MEM An original 27.7 x 33.3cm poster reading "Benefit for Survival Research Laboratories. Help defray the hellish costs incurred by SRL due to censorship of their machine performance at Artpark on Sept 1, 1990. Assist in our legal battle against humourless reactionaries". Black and white illustration including a photomontage, reverse white and black titles, pasted onto card. The poster depicts a King James Bible spiked on Lucifer's trident with an inset photoportrit of "David Midland executive director of Artpark and lackey of the religious right". Four line drawn fists lash out at the Bible. N.p. [San Francisco], n.p. [ Survival Research Laboratories], 1990. Browned and turned edges, some spotting. Survival Research Laboratories (SRL) is a machine performance art group founded in California in 1978 and closely allied with the West Coast Industrial music scene. The aim was to employ technological tools and machines in an artistic context, away from typical practical uses. Performances are carried out by machines and robots, with humans present only as audience and operators.