo, and Marc Powell. Read Scott's blog here: http://laughingsquid.com/2006/08/23/research-pranks-2/. Vale is taking pre-orders now.