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There's no shortage of meaning in the collision of a fast-moving car anda burning wall of TVs, but Seid skillfully explores ideas that are far from obvious. The text is intellectually stimulating and dense, yet highly readable. But the book is also a visual treat, with the original $1 program reprinted on its pages, stills from the video (fourth spread), and lots of images beyond that single, iconic image. -- John Hill * Archidose *
Language is pinned to context but images happen over and over again, as what they capture is reanimated with each viewing. -- Theadora Walsh * SFMoMA *
Seid's work of art history, "Media Burn: Ant Farm and the Making of an Image," was published in November as a softbound book with full-bleed double-truck images and an account of the year it took to customize the Caddy into a land rocket called the Phantom Dream Car and accumulate 40 TV sets, many the living room console style in vogue at that time. The organization and documentation of "Media Burn" [is] nearly as complex as the staging of Cristo's "Running Fence," which was completed the next year along the hills in Marin and Sonoma counties. -- Sam Whiting * San Francisco Chronicle *
Book Information
ISBN 9781941753354
Author Steve Seid
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Inventory Press LLC
Publisher Inventory Press LLC