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  Inflatables Illustrated

  1971-1-1 / Ant Farm, NHPRC, Performance, Roots of Video

  Ant Farm promotes their ideas for inflatable living and demonstrates how to construct inflatables using basic materials. Continue reading →

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  Official convention city tape plus more

  1972-1-1 / American Way, Ant Farm, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video

  This tape features a proposal for the Official Convention City, created by Ant Farm. In the mid-seventies, members of Ant Farm embarked on a journey to create a domed city in Texas with the sole purpose of using it to broadcast American political conventions. The proposal was meant to raise questions about the scripted and electronic aspects of political coverage. There is also footage of numerous news reports about Ant Farm’s various projects and other Ant Farm pieces including NASA moon walk, joy ride excerpts, and a time capsule news report. Continue reading →

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  Opening of Exhibition 10 at the Houston Contemporary Art Museum

  1972-1-1 / Ant Farm, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video

  This tape contains footage from the opening of the Houston Contemporary Art Museum in 1972. Produced by Ant Farm, the piece is a half-hour scrapbook of the events taking place during the opening gala, including Ant Farm’s creation of a time capsule. The videomakers speak with attendees and artists about their involvement in the event. Continue reading →

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  [Guerrilla Television event discussion]

  2007-9-20 / Ant Farm, Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Nancy Cain, Roots of Video, Skip Blumberg, Tom Weinberg, TVTV

  After the Guerrilla Television screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center, Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, Chip Lord, and Tom Weinberg participate in a discussion moderated by Amy Beste. Edited version. Continue reading →

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  Media Burn by Ant Farm, 2003 edit

  1975-7-4 / Ant Farm, Guerrilla TV, Outside Agitators, Performance, Roots of Video, Viewers Choice

  A recent edit (2003) of Ant Farm’s classic video art piece examining and satirizing the media, particularly the impact of television. On July 4, Independence Day, 1975, what a TV newscaster described as a “media circus” assembles at San Francisco’s Cow Palace Stadium. A pyramid of television sets are stacked, doused with kerosene, and set ablaze. Then a modified 1959 Cadillac El Dorado Biarritz, piloted by two drivers who are guided only by a video monitor between their bucket seats, smashes through the pyramid destroying the TV sets. Continue reading →

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  [Media Burn on Nightwatch]

  1977-12-29 / Ant Farm, Chicago, Outside Agitators

  A partial episode of the show Nightwatch, a show where Gene Siskel presents samples of independent film and video and discusses them with callers. Tom Weinberg is a guest on the show, presenting Media Burn. Continue reading →

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  Slices of Chicago

  1977-1-1 / Ant Farm, Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Image Processing, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  Compilation tape highlighting the work of the members of the Chicago Area Videomakers Coalition. The group was formed in 1977 to formally bring together Chicago’s independent videomakers to create a higher profile and bring their work to the public. This tape was first broadcast on Channel 44 on June 18, 1977, based on a commitment from general manager Ed Morris. The production of this tape made it apparent that the most pressing need in the videomaking community was editing facilities. In 1978, aided by the visibility produced by the sampler tape, the Coalition opened the Chicago Editing Center, which provided low-cost editing facilities to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. Continue reading →

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  Image Union, Reel 2: 10th Anniversary Special

  1988-12-31 / Ant Farm, Chicago, Image Union, Nancy Cain, Tom Palazzolo, Tom Weinberg, TVTV

  Part two of three of the Image Union 10th anniversary special. Continue reading →