Chip Lord Movies
- 1987
Sock Ads: Judith Williamson Consumes Passionately in Southern California
Sock Ads: Judith Williamson Consumes Passionately in Southern California01987HD
Judith Williamson examines consumer culture in America, from the multiplication of products and their functions to capitalism’s colonization of...
- 2010
Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm
Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm02010HD
"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,...
- 1993
Awakening from the 20th Century
Awakening from the 20th Century01993HD
"Awakening from the 20th Century" contends with the collision between the actual and the virtual in the city of San Francisco. "Is life becoming...
- 1991
Involuntary Conversion
Involuntary Conversion01991HD
This apocalyptic linguistic comedy meditates on the relationship between language, meaning and social decay and is scripted from "double-speak"...
- 1989
Motorist
Motorist01989HD
While driving to Los Angeles a motorist reminisces about the formative influence of the automobile.
- 2022
Exquisite Moving Corpse
Exquisite Moving Corpse02022HD
The Surrealist, "Exquisite Corpse" was a French Café parlor game. "Exquisite Moving Corpse" is more of an artist chain letter. 60 artists...
- 2018
The Sea Rach: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism
The Sea Rach: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism02018HD
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...
- 1984
Easy Living
Easy Living01984HD
Easy Living never is in Chip Lord’s horrifically serene look at suburbia, using miniature toys to create a landscape of false tranquility
- 1981
Abscam (Framed)
Abscam (Framed)01981HD
Abscam (Framed) frames the FBI sting operation known as "Abscam" by mixing FBI surveillance footage of Congressman Michael "Ozzie" Meyers with...
- 1992
The Aroma of Enchantment
The Aroma of Enchantment01992HD
In this engaging video essay, Lord explores the Japanese fascination with 1950's American pop culture. The Aroma of Enchantment pointedly notes how...