Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains

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Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains
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Pink Floyd's 1975–1977 "Rotating flower-petal mirror ball" at the V&A
Date13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)–present
TypeMuseum exhibition
Theme Pink Floyd
Website www.pinkfloydexhibition.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains is a touring exhibition of the history of the English rock band Pink Floyd, which opened on 13 May 2017 (with a museum members' preview on 12 May) at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England, and was originally scheduled to run until 1 October. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] After high visitor numbers, the exhibition's run was extended by two weeks, to 15 October 2017. [8] It followed the V&As successful David Bowie Is exhibition. [5]

Contents

Head of the 'wife' puppet from the original The Wall concerts Pink Floyd Their Mortal Remains - 2017-10-13 - Andy Mabbett - 60.jpg
Head of the 'wife' puppet from the original The Wall concerts

Naming and marketing

The exhibition's title reflects the lyric "I've got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains", from the song "Nobody Home", on The Wall . It was promoted with media appearances by all three surviving band members (David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters), and designer Aubrey Powell; [6] as well as the flying of an inflatable pig over the V&A, [5] and at the BBC's Broadcasting House. [9]

Content

Treating the band's history in chronological order, the exhibition ends with their 2005 reunion at Live 8, [3] with footage of the band performing "Comfortably Numb", using specially-remixed audio, delivered via AMBEO, a Sennheiser 3D audio technology, over 17 channels and 25 speakers, seven of which are subwoofers. [6] [4]

Mask cast from Richard Wright's face and worn by a member of the "surrogate band" during 'In the Flesh?', the opening number of The Wall concerts, in order to fool audiences into thinking the surrogate was Wright Pink Floyd Their Mortal Remains - 2017-10-13 - Andy Mabbett - 54 (cropped).jpg
Mask cast from Richard Wright's face and worn by a member of the "surrogate band" during 'In the Flesh?', the opening number of The Wall concerts, in order to fool audiences into thinking the surrogate was Wright

Objects shown include documents such as a page from Nick Mason's diary for 1968 and a 1975 tour rider, a "flower petal" shaped mirrorball used from 1973 to 1975, instruments, plus equipment including the Azimuth Co-ordinator and the band's Binson Echorec Baby effects unit. [2] [5] There are several props from the 1980 and 1981 The Wall concerts, including the face masks worn by members of the 'surrogate band', to make them look like Pink Floyd. [5] [2] [10] Also on show are a hand-written letter from Syd Barrett to Jenny Spires, his then girlfriend; and his bicycle. [5]

Future touring

The organisers plan to tour the exhibition internationally, for up to ten years. [4] In November 2017, it was announced that the second venue would be Rome, Italy, opening on 19 January 2018. [11] The Los Angeles exhibition was originally scheduled to begin in August, 2021. It was delayed for 3 weeks due to global shipping delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The show opened on September 3, 2021 instead. In October 2022, it was announced that the exhibition would be shown in Montreal, Canada, from November 4, 2022, to December 31, 2022. [12] It would be extended three times to close April 2, 2023. [13]

Attendance

By late August 2017, the London exhibition had been seen by 300,000 visitors and was extended by two weeks to 15 October. [14]

Venues

Opening DateClosing DateDuration (days)CityCountryVenue
13 May 201715 October 2017155 London United Kingdom Victoria and Albert Museum [8]
19 January 201827 May 2018127 Rome Italy Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome [11]
15 September 201810 February 2019148 Dortmund Germany Dortmunder U [15]
10 May 201927 October 2019170 Madrid Spain IFEMA Espacio 5.1 [16]
3 September 20219 January 2022131 Los Angeles United States Vogue Multicultural Museum [17]
4 November 20222 April 2023123 Montreal Canada Arsenal art contemporain  [ fr ] [18] [19]
16 June 20231 October 2023107 Toronto Canada Better Living Centre
10 September 2024 Buenos Aires Argentina Pabellón Frers – La Rural

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