Aspen Magazine, No. 4: The McLuhan Issue

Aspen Magazine, No. 4: The McLuhan Issue

Marshall McLuhan; Mass media; Electronic media; Communication theory; Media ecology; 1960s counterculture; Multimedia publishing; Experimental magazines

A multimedia magazine presented in a hinged box featuring nine numbered items including a flexidisc recording of electronic music, fold-out posters, essays, and advertisements. This issue was inspired by Canadian media theorist McLuhan, Marshal and reflects certain themes of his work. The box is illustrated with a circuit board diagram and wraparound text from McLuhan and Fiore's "The Medium is the Massage."

Johnson, Phyllis (Publisher/Editor); Fiore, Quentin (Designer); McLuhan, Marshall (Featured Subject)

Original issue form the collection of the University of Toronto's Art History Library

Roaring Fork Pres (New York, N.Y.)

Spring 1967

Part of: Aspen Magazine (1965-1971); Related to Fluxus works and works by Marshall McLuhan.

Box with mixed media components: printed materials, flexidisc recording, posters, booklets; Box dimensions: 9.5 x 12 x 0.75 inches

English

Text; Image; Sound; Physical Object

Temporal: 1965-1971
Spatial: New York, N.Y. Aspen, CO.