Networked Conversations Live from the NMC Lounge An Interview with Chip Lord, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz Hosted by Randall Packer, Associate Professor of Networked Art, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
Networked Conversations, a series of online interviews hosted by Randall Packer, will feature a Webcasted interview with media artist Chip Lord live from the NMC Media Lounge. Best known for his work with the media collective Ant Farm, which he co-founded with Doug Michels in 1968, Chip Lord collaborated on such iconic works as Cadillac Ranch (1974), Media Burn (1975), and the Eternal Frame (1975). Ant Farm, associated with artist collectives that pioneered experimental video and performance during the socially transformative period of the 1960s and 70s, is self-described as an “art agency that promotes ideas … which are important vehicles of cultural introspection.” During the 1980s, Chip Lord began teaching at the University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Film and Digital Media, where he is currently a Professor Emeritus.
Networked Conversations invites active participation and dialogue that unites the local NMC New Media Lounge attendees with a global, online audience in a networked third space environment: collapsing geographical and cultural boundaries via participatory Internet chat. Networked Conversations, presented by the Third Space Network, is a project of Randall Packer in conjunction with research at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, where he is an Associate Professor of Networked Art.
