Mixed Messages: Marshall McLuhan and the Moving Image

• International House Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
• Marshall McLuhan is one of the most recognized cultural theorists of the 20th century. His books Understanding Media, The Guttenberg Galaxy, and The Medium is the Massage are landmark texts that distilled the rapid changes in technology, communication and philosophy in the increasingly global society of post-war America. As television became a popular medium throughout the 1960s, McLuhan recognized its potential for social transformation and conjured a utopian ideal that incorporated art, communication and technology. Inspired by McLuhan and the advent of portable video cameras such as the Sony Portapak, artists set out to experiment with the burgeoning medium and reconfigure the seemingly one-directional effect of television. Mixed Messages is a thorough examination of the relationship between McLuhan’s ideas and the film and video art he inspired over the past 50 years.
• Fri, March 30, 2012 7:00 PM
• $7.00 - $9.00