Jonathan Reiss

Filmes

The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess
Director
A fast-moving and comprehensive documentation of three Survival Research Laboratories 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.
The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements
Director
The 1988 European tour of Survival Research Laboratories, 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.
A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief
Editor
Living in a fictional world all their own, the machines of Survival Research Laboratories act out scenarios of perpetual torment, exasperating consumption, and tragic recognition
A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief
Producer
Living in a fictional world all their own, the machines of Survival Research Laboratories act out scenarios of perpetual torment, exasperating consumption, and tragic recognition
A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief
Director
Living in a fictional world all their own, the machines of Survival Research Laboratories act out scenarios of perpetual torment, exasperating consumption, and tragic recognition
Virtues Of Negative Fascination
Director
Five mechanized performances of Survival Research Laboratories, 1985-1986. 70 min. of endless pursuits, unavoidable captures, and merciless punishments.
A Scenic Harvest from the Kingdom of Pain
Director
Documentation of three Survival Research Laboratories 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".
Delusions of Expediency: How to Avoid Responsibility for Social Disintegration by Acting Without Principle Under the Pretenses of Utility
Director
A robot performance by Survival Research Laboratories, staged in a Yellow Cab parking lot in San Francisco. Recorded on January 30th, 1987.