LEADER 00000ngm a2200397Ia 4500 001 888091145 003 OCoLC 005 20140820044231.0 007 vf ccahrm 008 140820s1976 cau030 vleng 040 CUY|beng|eamim|cCUY 245 00 Off-air Australia|h[videorecording] /|cdirected by Ant Farm (Chip Lord, Doug Michels, Curtis Schreier, Douglas Hurr). 246 33 Off air Australia 257 United States ; Australia. 260 United States :|bElectronic Arts Intermix,|c1976. 300 1 videocassette of 1 (30 min.) (U-matic NTSC) :|bsd., b&w and col. ;|c1/2 in. 506 Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only.|5CBPF. 510 4 Electronic Arts Intermix: video,|b1991,|cp. 26 520 Role-playing and political performance were integral to Ant Farm's art-making strategies. In 1976 the group traveled to Australia as ironic "artists-in-residence," counter-cultural ambassadors. "Off-Air" Australia is a fragmented document of that trip, culled almost entirely from off-air footage of their television appearances, Australian media coverage of Ant Farm's events, and appropriated TV commercials. Ant Farm's Australian media events, including an irreverent performance of an "opera" for cars in front of the Sydney Opera House, typify their use of spectacle as social satire. The tape ends with a press conference on their proposed Dolphin Embassy project, a mobile platform for communicating with dolphins. 538 U-matic NTSC. 541 0 PFA 0750-121-16078. D0121 650 0 Performance art. 650 0 Happenings (Art) 655 7 Short films.|2lcgft 655 7 Experimental films.|2lcgft 655 7 Television program excerpts.|2lcgft 700 1 Hurr, Doug,|eperformer. 700 1 Michels, Doug,|eperformer. 700 1 Schreier, Curtis,|eperformer. 700 1 Lord, Chip,|eperformer. 710 2 Ant Farm (Design group) 941 0 PFA 0750-121-16078. D0121; deposit; 2014/06/05 956 20140820 |bpfmcq|cCCE 957 OCLC xref loaded 20160124 994 C0|bCUY