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Categories: Action
Keywords: Aggression | Consumer Culture | Politics
Relevant passages:
Inke Arns «Social Technologies
Deconstruction, subversion, and the utopia of democratic communication»
Works by Ant Farm:
Johan Grimonprez «dial H-I-S-T-0-R-Y»
Dan Graham «Time Delay Room» Allan Kaprow «18 Happenings in 6 Parts» Sophie Calle «L’Hotel» Peter Campus «Three Transitions»
Ant Farm
«Media Burn»
In 1975 Ant Farm sent a 1959 Cadillac through a wall of flaming TV sets in «Media Burn», a deconstruction/demolition of the media spectacle par excellence. Using the car once again as a cultural icon, transformed into a type of earth-bound spaceship, «Media Burn» critiqued American ideals of heroics and technological superiority, and offered an affront to the television media who were invited to cover the event.
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