Media burn : Ant Farm and the making of an image / Steve Seid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seid, Steve, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ant Farm (Design group). Media burn.

Ant Farm (Design group).

Ant Farm (Design group)--Criticism and interpretation.

Art, Modern--20th century.

Art, Modern.

Performance art--California.

Performance art.

Criticism and interpretation.

California.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

127 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : Inventory Press ; San Francisco, CA : RITE Editions, [2020]

Summary:

"Ant Farm, the conceptual architectural practice turned art collaborative, is known for such distinctive works as House of the Century (1971-73), Cadillac Ranch (1974), and The Eternal Frame (1975). -- Of equal notoriety is Media Burn, Ant Farm's legendary 1975 performance, in which a radically customized Cadillac was driven through a wall of burning television sets. Media Burn: Ant Farm and the Making of an Image is a vibrant assessment of the complex set of cultural references and art-making strategies informing this collision of twentieth-century icons. -- Author Steve Seid (Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive) probes the little-known critical backstory of this bold performance (and resulting video work) and its irreverent effort to mount a subversive critique of media hegemony while reimagining the core meaning of performance itself. -- Media Burn: Ant Farm and the Making of an Image examines car culture, image proliferation, and radical architectural practice, and offers a close read of Media Burn's numerous texts, speeches, ephemera, and artifacts."--Provided by publisher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781941753354

1941753353

OCLC:

1224172873