Nationality
American
Title of Work
Video Performance (Set of 2)
Preview
Date of Work
1975
Medium
Postcard
Height
3 1/2"
Width
5 1/2"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: FF_012_C
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Photograph taken by John F. Turner. Made by Dexter Press, and distributed by Foto Folio.
Ant Farm was created in 1968 in San Francisco by two architects named Chip Lord and Doug Michels who were later joined by Hudson Marquz and Curtis Schreier. The group was focused on combining architecture with performance art, sculpture, graphic design and media. The works of the group functioned as social critiques of the cultural time period of post-World War II and the Vietnam war. Ant Farm was one of the first groups to address television's problematic presence in everyday life.
Additional Information
The Phantom Dream Car crashed through a wall of burning television sets before a cheering crowd at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, July 4, 1975.
UND Art Collections owns 2 copies of this postcard.
Postcard Reverse
Text in upper left hand corner of postcard:
VIDEO PERFORMANCE
by
ANT FARM
The Phantom Dream Car crashes through a wall of burning television sets before a cheering crowd at The Cow Palace in San Francisco, July 4, 1975.
Photo by John F. Turner
Text in center bottom of postcard:
Dexter Press Logo
Postage square on upper right hand corner of postcard. "post card" is printed below it.
A vertical line is located in the middle of the postcard that reads:
Dist. by Foto Folio. Box 661. Canal Sca. N.Y. 10013
Condition
Very good