基本説明
Provides a fascinating critical overview of Ant Farm, the radical architecture collective that brought us Cadillac Ranch, Media Burn, and The Eternal Frame.
Full Description
This richly illustrated book, created to accompany the traveling exhibition of the same name, provides a fascinating critical overview of Ant Farm, the radical architecture collective that brought us Cadillac Ranch, Media Burn, and The Eternal Frame. Established by several young renegade architects in 1968, Ant Farm was a collaborative art and design group eager to bring to its practice a revolutionary spirit more consistent with the times. Its vision encompassed creations for a nomadic lifestyle, including inflatable structures and radical environments that culminated in projects such as the organically appointed House of the Century and the unrealized aquatic edifice The Dolphin Embassy. "Ant Farm 1968-1978" explores the sweeping career of this inspired and inspiring visionary collective as its architectural projects broadened to embrace a range of undertakings that challenged the visual architecture of image, icon, and power. Constance Lewallen provides an in-depth, anecdotally rich interview with founding members Chip Lord, Doug Michels, and Curtis Schreier. An essay by Michael Sorkin gives the multivalent cultural context for Ant Farm's radical architecture.Steve Seid takes a comprehensive look at Ant Farm's influential videotapes. Caroline Maniaque's 'Searching for Energy' details the group's inflatable structures in relationship to contemporaneous architects working in a similar vein. The catalog also includes a substantial excerpt from Chip Lord's 1976 meditation on car culture, with a new epilogue; a graphically playful timeline recounting Ant Farm's essential art projects; and, a rich montage of images and ephemera capturing the humor, originality, and prescience of this feisty enterprise. It is a joint publication with the Berkeley Art Museum.
Contents
ForewordIntroduction: Constance M. Lewallen Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll, Cars, Dolphins, and Architecture: Michael Sorkin Searching for Energy: Caroline Maniaque Tunneling Through the Wasteland: Ant Farm Video: Steve Seid Interview withAnt Farm: Constance M. Lewallen in Conversation with Chip Lord, Doug Michels, and Curtis Schreier Ant Farm Timeline: Ant Farm AUTOMERICA (excerpt): Chip Lord Friends of Ant Farm Exhibition History Bibliography Index About the Contributors
