ABSTRACT
It appears that there was an information explosion in the realm of finance before the stock market crash of 1929. Now it seems that there is an information explosion in education. Pieces of paper are exchanging hands, but the exchange bears less and less resemblance to the real-life education of children, most of which now takes place outside the schools. A barred gate in a brick wall opens into an asphalt playground. A notice on the wall reads bicycle riding, handball playing, hardball playing, prohibited by the toronto board of education. A tangle of mud, trees, grass, and children’s constructions leads gradually into a covered, heated area. As the ground changes from mud to linoleum, a wooden grid appears low overhead. From this lattice of unfinished pine, many things are hanging: electronic sculptures, measuring instruments, polyethylene curtains, stage flats, mirrors, and microphones.
