On 4 July 1975, two artists dressed as astronauts barreled their auto full speed through a San Francisco parking lot into a pyramid of televisions for a spectacular piece of performance art called the Media Burn. The Ant Farm was a group of radical architects, video and performance artists. Also included are: Ant Farm features, Cadillac Ranch 1974/1994, Ant Farm’s Dirty Dishes, Inflatable Illustrated, and more. Revolution with a laugh track!
Also in this combined programme
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The Revolution will not be Televised
Two independent film makers were inside the presidential palace on 11 April 2002, when Venezuelan president Chavez was forcibly removed from office. -
Don McLean Restorations + JLB – The Man Who Saw The Future
The restored wonders of original recordings made in the era of mechanically-scanned television! -
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Videogramme einer Revolution
Reconstruction of a revolution. During the fall of Ceausescu in Romania in 1989, demonstrators took over state television to broadcast their revolutio -
Early Collaborations
A sample of rare early collaborative works by Jud Yalkut and Nam June Paik, recorded between 1967 and 1969. -
Rabotnik TV
As opposed to conventional TV, the editing applied by Radio Rabotnik-TV Amsterdam is consistently artistic. -
DCTP TV (Development Company For Television Program)
Dadaist, multidimensional, multi-sensory experience. -
TV Interruptions (7 TV Pieces)
The first example of British artists’ television and as an equally formative moment in British video art.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2004
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 115'
- Medium/Format
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