Ant Farm
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Ant Farm was an avant-garde American art and architecture collective active in the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its radical multimedia works, performance pieces, and critiques of consumer culture.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architecture collective
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art collective ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
collaborative practice
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happenings and performances ⓘ interdisciplinary practice ⓘ site-specific installations ⓘ |
| basedIn |
San Francisco
NERFINISHED
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Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dissolved | late 1970s ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
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art ⓘ environmental design ⓘ multimedia ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Chip Lord
NERFINISHED
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Doug Michels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde art
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conceptual art ⓘ media art ⓘ performance art ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| inception | 1968 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critiques of consumer culture
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critiques of mass media ⓘ experimental architecture ⓘ performance pieces ⓘ radical multimedia works ⓘ use of video and television ⓘ |
| member |
Chip Lord
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Curtis Schreier NERFINISHED ⓘ Doug Hurr NERFINISHED ⓘ Doug Michels NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson Marquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
counterculture of the 1960s
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environmental art movement ⓘ media critique ⓘ video art movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cadillac Ranch
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House of the Century NERFINISHED ⓘ Inflatables NERFINISHED ⓘ Media Burn NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eternal Frame NERFINISHED ⓘ Truckstop Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workFocus |
American car culture
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consumerism ⓘ political spectacle ⓘ suburban landscape ⓘ television as a medium ⓘ |
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