The Marshall McLuhan House (The Coach House) at the University of Toronto is an elusive house tucked away on Queen’s Park Crescent. A small and cozy environment for the display of one of Toronto’s most renowned thinkers of media theory, I couldn’t help but tip toe gingerly into the home as if I were a tentative guest of Mr. McLuhan himself. Welcoming me into the home with stark walls were friendly faces and passionate tour guides, explaining the new take on a relevant idea. Robert Bean is a Canadian artist who was commissioned to create new media installations and curate a home of pieces that would animate Marshall McLuhan’s visionary take on media.

From type to written, all media is still seemingly so intertwined, but communicated in varying medium. Vintage visuals such as the telegraph and the first computer (what a sight!) were included in the display.

Always a pleasure. “What are you doing, Mr. McCluhan?”

Learn more about the exhibit as part of Scotiabank’s CONTACT 2011 Photography Festival: http://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/Primary-Exhibitions/491

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