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BBC Music John Peel Lecture

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Brian Eno examines the ecology of culture and seeks to demonstrate how the whole complex of individuals and institutions engaged in culture – artists, broadcasters, gallerists, promoters, DJs, managers, lawyers, fans – are symbiotically connected parts of a single huge organism which we call Culture. Miscellaneous folder #5A.

Artist / Author Brian Eno
Reference A0639
Date 2015
Type Article

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