Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains Explained

Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains
Date:–present
Type:Museum exhibition
Theme:Pink Floyd

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.

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; as well as the flying of an inflatable pig over the V&A,<ref name="Bonner" /> 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, 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.

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. 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.[10] Also on show are a hand-written letter from Syd Barrett to Jenny Spires, his then girlfriend; and his bicycle.

Future touring

The organisers plan to tour the exhibition internationally, for up to ten years. 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 2017155LondonUnited KingdomVictoria and Albert Museum
19 January 201827 May 2018127RomeItalyMuseum of Contemporary Art of Rome
15 September 201810 February 2019148DortmundGermanyDortmunder U[15]
10 May 201927 October 2019170MadridSpainIFEMA Espacio 5.1[16]
3 September 20219 January 2022131Los AngelesUnited StatesVogue Multicultural Museum[17]
4 November 20222 April 2023123MontrealCanada[18] [19]
16 June 20231 October 2023107TorontoCanadaBetter Living Centre
10 September 202417 November 202468Buenos AiresArgentinaPabellón Frers – La Rural

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sneak peak[sic] inside new Pink Floyd exhibition]. 10 May 2017. BBC News. 12 May 2017.
  2. Web site: The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains review – look, a flying pig!. Petridis. Alexis . Alexis Petridis . 9 May 2017 . . 12 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Pink Floyd at the V&A: the lovely sound of anomie in the UK . Aspden . Peter . 8 May 2017 . . 12 May 2017.
  4. Inside Pink Floyd's Immersive New Museum Exhibit. Zemler. Emily. 11 May 2017. Rolling Stone. 12 May 2017.
  5. Web site: Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains reviewed . Bonner . Michael. 9 May 2017. Uncut. 12 May 2017.
  6. Web site: Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains Exhibition Review. Dunton. Wesley. 11 May 2017. 12 May 2017. 13 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170513045021/http://www.smash.com/pink-floyd-their-mortal-remains/. dead.
  7. Web site: Review: Pink Floyd, V&A ★★★★★ . Culture Whisper . 12 May 2017.
  8. News: Dex. Robert. V&A's smash hit Pink Floyd exhibition to run for extra two weeks. 14 October 2017. Evening Standard. 30 August 2017.
  9. Web site: The Pink Floyd inflatable pig floats next to Broadcasting House to promote their new exhibition at the V&A museum - Pictures of the Day. 11 May 2017. The Daily Telegraph. 12 May 2017.
  10. Book: Mabbett, Andy. Omnibus press . 978-1-84938-370-7 . Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery . 2010.
  11. Web site: Sennheiser - Headphones & Headsets - Microphones - Integrated Systems. Sennheiser. 30 November 2017.
  12. Web site: 2022-10-06 . A Psychedelic Pink Floyd Exhibition Is Coming To Montreal In November (PHOTOS) . 2022-10-08 . MTL Blog . en-ca.
  13. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5afb5bb0fcf7fd7aebb47cac/t/64009f7767d9f50bd3f591d9/1677762424822/mf_PressRelease5_ENG_Letterhead_PFE-optimized.pdf
  14. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/aug/30/pink-floyd-exhibition-v-and-a-most-visited-music-show Pink Floyd exhibition set to become V&A's most visited music show
  15. Web site: the Pink Floyd Exhibition . de . https://web.archive.org/web/20190608170635/https://pinkfloydexhibition.de/ . 8 June 2019 . dead.
  16. Web site: Exposición Pink Floyd Madrid . The Pink Floyd exhibition . 7 April 2020 . es-ES.
  17. Web site: Vogue Multicultural Museum . 24 December 2020.
  18. Web site: THE PINK FLOYD EXHIBITION: Their Mortal Remains . 2022-10-08 . Arsenal Contemporary Art. 4 October 2022 .
  19. Web site: L'Exposition sur Pink Floyd se poursuivra jusqu'au 5 mars à Montréal . 23 January 2023 .

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