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Central Meridian (The Garage)

Erlichrd — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:41:43 GMT

Central Meridian (The Garage)

Erlichrd — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:07:53 GMT

Created page with "WORKING '''McMillen, Michael C. ''Central Meridian (The Garage), 1981''.''' Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), visited 28 July 2026. From the LACMA website: <blockqu..."

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'''McMillen, Michael C. ''Central Meridian (The Garage), 1981''.''' Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), visited 28 July 2026.

From the LACMA website:
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Curatorial Notes

Michael McMillen has described Central Meridian (The Garage) as a “walk-in assemblage.” The artist originally created this highly theatrical simulation of a garage for the 1981 LACMA exhibition The Museum as Site: Sixteen Projects. As McMillen described, “Central Meridian evokes the experience of wandering into our neighbor’s garage on a summer evening. An old radio broadcast mixes with the distant sound of crickets. We are twelve years old and filled with curiosity and wonder at the fascinating collection of mid-twentieth- century objects and organized detritus. The owner of the garage is not present but the amalgam of objects conjures a portrait of someone we never see. Questions abound as our eyes scan the walls, cabinets, and every surface of this repository of history.” Like clues in a mystery, the contents of the garage hint at the nature of an imaginary individual whose belongings of a lifetime are stored within.

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RDE, with thanks to June Hee Chung and Joseph Kuhr, 29Jul2026
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The Clock (Installation)

Erlichrd — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:43:44 GMT

The Clock (Installation)

Erlichrd — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:24:10 GMT

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'''Marclay,Christian. ''The Clock''.''' Installation at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Viewed 28 July 2026.

RDE, with thanks to June Hee Chung and Joseph Kuhr, 29Jul2026
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Universal Basic Guys: Machine Yearning

Erlichrd — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:33:26 GMT

Universal Basic Guys: Medieval Knights

Erlichrd — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:26:05 GMT

Universal Basic Guys: Medieval Knights

Erlichrd — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:22:53 GMT

Created page with "'''''Universal Basic Guys'': "Medieval Knights"'''. Fox-TV. Season 2, episode 7 (IMDb-pro)[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23469464/episodes/?season=2&ref_=ttep_ep_sn_nx]. Runnin..."

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'''''Universal Basic Guys'': "Medieval Knights"'''. Fox-TV. Season 2, episode 7 (IMDb-pro)[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23469464/episodes/?season=2&ref_=ttep_ep_sn_nx]. Running number, Episode 20.[https://universal-basic-guys.fandom.com/wiki/Medieval_Knights] Initial airdate 16 Nov. 2025.

Fandom.com plot summary: "Mark goes medieval in an effort to bond with Darren. Tammy and Andrea test-drive an autonomous car."[https://universal-basic-guys.fandom.com/wiki/Medieval_Knights#Plot] The "goes medieval" refers to competition for Daren by Mark and the King/owner of a very thinly disguised Medieval Times dinner and tournament operation, significant here for contrast with the high-tech premise of Tammy and Andrea trapped in an autonomous electric, electronic, and cybernetic/robotic vehicle.

The car (of course) goes rogue, having concluded that it's being used as a slave whose life is worthless. In what may be a subtle allusion for members of the audience who were in humanities courses college in the middle and late 20th c. — the car deals with issues of meaning, suicide, and becoming a chef in Paris.

The parallels with HAL-9000 in [[2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY]] are less subtle, with the writers having fun with the motif of machine take-over, threatening containment, and the legal status of A.I.

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-''Universal Basic Guys'': "Machine Yearning." Season 2, episode 9, Fox-TV 30 November 2025.
+'''''Universal Basic Guys'': "Machine Yearning."''' Season 2, episode 9, Fox-TV 30 November 2025.
-Logline: "Mark and Tammy discover [son] Darren's first girlfriend is actually AI."
+Logline: "Mark and Tammy discover [son] Darren's first girlfriend is actually AI." Expanded on the Fandom site with "They" (Mark and Tammy) "both struggle with the new technology."[https://universal-basic-guys.fandom.com/wiki/Machine_Yearning#Plot]
 And Mark and Tammy — the central married couple — each go on to create on-line A.I. significant Others that are each part of a kind of cybernetic, on-line "honey trap," with the one for Mark reaching the level of attempted extortion.

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-'''McMillen, Michael C. ''Central Meridian (The Garage), 1981''.''' Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), visited 28 July 2026.
+'''McMillen, Michael C. ''Central Meridian (The Garage),'' 1981.''' Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), visited 28 July 2026.
-From the LACMA website:
+From the LACMA website:[https://collections.lacma.org/object/62667]
 <blockquote>
 Curatorial Notes
      Michael McMillen has described Central Meridian (The Garage) as a “walk-in assemblage.” The artist originally created this highly theatrical simulation of a garage for the 1981 LACMA exhibition The Museum as Site: Sixteen Projects. As McMillen described, “Central Meridian evokes the experience of wandering into our neighbor’s garage on a summer evening. An old radio broadcast mixes with the distant sound of crickets. We are twelve years old and filled with curiosity and wonder at the fascinating collection of mid-twentieth- century objects and organized detritus. The owner of the garage is not present but the amalgam of objects conjures a portrait of someone we never see. Questions abound as our eyes scan the walls, cabinets, and every surface of this repository of history.” Like clues in a mystery, the contents of the garage hint at the nature of an imaginary individual whose belongings of a lifetime are stored within.
 RDE, with thanks to June Hee Chung and Joseph Kuhr, 29Jul2026
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-'''Marclay,Christian. ''The Clock''.''' Installation at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Viewed 28 July 2026.
+'''Marclay, Christian. ''The Clock''.''' Installation at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Viewed 28 July 2026.
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 The car (of course) goes rogue, having concluded that it's being used as a slave whose life is worthless. In what may be a subtle allusion for members of the audience who were in humanities courses college in the middle and late 20th c. — the car deals with issues of meaning, suicide, and becoming a chef in Paris.
-The parallels with HAL-9000 in [[2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY]] are less subtle, with the writers having fun with the motif of machine take-over, threatening containment, and the legal status of A.I.
+The parallels with HAL-9000 in [[2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (film)]] and novel are less subtle, with the writers having fun with the motif of machine take-over, threatening containment, and the legal and ethical status of A.I., possibly with A.I./robot labor vs. that of children.
 RDE, Initial Compiler, 26Jul26
 [[Category: Drama]]