Section 3: The TV Generation

Section 3: The TV Generation

Television--Social aspects; Youth culture; 1960s counterculture; Mass media; Television generation; Haight-Ashbury; San Francisco Oracle; Media influence; Photography--Social aspects

A folded poster combining Steve Schapiro's color photography with written commentary. The front side features full-color photographic imagery while the reverse is printed in black ink. The piece includes written passages from Grace Gluck and Dropper Ishmael, alongside portions of a conversation between Edmund O. Ward and Allen Cohen (who served as editor of the San Francisco Oracle newspaper). The work explores themes related to television's influence on youth culture. Printed on glossy coated stock.

Schapiro, Steve (photography); McLuhan, Marshall (text); Glueck, Grace (author)

Roaring Fork Press, New York City (as part of Aspen Magazine No. 4)

Spring 1967

Gluck, Grace (Text contributor); Ishmael, Dropper (Text contributor); Ward, Edmund O. (Interviewer); Cohen, Allen (Interviewee, editor of San Francisco Oracle)

Part of Aspen Magazine No. 4 (Spring 1967); References San Francisco Oracle (underground newspaper); Relates to McLuhan's theories on television and media

Single folded sheet; Dimensions: 38 x 56 cm (approximately 15 x 22 inches), folded in 4 sections; Offset print in four-color process on glossy paper

English

Poster; Photographic print; Fold-out; Mixed media (photography and text)

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