With the origin of classified data, or visual organization of kn… — “The Relation of Environment to Anti-Environment,” The University of Windsor Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, (1966), p 7, reprinted in McLuhan Unbound #4, (2017), p 15

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With the origin of classified data, or visual organization of knowledge, there came also representation in the arts. Representation is itself a form of matching or classifying, unknown to preliterate or native artists. Today we return to non-objective art, non-representational art, because in the electric age we are leaving the world of visual organization of experience.

“The Relation of Environment to Anti-Environment,” The University of Windsor Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, (1966), p 7, reprinted in McLuhan Unbound #4, (2017), p 15

Quote #3778

Year: 1966

Chapter: Matching and Making