Chip Lord

Chip Lord Trailers

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Chip Lord is an American media artist and Professor Emeritus, UC Santa Cruz and residing in the Bay Area. He is best known for his work with the alternative architecture and media collective known as Ant Farm, which he co-founded with Doug Michels in 1968. His work generally takes a satirical look at American myths and legends, they are often "nostalgic, but edged with an ironic detachment."

Most Popular Chip Lord Trailers

Total trailers found: 11

Motorist Trailer (1989)

20 December 1989

While driving to Los Angeles a motorist reminisces about the formative influence of the automobile.

Exquisite Moving Corpse Trailer (2022)

09 May 2022

The Surrealist, "Exquisite Corpse" was a French Café parlor game. "Exquisite Moving Corpse" is more of an artist chain letter.

Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm Trailer (2010)

01 October 2010

"What we were trying to do was the ultimate form of architecture, which was predicting how society would use space, land and time.

Involuntary Conversion Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

This apocalyptic linguistic comedy meditates on the relationship between language, meaning and social decay and is scripted from "double-speak" language found in a variety of media sources.

The Aroma of Enchantment Trailer (1992)

12 February 1992

In this engaging video essay, Lord explores the Japanese fascination with 1950's American pop culture.

Abscam (Framed) Trailer (1981)

02 January 1981

Abscam (Framed) frames the FBI sting operation known as "Abscam" by mixing FBI surveillance footage of Congressman Michael "Ozzie" Meyers with footage shot by Lord at the Motel where the original sting occurred—in the process, inserting the artist into this moment in history.

Easy Living Trailer (1984)

04 April 1984

Easy Living never is in Chip Lord’s horrifically serene look at suburbia, using miniature toys to y

The Sea Rach: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism Trailer (2018)

22 December 2018

On a ten-mile stretch of the Northern California coast lies the site of a radical architectural experiment.

Awakening from the 20th Century Trailer (1993)

30 May 1993

"Awakening from the 20th Century" contends with the collision between the actual and the virtual in the city of San Francisco.

Sock Ads: Judith Williamson Consumes Passionately in Southern California Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

Judith Williamson examines consumer culture in America, from the multiplication of products and their functions to capitalism’s colonization of the body.

Miami Beach Elegy Trailer (2017)

01 May 2017

A visual poem of the Florida city at the edge of the rising sea.