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Ant Farm 1968-1978.
University of California Press, 2004. First edition. 4to. Blue cloth. 188pp. Lavishly illustrated throughout in colour and b/w. Published to coincide with a touring exhibition that began in Berkeley in January 2004 and ended at Yale in November 2005.
A critical overview of the Ant Farm collective (who were founded at an architecture workshop directed by Lawrence Halprin in San Francisco in 1968), including an extensive interview by Constance Lewallen with members Chip Lord, Doug Michels and Curtis Schreier; an essay by Michael Sorkin on the cultural context of their radical architecture (encompassing rock music, French surrealism, American car culture [most famously their Cadillac Ranch], and sexual liberation); and additional essays by Caroline Maniaque and Steve Seid.
Includes an exhibition history, bibliography, timeline by Ant Farm, and a list of their associates, collaborators, consultants, clients and supporters. Dw. blurb by Rebecca Solnit.
Minor top right corner bump, o/w Fine in dw.
