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Sara Rosen - Book Review - 13.03.212 From the book, Book of Probes, Edited by Eric McLuhan and William Kuhns All the new media, including the press, are art forms which have the power of imposing, like poetry, their own assumption,” Marshall McLuhan observed. We live in a time when new media is so [...]
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ROBERT BEAN - 273@345 (brushing information against information) November 5 – December 3, 2011 Opening Reception: Fri. Nov. 4, 6:00 – 9:00 PM, Circuit Gallery at Gallery 345 345 Sorauren Avenue, Toronto, Canada Circuit Gallery is pleased to present a new solo exhibition by Canadian Artist Robert Bean exploring the relationship between John Cage and Marshall McLuhan. [...]
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One suspects that one of Yousuf Karsh’s portraits of Marshall McLuhan, like the one below might be selected for the exhibition. “Marshall McLuhan” (1974) by Yousuf Karsh. Vintage photogravure. Printed 1974. Signed in the plate. Intended edition of 950 (of which all were printed?). Printed on white Bristol paper. Very scarce. Possibly printed in a run [...]
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27 SEPTEMBER 2011 The Canadian Cultural Centre presents Illuminated Manuscripts Robert Bean, on view 30 September–16 November 2011. Opening: 29 September, 6pm. Robert Bean “Monotype,” 2010. Photography, 40×61 cm. To commemorate the iconic visionary Marshall McLuhan and celebrate the centenary of his birth, Canadian artist Robert Bean was commissioned to create a site-specific exhibition in [...]
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From Dominique Scheffel-Dunand – Two art exhibits produced at the Centre for Culture and Technology in 2010 and 2011, as primary art installations by Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in partnership with the Faculty of Information McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at UofT, will be shown this Fall at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris [...]
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Auckland I’ve just returned from the University of Auckland. During their hosting of the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2011, Argentinean composer Jose Halac presented his audiovisual work “Universalis”, which is part of a DVD and Installation project with German artist Jana Kluge, titled “Gutenberg Galaxias”. The title of the project refers to Marshal McLuhan’s publication [...]
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Robert Bean, 2010, “Voicewriter” from the Illuminated Manuscripts exhibit. Photo courtesy of the artist. Media theorist and academic Marshall McLuhan is recognized throughout the global village for coining expressions like “global village.” Even now, 100 years after his birth, his theories about culture, media, and communications continue to be widely taught, reprinted, referenced, and commented on, making [...]
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Marshall McLuhan centenary celebrations continue this month withScotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. The writings of former University of Toronto Professor, Marshall McLuhan (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980), provide a critical focus for CONTACT 2011 as a catalyst for discourse on photography. To examine a rapidly changing society, McLuhan looked beyond what we immediately see – [...]
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Wednesday, April 27 at 12:00pm – June 25 at 5:00pm OPENING May 3, 7:00–9:00 pm Robert Bean, an artist, writer and teacher living in Halifax, Nova Scotia has created a site-specific exhibition at the McLuhan Coach House 39a Queen’s Park Crescent. Marshall McLuhan’s writings are illuminated by photographs of telegraphs, dictaphones and typewriters from the collection [...]
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A Man for All Media
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Looking for Marshall McLuhan in Afghanistan
A 12-part LRC series, featuring text and iPhone Hipstamatic photography by Rita Leistner - FEB 16, 2012 IPROBE_FIGURE / GROUND Through the windows of an MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle The Camera is an extension of the eye; a prosthetic device of the beholder In The Medium is the Massage, McLuhan writes: “The main obstacle to a clear understanding [...]
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