Media burn [videorecording] / by Ant Farm. [1975-1980]

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Media burn [videorecording] / by Ant Farm. [1975-1980]

Footage of the Ant Farm's 4 July 1975 alternative Bicentennial celebration at San Francisco's Cow Palace, consisting of a reconstructed 1959 El Dorado Cadillac convertible being driven through a wall of burning TV sets, is intercut with news coverage of the event by local television stations.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (16 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. original.1 videocassette of 1 (Digital Betacam) (16 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. copy master1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (16 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. use copy

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SNAC Resource ID: 6814097

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Hall, Doug, 1944-

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Ant Farm (Design group)

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Weinberg, Tom

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Michels, Doug.

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The Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA) was among the first to focus on video as an artistic medium, spurring similar efforts throughout the United States. Beginning in 1974 the museum began collecting and exhibiting video art, later also actively encouraging the development of video art by co-producing projects and offering editing facilities to artists in its Video Annex. The museum's innovative approaches to the display of video art included several experiments with broadcast and cable television...

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