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GRITtv: Got Docs: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm
"At that time, a Bank of America was something that you burned down. You didn't want to be designing banks." Those are the words of Chip Lord of Ant Farm, a radical architects collective with a "South Park sensibility," whose work during the 1960s and 1970s redefined what architects do. Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm is a new documentary by Laura Harrison and Beth Federici that looks back on the escapades of Ant Farm, including their most famous work, Cadillac Ranch.
Email this pageGRITtv: All Ages Movement
Many music clubs and performance venues are 21 and over, shutting young people out of creating and performing as well as enjoying the community created by music. The All Ages Movement aims to create a network of all-ages spaces for kids around the country to be able to perform and experience live music, and they could use your help to win a $50,000 grant. You can vote for them here.
GRITtv: Appreciating the New Times Square
From our friends at Street Films, we have this look at the changes to Times Square, helping to make it a more pleasant, usable space for pedestrians and people.
Media that Matters Film Fest: The Final Frontier: Explorers or Warriors?
Many people believe that space weapons will be the new arms race. "The Final Frontier: Explorers or Warriors?" looks at both sides of the space-weapons debate. The teen filmmakers learned about space weapons while doing research for their second film, "Genie in a Bottle Unleashed," about the first atomic bombs. Stephen and Trace interview astronaut and Sen. John Glenn, Theresa Hitchens, director of the Center for Defense Information, and Dr. Everett Carl Dolman at the US Air Force’s School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Media That Matters brings you inspiring films by youth and independent filmmakers committed to changing the world in 8 minutes or less.
GRITtv: Interview with Craig Dykers: Snohetta
Can architecture accommodate the restless mind of human society? The design firm Snohetta thinks so and has been working to create buildings that are capable of giving something back to the city. Their Opera House in Oslo, which has a roof that one can walk over, is an example of such a design. Craig Dykers, one of the firm's founding members, talks about his work and Snohetta's current involvement in the September 11 Memorial Museum.
