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"The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age"

Date
1968
"The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). Director of exhibition Pontus HultÈn. Exhibition includes video art, particularly Nam June Paik's "Nixon Tapes," "McLuhan Caged" and "Lindsay Tape" on unique tape-loop device
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