Ant Farm: Then and Now: An Artist's Talk by Chip Lord
Ant Farm, founded in 1968, engaged in fringe research in architecture on two levels - a utopian, image-based practice using media, and a practical, do-it-yourself activity in air-supported structures and nomadic living, crossing disciplinary boundaries into performance, multi-media, and public art within the context of radical changes going on in the art world and the social landscape in the early 1970's. Ant Farm member Chip Lord's talk presents recent projects and includes a historical introduction to the radical art and architecture group. In 1970 Ant Farm traveled cross country in a "Media Van" shooting video and networking with other artists. Ant Farm Media van v.08 [Time Capsule], an interactive sculpture made in 2008, invites users to leave a "donation" to a digital Time Capsule, but also functions as a small video theater showing works made in 1970.
