Marshall McLuhan
Harrison’s father kindly reminded me that many of the ideas we were discussing concerning the show Rehab at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau (posts that refer to the show “Ben Laloua / Didier Pascal” and “Leave Britney Alone”) were examined by Marshall McLuhan who was a media theorist, better known as “The High Priest of Pop.” If you have never read anything by McLuhan, well, you probably should. So many artists, filmmakers, theorists, and others interested in media refer to his work implicitly and explicitly. Here are a few links:
Marshall McLuhan: The Medium is the Message (Did you recognize “The Medium is the Message?” how about “The Global Village? which he popularized.)