Chip Lord Movies

  • 1991
    Involuntary Conversion

    Involuntary Conversion

    Involuntary Conversion

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    This apocalyptic linguistic comedy meditates on the relationship between language, meaning and social decay and is scripted from "double-speak"...

    Involuntary Conversion
  • 2010
    Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm

    Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm

    Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm

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

    Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm
  • 2018
    The Sea Rach: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism

    The Sea Rach: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism

    The Sea Rach: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism

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    On a ten-mile stretch of the Northern California coast lies the site of a radical architectural experiment. Learn the story behind The Sea Ranch, a...

    The Sea Rach: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism
  • 1981
    Abscam (Framed)

    Abscam (Framed)

    Abscam (Framed)

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    Abscam (Framed) frames the FBI sting operation known as "Abscam" by mixing FBI surveillance footage of Congressman Michael "Ozzie" Meyers with...

    Abscam (Framed)
  • 1989
    Motorist

    Motorist

    Motorist

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

    Motorist
  • 1984
    Easy Living

    Easy Living

    Easy Living

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    Easy Living never is in Chip Lord’s horrifically serene look at suburbia, using miniature toys to create a landscape of false tranquility

    Easy Living
  • 1993
    Awakening from the 20th Century

    Awakening from the 20th Century

    Awakening from the 20th Century

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

    Awakening from the 20th Century
  • 2022
    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    Exquisite Moving Corpse

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    The Surrealist, "Exquisite Corpse" was a French Café parlor game. "Exquisite Moving Corpse" is more of an artist chain letter. 60 artists...

    Exquisite Moving Corpse
  • 1987
    Sock Ads: Judith Williamson Consumes Passionately in Southern California

    Sock Ads: Judith Williamson Consumes Passionately in Southern California

    Sock Ads: Judith Williamson Consumes Passionately in Southern California

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

    Sock Ads: Judith Williamson Consumes Passionately in Southern California
  • 1992
    The Aroma of Enchantment

    The Aroma of Enchantment

    The Aroma of Enchantment

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    In this engaging video essay, Lord explores the Japanese fascination with 1950's American pop culture. The Aroma of Enchantment pointedly notes how...

    The Aroma of Enchantment