[Standing in a museum with a group before reproduction of abdomi… — 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 115

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[Standing in a museum with a group before reproduction of abdominal organs] A name is, in a sense, a numbing of perception. When you’re with a group, I don’t know any way of having a private reaction. That display creates numbness. You can’t produce a group reaction for a private thing. The layout is for an individual, not for a group.

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 115

Quote #4909

Year: 1967

Chapters: Names, Naming | Museum

↪ Also at #4835