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Massage
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In the 1960s Marshall McLuhan devised the slogan “the medium is the message” as a way of acknowledging the distinct powers of different technologies. Today, McLuhan’s metaphor has become literal; the constant massage of the media has brought forth a desire for actual touch. The artists highlighted in Massage turn to various interfaces both digital and manual as a way of figuring the relationship between the various manners in which the body is inflected today.