From Receiver to Remote Control: The TV Set

143 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, September 14 to November 25, 1990. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. *** "Focusing on vintage and contemporary sets, VCRs and TV accessories, 'From Receiver to Remote Control' explores how the advent of television has shaped our individual and communal identities. New connections between high art and popular culture appear as the catalogue examines societal attitudes influenced by this non-traditional art object. Essays and interviews by Serafina K. Bathrick, Lynn Spigel, David Tafler and 12 others encompass communication, sociology, art, business, history and design. Extensive illustrations and reprints of advertisements document how the television set continually transforms domestic space and culture." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction, by Matthew Geller; The domestic gaze, by Lynn Spigel; Mother as TV guide, by Serafina K. Bathrick; TV dad, by Andrew Behar and Sarah Sackner; Whatever happened to Father Knows Best? Joshura Meyrowitz; The set in the sitting room, by Jane Root; A member of the family, by Ehrick V. Long; From the fair to the family, by William L. Bird; TV design, by Maud Lavin; Watching TV, by Ed Bowes; How Americans watch TV: a nation of grazers, by Excerpt from a Channels publication; After network Television, by Les Brown; The anti-TV, by John G. Hanhardt; America, America, this is you: the camcorder and the red, white and blue, by Alice H. Yang; I remember television., by David Tafler; The end of the television receiver, by Margaret Morse. Size: 4to.