Lecture given at The San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Lecture Series and at The Toledo Museum of Art, during “Life is a Highway: The Automobile in Art”, 2019.
Awakening from the 20th Century - a provocative question: Will the computer replace the Automobile?
Born in 1944, a year in which no cars were manufactured in the U.S. because all of that industrial capacity was turned to the “War effort.”
The last car off the line in Michigan was a 1942 Hudson, a gray sedan with “victory trim” – it had no chrome. The war effort also included recycling of metal and rubber, gas rationing, and “victory gardens.” These are all good ideas for today as we face a much larger threat –the climate crisis and possibly the Sixth Extinction. Cadillac Ranch is one of seven art projects by Ant Farm and Lord presented in this lecture
1949 Ford sedan - My Dad, a “Ford man” bought a brand new sedan in 1949. It was the beginning of the Tail Fin era, as GM’s Firebird 3 illustrates. The one hour lecture presents 9 projects by Ant Farm and Lord that have a car at their center. Available on-line……SOON. 12/01/2022
