Media Burn: Ant Farm and the Making of an Image Paperback / softback
by STEVE SEID
Paperback / softback
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A detailed account of Ant Farm’s 1975 Media Burn performance, a legendary act of consumerist critiqueThis book examines the complex set of cultural references and art-making strategies informing Ant Farm’s seminal 1975 performance Media Burn in which a customized Cadillac, dubbed the Phantom Dream Car, was driven through a wall of burning television sets. Originally conceived as a conceptual architectural practice, Ant Farm evolved into a full-service art collaborative, culminating in such notable works as House of the Century (1971-73), Cadillac Ranch (1974) and The Eternal Frame (1975). In Media Burn the artists flourished in a rich tumult of ideas that engaged contemporary media theory, an oddly complicated aesthetic spectacle, textual appropriation and an all-encompassing branding effort. Written by Steve Seid (Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive), and drawing upon a rich visual documentation, this book delves into the little-known critical backstory to this influential performance (and video work) involving a massive effort to mount a subversive critique of media hegemony while continually re-imagining the crux of the performance itself.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages, 150 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Inventory Press LLC
- Publication Date:24/11/2020
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- ISBN:9781941753354
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages, 150 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Inventory Press LLC
- Publication Date:24/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781941753354
