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]
 Pink Floyd's 1975–1977 "Rotating flower-petal mirror ball" at the V&A | |
| Date | 13 May 2017–present |
|---|---|
| Type | Museum exhibition |
| Theme | Pink Floyd |
| Website | www |
Naming and marketing
editThe 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
editTreating 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]
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
editThe 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
editBy late August 2017, the London exhibition had been seen by 300,000 visitors and was extended by two weeks to 15 October.[14]
Venues
edit| Opening Date | Closing Date | Duration (days) | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2017 | 15 October 2017 | 155 | London | United Kingdom | Victoria and Albert Museum[8] |
| 19 January 2018 | 27 May 2018 | 127 | Rome | Italy | Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome[11] |
| 15 September 2018 | 10 February 2019 | 148 | Dortmund | Germany | Dortmunder U[15] |
| 10 May 2019 | 27 October 2019 | 170 | Madrid | Spain | IFEMA Espacio 5.1[16] |
| 3 September 2021 | 9 January 2022 | 131 | Los Angeles | United States | Vogue Multicultural Museum[17] |
| 4 November 2022 | 2 April 2023 | 123 | Montreal | Canada | Arsenal art contemporain[18][19] |
| 16 June 2023 | 1 October 2023 | 107 | Toronto | Canada | Better Living Centre |
| 10 September 2024 | 3 November 2024 | 54 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Pabellón Frers – La Rural |
References
edit- ^ "Sneak peak[sic] inside new Pink Floyd exhibition". BBC News. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Petridis, Alexis (9 May 2017). "The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains review – look, a flying pig!". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b Aspden, Peter (8 May 2017). "Pink Floyd at the V&A: the lovely sound of anomie in the UK". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Zemler, Emily (11 May 2017). "Inside Pink Floyd's Immersive New Museum Exhibit". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Bonner, Michael (9 May 2017). "Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains reviewed". Uncut. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Dunton, Wesley (11 May 2017). "Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains Exhibition Review". Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ "Review: Pink Floyd, V&A ★★★★★". Culture Whisper. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b Dex, Robert (30 August 2017). "V&A's smash hit Pink Floyd exhibition to run for extra two weeks". Evening Standard. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "The Pink Floyd inflatable pig floats next to Broadcasting House to promote their new exhibition at the V&A museum - Pictures of the Day". The Daily Telegraph. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ Mabbett, Andy (2010). Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery. Omnibus press. ISBN 978-1-84938-370-7.
- ^ a b "Sennheiser - Headphones & Headsets - Microphones - Integrated Systems". Sennheiser. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "A Psychedelic Pink Floyd Exhibition Is Coming To Montreal In November (PHOTOS)". MTL Blog. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5afb5bb0fcf7fd7aebb47cac/t/64009f7767d9f50bd3f591d9/1677762424822/mf_PressRelease5_ENG_Letterhead_PFE-optimized.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Pink Floyd exhibition set to become V&A's most visited music show. The Guardian. 30 August 2017.
- ^ "the Pink Floyd Exhibition" (in German). Archived from the original on 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Exposición Pink Floyd Madrid". The Pink Floyd exhibition (in European Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Vogue Multicultural Museum". Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "THE PINK FLOYD EXHIBITION: Their Mortal Remains". Arsenal Contemporary Art. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "L'Exposition sur Pink Floyd se poursuivra jusqu'au 5 mars à Montréal". 23 January 2023.