Ant farm
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In 1975, two artists barreled a car full speed into a pyramid of televisions for a spectacular performance art put on by the Ant Farm, a group of radical architects, video and performance artists and visionaries. Includes additional Ant Farm features.
Credits
- Cadillac Ranch
- featuring, Stanley Marsh 3, Hudson Marquez, Chip Lord, Doug Michels. Media burn: actors, Doug Hall, Dan Calderwood, Marie Ford, Ceil Cruessing, Diane Hall, John Hilding, Phil Makanna, The Residents, Edmund Shea, Star Sutherland, T.R. Uthco, Judith Williams. Dirty dishes: featuring, Betsey Ross, Doug Michels, Hudson Marquez, Chip Lord, Curtis Schreier, Richard Lettuce, Doug Hurr, Randy Eberle, Andy Shapiro, Pepper Mouser. Inflatables illustrated: featuring, Curtis Schreier with Judi Boshes, Joe Hall, W. Douglas Hurr, Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez, Doug Michels, Dan Newman, Andy Shapiro and Media Access Center. World's longest bridge: driver, Hudson Marquez; passenger, W. Douglas Hurr; Ant Farm (Design group) (filmmaker); Video Arts (Firm) (film distributor); Facets Video (Firm) (film distributor); Lord, Chip, film producer, film director, participant, director of photography (editor of moving image work); Sutherland, Starr, film producer (actor); Michels, Doug, film producer, participant, editor of moving image work (director of photography); Schreier, Curtis, film producer (participant); Uncle Buddie (film producer); Weinberg, Tom, film producer (editor of moving image work); Allen Rucker (film producer); Hudson Marquez (participant); W. Douglas Hurr (participant); Jules Backus (director of photography); Bruce Springsteen (composer (expression)); Skip Blumberg (editor of moving image work)
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Title on container and disc surface: Ant farm video | Cadillac Ranch 1974/1994. | Media burn. | Dirty dishes. | Inflatables illustrated. | World's longest bridge. | Time capsule 1972-1984. | Off-air Australia.
Original source: Cadillac Ranch filmed at the 20th Anniversary Party, June 21, 1994. Ant Farm time capsule opened September, 2000 at The Art Guys Museum, Houston. | Special features: Info on each film; Artists' comments (on Media Burn); About Ant Farm. | Cadillac Ranch: filmed by Jules Backus and Zack Bell, KVII-TV, Chip Lord, Jed Riffe ; "Cadillac Ranch" written by Bruce Springsteen ; Media burn: edited by Chip Lord, Skip Blumberg, Doug Michels, Tom Weinberg. Inflatables illustrated: 16mm footage shot by Kelly Gloger ; re-edited and refined by Chip Lord. World's longest bridge: camera, Doug Michels
Physical description: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. | plastic | DVD video 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | monochrome | NTSC | video file | DVD video | region 0 | all regions
Contents: Contents: Cadillac Ranch 1974/1994 (1994 ; 14 min.) / Ant Farm presenté ; produced & directed by Chip Lord -- Media burn (1975 ; 23 min.) / by Ant Farm ; [producers], Chip Lord, Doug Michels, Curtis Schreier, Uncle Buddie ; Tom Weinberg, executive producer -- Ant Farm's dirty dishes (1970 ; 8 min.) / [produced and directed by Ant Farm] -- Inflatables illustrated (1971 ; 21 min.) / produced by Allen Rucker and Curtis Schreier -- World's longest bridge (1971 ; 24 min.) -- Ant Farm time capsule (1972 ; 6 min.) -- OFF-AIR Australia (1976 ; 21 min.).
Subjects: video art | installations (visual works) | 21.99 other art forms | Automobiles in art | Installations (Art) | Video art | United States | Sutherland, Starr | 1950-2000 | Documentaries and Factual Films
Country: United States
Original source: Cadillac Ranch filmed at the 20th Anniversary Party, June 21, 1994. Ant Farm time capsule opened September, 2000 at The Art Guys Museum, Houston. | Special features: Info on each film; Artists' comments (on Media Burn); About Ant Farm. | Cadillac Ranch: filmed by Jules Backus and Zack Bell, KVII-TV, Chip Lord, Jed Riffe ; "Cadillac Ranch" written by Bruce Springsteen ; Media burn: edited by Chip Lord, Skip Blumberg, Doug Michels, Tom Weinberg. Inflatables illustrated: 16mm footage shot by Kelly Gloger ; re-edited and refined by Chip Lord. World's longest bridge: camera, Doug Michels
Physical description: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. | plastic | DVD video 4 3/4 in. | polychrome | monochrome | NTSC | video file | DVD video | region 0 | all regions
Contents: Contents: Cadillac Ranch 1974/1994 (1994 ; 14 min.) / Ant Farm presenté ; produced & directed by Chip Lord -- Media burn (1975 ; 23 min.) / by Ant Farm ; [producers], Chip Lord, Doug Michels, Curtis Schreier, Uncle Buddie ; Tom Weinberg, executive producer -- Ant Farm's dirty dishes (1970 ; 8 min.) / [produced and directed by Ant Farm] -- Inflatables illustrated (1971 ; 21 min.) / produced by Allen Rucker and Curtis Schreier -- World's longest bridge (1971 ; 24 min.) -- Ant Farm time capsule (1972 ; 6 min.) -- OFF-AIR Australia (1976 ; 21 min.).
Subjects: video art | installations (visual works) | 21.99 other art forms | Automobiles in art | Installations (Art) | Video art | United States | Sutherland, Starr | 1950-2000 | Documentaries and Factual Films
Country: United States
Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q317874 ↗
Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:09