Television doesn’t need a time sequence. The images don’t have t… — 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, U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 168

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Television doesn’t need a time sequence. The images don’t have to be related in time any more than they do in a newspaper…. The commercial follows the Perry Mason show, but you don’t connect them.

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, U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 168

Quote #6815

Year: 1967

Chapters: Television | Linear and Nonlinear

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