... the fact that touch creates an interval involves the audienc… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 67

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... the fact that touch creates an interval involves the audience very much more, the interval has to be closed. When you create an interval you have to close and it is the closing of the interval that creates participation and rhythm.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 67

Quote #6649

Year: 1967

Chapters: Tactile, Touch | Audience, Public, Mass | Interval

↪ Also at #3100, #566