Category Archives: Theory

Art and Games (McLuhan)

September 25, 2010 – 9:13 am

“Art and games allow us to stand aside from the material pressures of routine and convention, observing and questioning.”

-Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, p.210

Yes. Hence they are two of my favorite things.

By Samuel Rhodes | Also posted in Philosophy | Comments (0)

P34; “Go Faster”

March 23, 2010 – 4:16 pm

There’s not much that’s cooler to me that this video: a Tyrrell P34 screaming around the streets of Monte Carlo, Monaco ca. 1976.

By Samuel Rhodes | Also posted in Objects | Comments (0)