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Ant Farm

Date
1968
Ant Farm, San Francisco, an artists' media/architecture group, founded by Chip Lord and Doug Michels; joined by Curtis Schreier in 1971. Other members include Kelly Gloger, Joe Hall, Hudson Marquez, Allen Rucker and Michael Wright
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