ant farm ( group )
the cadillac ranch, amarillo, texas. by ant farm art group - youtube
in 1978, ant farm’s studio and archive burn down, and the group disbands .
notorious art and architecture group ant farm' s unique vision arrives on dvd in this release showcasing some of the group' s most popular works .
the present is the form of all life: the time capsules of ant farm and lst explores the time capsule projects of seminal media art and architecture group ant farm and their contemporary successors, lst .
ant farm, inflatocookbook. (san francisco: ant corps, 1973), available; urltoken inflatocookbook. pdf
tags: ant farm, ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ], art of participation, bruce tomb, chip lord, curtis schreier, exhibitions
closing ceremony for the ant farm media van v. 08 (time capsule) :
electronic arts intermix: the eternal frame, ant farm; t. r. uthco
ant farm meda van v. 08 [ time capsule ], front elevation, 2008
ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ], side elevation, 2008
in 1970, ant farm bought a sony portapak and initiated a series of improvisational tapes. ant farm’s dirt dishes is the edited version of these video scrapbook entries. ant farm’s kitchen featured a camera mounted on a lazy susan that turned communal meals into a performance
“space, land and time: underground adventures with ant farm” compiles interviews, archival video, unseen footage of the group’s work, new animations and stills .
ant farm, space cowboy meets plastic businessman, 1969. performance at alley theater, houston
ant farm' s media van. image via mlab at california college of the arts .
members of ant farm outside of one of their inflatable structures. image via carnegie mellon university .
ant farm cheekily represents the spaces of bourgeois domesticity in service of radical diplomacy with ‘alien’ life .
brooklyn, ny – pioneer works is pleased to announce the present is the form of all life: the time capsules of ant farm and lst, an exhibition exploring the time capsule projects of seminal media art and architecture group ant farm and their contemporary successors, lst .
in 2004, the berkeley art museum will present a major retrospective of ant farm' s work .
recent projects: ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ] and to & from lax
distribution maps for the carebara polita group: a african species b american species .
carebara madibai is the only species of this group with nine - segmented antennae .
ant farm’s tour of australia is documented by tv talk show appearances, including a performance by the “artist - kangaroo. ” ant farm scored and conducted “carmen: the auto opera” in front of the sydney opera house
ant farm’s successor group, lst, has taken up the project with their contemporary work “ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ] ” (2008). this work not only functions but updates the original’s line of questioning, exploring notions of the time capsule in the digital age .
in ant farm' s 1975 video art piece ,
media burn ,
 the group' s members drive a cadillac into a wall of burning televisions .
space, land, and time: underground adventures with ant farm
 will be featured wednesday night at the hammer museum .
lst is a contemporary group including ant farm members chip lord and curtis schreier joined by the artist and architect bruce tomb. the contemporary group formed around the creation of the ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ], which contains the huqquh. the huqquh is a digital media time capsule creation device which uploads files from participants. the first iteration of the ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ] was created for the art of participation: 1950 to now, a 2008 exhibition at sfmoma (which also holds a number of ant farm works in its collection) .
the artists’ collective ant farm was established in san francisco in 1968 by architects chip lord and doug michels. in addition to their utopian architectural designs, ant farm staged actions critiquing the media, politics and art itself .
since final 1970s, graffitis by anonymous
artists
( foolish men
art group
) cover all the cadillacs of the ant farm art group. this is one of the few images of cadillac ranch in its original condition, taken circa 1976 (texasmonthly. com )
the new film “space, land and time: underground adventures with ant farm” by elizabeth federici and laura harrison directs long overdue attention to the group’s work and legacy. the trailer for the film gives a taste of ant farm’s energy and attitude which set the tone for so much culture jamming that followed .
lst is a contemporary group including ant farm members chip lord and curtis schreier joined by the artist and architect bruce tomb. the contemporary group formed around the creation of the ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ], which contains the media huqquh. the huqquh is a digital media time capsule creation device which uploads files from participants. the first iteration of the ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ] was created for the art of participation: 1950 to now, a 2008 exhibition at sfmoma. (which also holds a number of ant farm works in its collection) .
constance lewallen, senior curator for exhibitions at the bam and curator of the upcoming exhibition
ant farm 1968 - 1978
will begin the program with a brief historical overview of ant farm' s ten - year collaboration .
architecture and art collective ant farm were no ordinary group of building designers. formed in 1968 by chip lord, curtis schreier and doug michels, ant farm’s name was a metaphor for “underground architecture”. ironically their most famous work cadillac ranch (1974) protrudes noticeably from the ground (see our previous post) .
[ 1 ] media burn, original film by ant farm, 1975 [ 2 ] counterculture terroir: california’s hippie enterprise zone, greg castillo, 2015 [ 3 ] ant farm 1968 - 1978 ⎼by constance m. lewallen and steve seid; with additional essays by chip lord, caroline maniaque, and michael sorkin; and a timeline by ant farm. berkeley: university of california press, © 2004. [ 4 ] space, land and time: underground adventures with ant farm. dir. beth federici and laura harrison. perf. ant farm. 2010. dvd .
recent projects: ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ] and to & from lax | mit architecture
the last car that the group bought was the 1949 club sedan model, and it was also the first car to be buried, it is the westernmost one of the group .
publisher actar says: felicity d. scott revisits the architectural, art, video, and intermedia practices of the experimental collective ant farm, self - described ¨super - radical activist environmentalists. ¨ drawing together archival material on their extended fields of practice, ant farm features the first full - color publication of the complete ant farm timeline, as well as allegorical time warp: the media fallout (1969) and an archival dossier on ant farm’s truckstop network (1970 - 1972) .
the exhibition of ant farm’s work is on view at the caac in sevilla, spain, until june 8, 2008 .
ant farm has taken ecology (from the greek oikos for ‘house’) back to its roots by designing an interspecies domicile .
2009 houston cinema arts festival - what if, why not? : underground adventures with ant farm (aurorapictureshow. org )
ever since i saw that magnificent retrospective about ant farm at the centro andaluz de arte contemporaneo in sevilla, i’ve been looking for the ant farm ‘bible’, the book among the many books dedicated to the experimental architecture and performance group. this one is as close as it can get to being the best monograph i’ve found so far about the avant - garde architects, activists and performers (granted that i wouldn’t call myself an expert in ant farm matters. )
the ant genus carebara westwood (hymenoptera, formicidae): synonymisation of pheidologeton mayr under carebara, establishment and revision of the c. polita species group
the ant genus carebara westwood (hymenoptera, formicidae): synonymisation of pheidologeton mayr under carebara, establishment and revision of the c. polita species group
'' you mean like an ant farm?'' a friend asked, and thus the enterprise got its evocative name .
c. m. lewallen, ant farm 1968 - 1978, illustrated edition. (university of california press, 2004) .
an entertaining and informative look at the radical and irreverent architecture collective ant farm most widely known for their iconic land sculpture cadillac ranch .
inflatables (1971) by ant farm in volume magazine # 24, 2010. via ok do | pins on the go | pinterest
a strong emphasis on spectacle and audience participation made ant farm’s work accessible to the wider public and allowed it to disseminate its message .
in 1972 the group built in texas the house of the century, a ferro - cement weekend residence with organic shapes that remind the inflatable structure that ant farm had realized a few years earlier, in particular their ice 9 prototype .
date acquired 1991 credit collection sfmoma accessions committee fund purchase copyright © ant farm permanent url urltoken artwork status not on view at this time .
in 1973 playboy dubbed ant farm a ‘cultural commando group’. they weren’t far off. kidnapping buckminster fuller, crashing a cadillac through a wall of burning television sets and restaging jfk’s assassination in dallas were some of the more outrageous and provocative actions undertaken during the group’s ten - year collaboration. from 1968 to 1978 chip lord, doug michels and curtis schreier functioned as ant farm, an art collective with a utopian agenda and a penchant for radical architecture. trained as architects, the group was often joined by other artists and collaborators, including doug hall and hudson marquez, to actualize projects and media events .
the version of media burn contained on this dvd program was remastered in 2003 and contains a 23 minute commentary track by members of ant farm .
in 1971, design group ant farm published the inflatocookbook — ostensibly a manual for how others could make
architectural performances
out of inflatable structures. back then, nearly five decades ago, ant farm would create and tour with their pseudo - habitable creations. they are a far cry from the inflatable structures of today, which by and large are associated with the bouncy castles of birthday parties .
the present is the form of all life: the time capsules of ant farm and lst explores the time capsule projects of seminal media art and architecture group ant farm and their contemporary successors, lst. tracing the time capsule’s evolution from analog archive to digital database, the exhibition examines the mutable nature of time perception, rapidly accelerating media obsolescence, and our shifting cultural attitudes toward preservation and privacy .
harrison and federici learned about ant farm while studying art history as undergraduates. an encounter with the late doug michels inspired them to collaborate on what was originally going to be a shorter film focused on one of ant farm’s works, “film capsule. ” but as harrison and federici learned more about what the group had done, they eventually decided to create a full - length documentary about the collective .
ant farm, a group of artists and architects based in san francisco, produced experimental work between 1968 and 1978. the group combined architecture, performance, happenings, sculpture, installation, and graphic design, and documented its activities on camera in the early days of video art, embracing the latest technologies to disseminate its scathing criticism of american culture and mass media .
the fuji group pavilion at the 1970 osaka expo, then the world' s largest air - supported structure .
chip lord’s talk presents several recent projects and includes a historical introduction to the radical art and architecture group ant farm, 1968–1978. in 1970 ant farm travelled cross - country in a “media van” shooting video and networking with other artists. ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ], an interactive sculpture made in 2008, invites users to leave a “donation” to a digital time capsule, but also functions as a small video theater showing works made in 1970. this on - going project migrates across time and space and intersects with new ubiquitous technologies .
one theme developed in ant farm’s body of work, and explored in the film, is the rise of mass media and television and their accompanying dangers ““ topics even more relevant today. ant farm traveled through the u. s. in its “media van, ” a chevrolet van that acted as an on - the - go studio for the group, which used it to share information with the public as it toured .
artwork title media burn artist name ant farm date created 1975 classification videotape medium single - channel video, color, with sound, 37 min. dimensions dimensions variable
surveying the surly conceptual comedy that was ant farm, it is hard to find any contemporary equivalent. certainly the danish groups n55 and superflex explore similar strains of utopianism, but it is difficult to match the combined effect of ant farm’s wicked political wit, idealism and satirical exuberance. without the upheavals and cultural shifts of the 1960s, agitprop groups such as ant farm – or their contemporaries the british collective archigram and the italian superstudio – would have been inconceivable. but this show couldn’t be timelier. in our own tumultuous and politically polarized era, a renewed awareness of the example set by ant farm appears even more invaluable and overdue .
ant farm undertook large scale projects that incorporated iconic elements of american culture, especially the kitsch, as seen in the tailfin exhibit of buried cadillacs in amarillo .
perhaps best known for the iconic desert monolith “cadillac ranch” and stunts like “media burn, ” the radical architecture and media art group ant farm created an abundance of works across disciplines—including video, publications, built environments and performances. throughout their career (1968–79), ant farm conceived a series of time capsules that focused not on the eternal but rather on the fleeting aspects of postwar american culture: consumer goods, media archives and tchotchkes. for various reasons, all of ant farm’s time capsules failed to function, that is, to be opened at the allotted future time and the intact contents examined .
' we wanted to be an architecture group that was more like a rock band … we would be doing underground architecture, like underground newspapers and underground movies, and [ a friend ] said ,
oh, you mean like an ant farm ?
' - doug michels quoted in, c. m. lewallen, ant farm 1968 - 1978, illustrated edition. (university of california press, 2004), p. 41 .
cadillac ranch is a public art installation in amarillo (texas), on the route 66. it' s a row of half - buried cadillacs showing their tail - fins. this artwork was created in 1974 by chip lord, hudson marquez and doug michels (ant farm art group) [ cover photo: cadillac ranch (1974), photo taken by doug michels (ant farm) - weblogs. lib. uh. edu ]
kohout rj (1987) three new polyrhachis sexspinosa–group species from the philippines. memoirs of the queensland museum 25: 169–176 .
parvimyrma gen. nov. belonging to the solenopsis genus group from vietnam (hymenoptera: formicidae: myrmicinae: solenopsidini) .
) is a small farm at the beginning of a narrow valley isolated between the mountains and the plain with a few native shrubs and trees at 1300 m. the farm is planted with
the original 30 - minute media burn video produced by ant farm has more footage of the event, car design details, the full kennedy speech, and more tv coverage. it is hosted at urltoken an online video archive run by ant farm co - conspirator tom weinberg. he and the ant farm guys were also part of a san francisco video collective called top value television (or tvtv) whose members included harold ramis and bill murray (prior to his debut on snl) .
chip lord and curtis schreier, members of the multidisciplinary san francisco artist collective ant farm, reflect on the group' s formation and its rejection of the dominant architectural modes of the 1960s. inspired by the bay area counterculture, they used
hippie architecture
to create utopian environments .
, 1975; single - channel video, color, with sound, 37 min. , dimensions variable; collection sfmoma, accessions committee fund purchase; © ant farm
ant farm: the dolphin embassy viewed from directly astern (1977); university of california, berkeley art museum and pacific film archive. photo: benjamin blackwell .
bolton, b. 1975c. the sexspinosa - group of the ant genus polyrhachis f. smith (hym. formicidae). j. entomol. ser. b 44: 1 - 14 pdf
ant farm was also interested in making architecture accessible to non - experts. in early 1971 they released their “inflatocookbook”, a primer on inflatable construction with practical tips based on their experiences producing inflatables around the country. the group toured art museums and university campuses teaching people how to make inflatables .
[ 1 ] lewallen, constance m. and steve seid, ant farm 1968 - 1978 (oakland: university of california press, 2004). [ 2 ] castillo, greg. “counterculture terroir: california’s hippie enterprise zone” in hippie modernism: the struggle for utopia (exhibit catalogue) 2015. [ 3 ] federici, beth and laura harrison (directors). space, land and time: underground adventures with ant farm. 2010. dvd. [ 4 ] castillo, 2015. [ 5 ] space, land and time: underground adventures with ant farm. dir. beth federici and laura harrison. perf. ant farm. 2010. dvd. [ 6 ] ibid. [ 7 ] ibid. [ 8 ] lewallen, constance m. and seid, 2004. [ 9 ] ant farm, media burn (1975) .
the british artist and turner prize winner is taking on the gun advocacy group at a time of renewed debate around arms ...
in 2003, alien ant farm premiered their new single by playing it on top of a building across from the bet awards while everyone was outside, they were arrested onsite .
at 7 p. m. the museum will show “space, land and time, ” a new film documenting the radical - art - and - architecture collective ant farm. the free screening of the film, co - directed by laura harrison and beth federici, will be followed by a discussion with ant farm’s co - founder, chip lord .
brown wl jr (2000) [ untitled. mitis–group. pyramica mitis brown sp. n. ] 441–443 in: bolton b. the ant tribe dacetini. memoirs of the american entomological institute 65: 1–1028 .
kohout rj (2006b) new species of the polyrhachis (myrma) parabiotica species group from the philippines. australian entomologist 33: 155–163 .
three years after media burn, in 1978, a fire started in ant farm’s studio, and much of their media was destroyed. this, along with the demise of the hippie era, marked the end of ant farm. fortunately, not all of their material was destroyed, and many of their images have been recently digitized at the berkeley art museum / pacific film archive (bampfa). ant farm’s work figured prominently in the 2017 hippie modernism exhibit at bampfa which has travelled to multiple museums across the united states including the walker art center .
ant farm – living archive 7, by felicity scott, an assistant professor of architecture at columbia university and a founding editor of the grey room quarterly (amazon usa and uk. )
ant farm, dolon emb 2 (drawing by curtis schreier). 1975, hand colored brownline, 18x22 in. berkeley art museum & pacific film archive, 2005. 14. 65
ant farm disbanded officially in 1978 after a fire in their san francisco studio destroyed much of their work. (source: http: / / www. architecture. yale. edu )
in 2003, alien ant farm premiered their new single by playing it on top of a building across from the bet awards while everyone was outside, they were arrested onsite. : videos
gaster – old name for the third main body division of the ant body .
the ant genus carebara westwood (hymenoptera: formicidae) in the malagasy region .
the ant genus carebara westwood in the arabian peninsula (hymenoptera, formicidae) .
i remember seeing a short film on ant farm a couple of years ago. it is very interesting since i had no idea what kind of statement it was making at the time. i’ll look into this book since i don’t know a whole lot about the specific group nor that time but have always wanted to know more .
in the late 1960s and early' 70s, the ant farm collective pioneered the idea of
inflatable
structures as alternative architecture. inflatables illustrated offers a visual primer on how ant farm prepared and constructed their utopian, experimental inflatable - plastic architecture. objects such as
the 50x50 foot pillow ,
spare tire inflatable
and
clean air pod
are examples of the group' s notion of an architectural practice that was less about pneumatic structure than it was about interactivity and ephemerality. this tape is a corollary to ant farm' s seminal 1969 publication the inflatocookbook (now out of print), a
do - it - yourself
guide to inflatable architecture. both the book and the tape can be seen as early examples of what is now termed
open source
; through collective practice, ant farm was interested in providing widespread access to their artistic concepts .
we’ll be featuring tyler survant’s “biological borderlands: ant farm’s zoopolitics”. ant farm was an avant - garde artist collective, based out of san francisco during the 1960s and 70s, focusing on work that engaged the built environment in both architectural and ecological senses. survant takes a close look at their “dolphin embassy” project, a co - habitation space for the species' mutual education .
ant farm’s original dolphin embassy, conceived for the 1973 exhibition 2020 vision (contemporary arts museum houston), also referred to as the ‘rv john lilly’ to distinguish it from later iterations. ant farm, dolon emb 1 (drawing by curtis schreier). 1975, hand colored brownline, 18x22 in. berkeley art museum & pacific film archive, 2005. 14. 66 .
trager jc (1991) a revision of the fire ants, solenopsis geminata group. journal of the new york entomological society 99: 141–198 .
alumnus doug michels, who set out to make “underground architecture” to counter the architectural mainstream. the multi - disciplinary group produced work that challenged accepted boundaries of art, while providing a sharp cultural commentary for its spectators. at a time of widespread social and cultural revolution, ant farm added its subversive yet playful voice to society through architecture .
despite the afrotropical nature of the type locality we found it important to give a key to the closely related species in the aenictus wroughtonii - group .
a review of the solenopsis genus–group and revision of afrotropical monomorium mayr (hymenoptera: formicidae). bulletin of the british museum (natural history) .
a new species of carebara from the philippines with notes and comments on the systematics of the carebara genus group (hymenoptera: formicidae: myrmicinae) .
'' that' s all it took,'' mr. michels said in an interview with the exhibition' s curator, constance lewallen, several months before his death.'' it was very ant farm. the founding of the name was indicative of how ant farm worked: the right idea comes, everybody acknowledges it is the right idea and instantly adopts it.''
ant farm organized media burn, in which two “artist dummies” dressed as astronauts “drove” a customized 1959 cadillac renamed the phantom dream car at full speed into a wall of flaming television sets. using the car once again as a cultural icon, ant farm addressed the pervasive presence of television in everyday life, affronting the same media they had invited to cover the event. the video is styled after news coverage of a space launch, including melodramatic prestunt interviews with the members of the group and an inspirational speech by a john f. kennedy impersonator .
influence of the hypogaeic army ant dorylus (dichthadia) laevigatus on tropical arthropod communities .
taxonomy and biology of the supposedly lestobiotic ant genus paedalgus (hymenoptera: formicidae) .
examining the impact of mass media in american culture, media burn exemplifies ant farm' s fascination with the automobile and television as cultural artifacts, and their approach to social critique through spectacle and humor .
an exhibition devoted to ant farm, organized by mr. michels, mr. lord and mr. schreier, will open at the berkeley art museum in berkeley, calif. , in january 2004 .
eugene, ore. - - (april 5, 2013) – chip lord, founder of the architecture and media collaborative ant farm, is in eugene for events in conjunction with the exhibition “west of center: art and the counterculture experiment in america, 1965 - 1977. ” lord will showcase his video art as part of schnitzer cinema and present an artist talk on the history of ant farm .
filling the entirepioneer works main exhibition space is a monumental inflatable structure custom - designed by lst that recalls ant farm’s radical architectural environments from the sixties and seventies. the transitory structure cocoons the exhibition’s main feature: ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ] (2008 - 2016), a contemporary interactive media sculpture and time capsule by lst that re - envisions ant farm’s historic 1971 media van. within the contemporary version, a device called the huqquh, randomly downloads media files from participants’ smartphones throughout the duration of the exhibition. the compiled data creates a digital time capsule at pioneer works .
alien ant farm' s anthology album is really great. every song on there is worth a listen. it' s unfortunate they are remembered as
that band that covered that mj song
.
i looooove alien ant farm and it was amazing they did that. everyone was jamming out and had no problem, but i guess some higher - ups and leo definitely had a problem with it .
“ (ant farm was) so diverse in their enterprise, and their work spans so many different realms. it was always more about the idea than how to execute it, ” harrison said .
cadillac ranch is located in amarillo, texas along route 66. the public art installation was formed in 1974 by a hippie group [... ]
the buggy farm in conway texas, on route 66, east of amarillo is a parody of the cadillac ranch .
ant farm was established within the counter - cultural milieu of 1968 san francisco by two architects, chip lord and doug michels, later joined by curtis schreier. their work dealt with the intersection of architecture, design and media art, critiquing the north american culture of mass media and consumerism. ant farm produced works in a number of formats, including agitprop events, manifestos, videos, performances and installations .
3. c. city transforms ant farm’s polemical explorations of a counter - america to today’s global context, in which climate change is challenging architecture to engage in urgent diplomacy and become an agent of change .
below ant farm members hudson marquez, chip lord and doug michels with top - hatted stanley marsh 3, who commissioned cadillac ranch, at the 20th anniversary party for cadillac ranch on june 21, 1994 .
ant farm crossed disciplinary boundaries into performance, multi - media, and public art within the context of radical changes going on in the art world and the social landscape in the early 1970’s. in 1970, ant farm travelled cross country in a “media van” shooting video and networking with other artists. ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ], an interactive sculpture made in 2008, invites users to leave a “donation” to a digital time capsule, but also functions as a small video theater showing works made in 1970. this on - going project migrates across time and space and intersects with new ubiquitous technologies .
mandibles – anterior appendages of the head, with which the ant manipulates its environment. they are variable in shape, dentition, and function, and extremely important in ant taxonomy .
a new myrmicine ant genus from cocoa leaf litter in ghana (hymenoptera: formicidae) .
a taxonomic study on the ant genus pheidologeton mayr in guangxi (hymenoptera: formicidae) .
i am particularly interested in ant farm’s early work. in 1970 the group produced a set of temporary inflatable buildings designed as communal living spaces and performance centers. politically charged, the inflatables challenged american consumerism culture by suggesting a radically different and communal way of living. they could be quickly and inexpensively constructed, moved, and augmented, supporting a nomadic way of life .
til i really like alien ant farm. i' ve only ever heard that michael jackson cover song they did. i' m glad that some of those folks looked like they were good sports about it .
by t. r. uthco and ant farm: doug hall, chip lord, doug michels, jody procter. video production: skip blumberg, bart friedman, alan shulman, pepper molser, bill harlan, jim newman, t. l. morey, optic nerve. editors: doug hall, chip lord, doug michels, jody proctor. with: ant farm, t. r. uthco, stanley marsh iii .
this brief history of ant farm’s appropriation of the tailfin would be incomplete without mentioning the iconic cadillac ranch (1974), arguably the group’s best - known fin project. the ranch is often defined in the context of consumer culture and its technological trends, but for doug michels it was a
dolphin idea .
the ten cadillacs, with noses half - submerged in a desert plain as flat as the sea, tailfins aloft, suggest dolphins caught mid - breach. this chimerical image, another techno - zoological mashup, reminds us that in the shadows of ant farm machines often lurk animals—which brings us back to the group’s zoopolitical monument and ultimate homage to the fin, the dolphin embassy, in whose non - human inhabitants the fish fin is re - embodied .
ant farm deployed their conceptual world through videos, manifestos, spectacular performances and installations until 1978, when they disbanded following a studio fire. most of the slide and video documentation was saved, but very little else survived .
actar has just released ant farm – living archive 7. felicity d. scott has collected archival material to illustrate the early trajectory of the collective, including its architecture, inflatables, performance, multimedia, and video work .
no single communication form, however, is of more interest to ant farm than another. they thrive on all forms of media and have made interventions into many fields, from architecture to community planning to the general environment .
wheeler wm (1919b) the ant genus lordomyrma. psyche (cambridge) 26: 97–106 .
wheeler wm (1929c) the ant genus rhopalomastix. psyche (cambridge) 36: 95–101 .
12. different worker subcastes in dimorphic and polymorphic species, sometimes with enormous size variation (e. g. in carebara polita group and in many former pheidologeton) .
on thursday, april 18 at 6 p. m. , lord presents “ant farm: then and now, ” presenting recent projects and including an historical introduction to the radical art and architecture group. ant farm, founded in 1968, engaged in fringe research in architecture on two levels – a utopian, image - based practice using media, and a practical, do - it - yourself activity in air - supported structures and nomadic living. co - sponsored by the departments of architecture, art, and the history of art and architecture, the talk is at 100 willamette hall, 1371 east 13 th ave .
ant farm’s work anticipates all kinds of conceptual art and pranks, including the yes men, improv everywhere, burning man, and the cacophony society. in fact gary warne who founded the suicide club, the progenitor of the cacophony society, was a participant in ant farm’s media burn event in which a modified cadillac crashed through a pyramid of television sets. twenty years later, the san francisco cacophony society would have it’s own “kill your tv” event .
originally published in domus 522 / may 1973 the san francisco and houston - based ant farm is a group of philosophers, film - makers, politicians, and architects who live a nomadic and collectively organized iife scattered throughout texas and california. every member of the community is an active participant in the realization of social actions that range from building buildings, to making objects, records, video tapes and demonstrations. their sense of cohesion is extraordinary. the operations performed on one coast are nearly identical to the operations that other members of the group may excogitate on the other. the underground spirit of the group has sent out an army of termites into the subsoil of american officialdom. fundamentally, ant farm are artists hell - bent on the destruction of america' s myths and public values, through performances and through the political transmissions of the underground tvtv station—top value television. a policy of guerilla video offers information radically different from what is available on ordinary american television .
integrates performance, spectacle and media critique, as ant farm stages an explosive collision of two of america' s most potent cultural symbols: the automobile and television. on july 4, 1975, at san francisco' s cow palace, ant farm presented what they termed the
ultimate media event .
in this alternative bicentennial celebration, a
phantom dream car
—a reconstructed 1959 el dorado cadillac convertible—was driven through a wall of burning tv sets .
by ant farm: chip lord, doug michels, curtis schreier, uncle buddie. artist - president: doug hall. executive producer: tom weinberg. editors: chip lord, skip blumberg, doug michels, tom weinberg .
however, ant farm simultaneously rejects the technological primitivism of the cetacean species, noted by esquire in its tongue - in - cheek tagline to a 1975 embassy article, “bringing modern technology to the least developed nation of all. ”
kohout rj (2006a) a review of the polyrhachis cryptoceroides species - group with description of a new species from thailand (hymenoptera: formicidae) myrmecologische nachrichten 8: 145–150 .
in 2015, workac and ant farm’s chip lord and curtis schreier come together to reconstruct the lost archive. focusing on the architectural scales of house, building and city, workac creates new drawings of the house of the century, dolphin embassy and convention city. a conversation, recorded as ‘hacking ant farm, ’ identifies a series of shared interests between the two practices and leads to a new proposal: 3. c. city: climate, convention, cruise .
wheeler wm (1924b) on the ant genus chrysapace crawley. psyche (cambridge) 31: 224–225
the ant genus pheidologeton of guangxi and the description of a new species (hymenoptera: formicidae) .
a taxonomic study on the ant genus pheidologeton mayr (hymenoptera, formicidae, myrmicinae) from china .
the paper aims at contributing to design history through the presentation of selected works realised by the american artist collective ant farm (1968–78) whose practice is informed by graphic & product design, performance, architecture, and video art. a case study on ant farm enables to draw a more general historical picture on how the domains of art, design, architecture, multi - media, performance, counterculture, environmental activism, and science were interrelated during the 60 - 70s .
lapolla js, brady sg, shattuck so (2010) phylogeny and taxonomy of the prenolepis genus - group of ants (hymenoptera: formicidae). systematic entomology 35: 118–131 .
the centro andaluz de arte contemporaneo in sevilla is currently running an exhibition dedicated to ant farm, a group of experimental architects and critical artists active mostly in the ’70s. the exhibition includes videos, models, original drawings, inflatables and all the quiet you can expect in a cultural center located inside a stunning monastry on the bank of the guadalquivir river, the monasterio de la cartuja de santa maría de las cuevas .
the house of the century was built in 1972 by the ant farm art collective, a group that included architects richard jost, a then - recent graduate of the university of houston, and doug michels, founder of the collective and professor at uofh. (ant farm is best known for the cadillac ranch in amarillo, which they built in 1974 .) the house was meant to celebrate man' s journey into space, and was completed just three years after apollo 11 landed on the moon. when texas traveler found out the house was still standing in angleton, about a half - hour drive south of houston, we were determined to find it .
ant farm reunited for one last project in 1986 – again in houston – when they designed a monument for the hard rock café in river oaks. their save - the - planet sculpture consisted of a 1962 ford thunderbird mounted on a tall pylon that allowed the car to soar through the air. alas, the restaurant and the car sculpture are gone, but much of ant farm’s work is preserved in the doug michels architectural papers at the university of houston libraries, special collections .
curtis schreier studied architecture at risd. in 1970 he joined ant farm during a period of architectural experimentation with inflatable structures and was instrumental in the creation of media burn, the dolphin embassy, convention city, and other works. in 2007 he joined chip lord and bruce tomb for the commission ant farm media van v. 08 [ time capsule ] for the sfmoma exhibition the art of participation: 1950 - now. he has lectured on architecture at yale and the university of pennsylvania .
most famous for “cadillac ranch” (1974), the iconic series of upturned cadillacs wedged in texan wheatfields, ant farm also produced much performance, installation and video art, as well as numerous architectural commissions in the u. s. its 26 - minute video “media burn” (1975), in which the group’s members drive a cadillac into a wall of burning televisions, has become a much - studied classic in video art .
members of the bellum creative group range from designers and writers, to illustrators and studio artists. bellum aims to use this medium to connect freelancers with business owners looking for creative services .
smith f (1853) monograph of the genus cryptocerus, belonging to the group cryptoceridae – family myrmicidae – division hymenoptera heterogyna. transactions of the entomological society of london 2: 213–228 .
the artist collective ant farm emerged in the late 1960' s, a period in which collaboration went hand - in - hand with explorations of the alternative fringe in architecture and art. counter - cultural artists and architects turned away from traditional institutional frameworks and created alternative practices that became earthworks, conceptual art, performance, video art, installation, and designer / builder architecture. ant farm' s hybrid practice touched on all of these areas, which have since been formalized as genres of art practice. while post - structuralism and deconstruction had not yet entered the discourse of art criticism, ant farm' s best works were prescient illustrations of simulation theory and iconic spectacle demonstrating a deep understanding of
the society of the spectacle .
disturbing a huge fire ant mound! - neuse river trail, clayton nc - oct. 25, 2014
bolton b (2000) the ant tribe dacetini. memoirs of the american entomological institute 65: 1–1028 .
lapolla js (2009) taxonomic revision of the southeast asian ant genus euprenolepis. zootaxa 2046: 1–25 .
evolution of a soldier caste specialized to lay unfertilized eggs in the ant genus crematogaster (subgenus orthocrema) .
the evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (hymenoptera: formicidae) .
at least eleven species of anochetus have been recorded from the philippines. one additional unnamed species of the a. longifossatus species group may belong to anochetus schoedli. of the eleven species, anochetus graeffei and anochetus ruginotus belong to the a. graeffei group, anochetus isolatus to the a. cato group, anochetus schoedli to the a. longifossatus group, and anochetus princeps to the a. rugosus group. the other six species belong to the a. risii group, which shows a great diversity in southeastern asia and eastwards to taiwan, the philippines and new guinea (brown 1978, terayama 1989). endemism is chiefly found in the a. risii group: five species are only recorded from single locations in the philippines, the identification of the sixth species (anochetus modicus from negros) needs confirmation. the mountainous species a. schoedli is probably also a locally endemic species, as are all other members of the a. longifossatus species group (see brown 1978). their small body size, light pigmentation, and minute eyes indicate a life in the lower leaf litter and possibly low dispersal abilities. three species, a. graeffei, a. princeps and a. isolatus have wide distribution. however, more detailed taxonomic studies may change the concept of species with high morphological variability like a. graeffei and a. isolatus. anochetus ruginotus is presently only recorded from the philippines, but as the taxon was hitherto in synonymy with a. graeffei, it may have a wider distribution than presently known .
ant farm – living archive 7 demonstrates the relevance of ant farm’s work by situating it within the context of contemporary events and culture. it is incredibly well documented and illustrated with pictures, sketches, and other historical images. i found the illustrations so amazing that i’m going to shut my mouth, leave you with this little video i made to show you what’s inside the book and spend some time with that wii fit i finally managed to snatch in a little shop over there in sleepy namur !
a classic landmark beside route 66 in amarillo, tx; consisting of ten cadillac cars which are half buried nose - down in the ground in a single file. this public art is the work of the ant farm and was created in 1974 .
anthology is such a good album but alien ant farm is one of those bands that just couldn' t recapture the magic of their first album. they had a good sound but sort of faded into a foo fighters rip off to be honest .
fischer g, azorsa f, fisher bl (2014) the ant genus carebara westwood (hymenoptera, formicidae): synonymisation of pheidologeton mayr under carebara, establishment and revision of the c. polita species group. zookeys 438: 57–112. doi: 10. 3897 / zookeys. 438. 7922
founded in san francisco in 1969 ant farm could be regarded today as a very effective mix between archigram, the rolling stones and the yes men. ant farm embraced the latest technologies at the same time as they hit american culture on the head with their social and political comments and their highly critical (up to being in some cases destructive) approach to mass media. their projects do not stop at the work of art itself, they also encompass the mass media rendering of that work of art .
written by shamberg, it nevertheless incorporates ideas from many people involved in early video, and offers a rich exposition of language and rhetoric particular to the time. designed by the ant farm, a west coast media group, it' s photographs and images certainly capture some of the visual culture of the early video practitioners and offer some interesting visual information as well. seeing paul ryan in monastic habit is worth the price of the entire book .
by joseph armstrong houston has always attracted creative people, drawn by the city’s openness to new ideas and by the presence of wealthy patrons willing to support those ideas. few of these artists have been as provocative as the counterculture arts group known as ant farm (1968 - 1978). after teaching at the university of houston in 1969, founders doug michels and chip lord moved to san francisco, where they were joined by artist curtis schreier .
ant farm started their career as evangelists of inflatable structures. cheap and easy to assemble, they challenged the american consumerism culture and fitted perfectly a nomadic, communal lifestyle, in total contrast with the brutalist architecture prevalent in the united states during the 1960s .
with the embassy, ant farm defies the objective distance of the scientific process to promote cross - acculturation and affective bonding between species. as a live - work space, in addition to its scientific functions the embassy must represent an interspecies home. indeed ,
these and many other developments in soviet history before 1945 have direct parallels in animal farm: napoleon ousts snowball from the farm and, after the windmill collapses, uses snowball in his purges just as stalin used trotsky. similarly, napoleon becomes a dictator, while snowball is never heard from again. orwell was inspired to write animal farm in part by his experiences in a trotskyist group during the spanish civil war, and snowball certainly receives a more sympathetic portrayal than napoleon. but though animal farm was written as an attack on a specific government, its general themes of oppression, suffering, and injustice have far broader application; modern readers have come to see orwell’s book as a powerful attack on any political, rhetorical, or military power that seeks to control human beings unjustly .
space, land and time: underground adventures with ant farm is the first film to consider the work of the renegade 1970s art / architecture collective ant farm, best known for its iconic land - art piece, cadillac ranch. radical architects, video pioneers, and mordantly funny cultural commentators, the ant farmers created a body of deeply subversive multidisciplinary work that questioned the boundaries of architecture and everything else in the process. incorporating breathtaking archival video, new footage shot over ten years, and animation based on zany period sketches, space, land and time is about the joy of creation in a time when there were no limits .
among the readers was stanley marsh 3, an amarillo businessman who invited the group to create an art installation on his ranch next to the old route 66 highway. with hudson marquez substituting for schreier, ant farm buried 10 classic cadillacs in a row, tailfins up. their iconic tribute to american popular culture, called cadillac ranch, celebrated the american love of the open road. it made them famous, inspiring a bruce springsteen song and a hollywood movie .
this real time document was shot during the truckstop tour of 1970 when ant farm - ers doug hurr, hudson marquez and doug michels crossed the bridge over lake pontchartrain, north of new orleans, louisiana. billboards advertised this bridge as “the world’s longest bridge. ”
in 1972 ant farm relocated to angleton, texas to design and build the “house of the century” for mailyn oshman. the time capsule was commissioned by the contemporary arts museum in houston to inaugurate the opening of its new building. contained in a refrigerator, it was scheduled to be opened in 1984. in actuality, the time capsule survived a flood and was put into storage. it was rediscovered by the art guys, who produced the opening event in 2000 with ant farm members chip lord, doug michels and curtis schreier.
ant farm was an avant-garde architecture , graphic arts , and environmental design practice , founded in san francisco in 1968 by chip lord and doug michels ( 1943-2003 ) . ant farm 's work often made use of popular icons in the united states , as a strategy to redefine the way those were conceived within the country 's imaginary . 
ant farm was an avant-garde architecture, graphic arts, and environmental design practice, founded in san francisco in 1968 by chip lord and doug michels (1943-2003). ant farm's work often made use of popular icons in the united states, as a strategy to redefine the way those were conceived within the country's imaginary.
ant farm was an avant-garde architecture, graphic arts, and environmental design practice, founded in san francisco in 1968 by chip lord and doug michels (1943-2003). ant farm's work often made use of popular icons in the united states, as a strategy to redefine the way those were conceived within the country's imaginary.