UPDATE: “The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” has been postponed to Sept. 3 due to global freight delays.
“The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains,” featuring over 350 artifacts collected from the band’s more than 55-year career, is coming to the United States for the first time and taking up residency at the Vogue Multicultural Museum in Los Angeles Aug. 3-Nov. 28.
The traveling exhibition, which drew over 400,000 attendees to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in 2017, serves as a retrospective of the various chapters of Pink Floyd’s career. It includes high-tech audio and visuals, objects like handwritten lyrics, original art pieces, instruments and surreal landscapes that evolve throughout the multi sensory experience.
Tickets are $30-$46 and are on sale now at vmmla.com.
Guests will be fully immersed in the world of Pink Floyd. Starting in 1967 on the underground scene in London, guests are taken on a chronological journey through the history of the band’s albums.
It’s a collaboration between members of Pink Floyd and curator and graphic designer Aubrey “Po” Powell, who along with Storm Thorgerson at Hipgnosis, designed the cover art for the band’s 1973 release, “The Dark Side of the Moon.” The experience was developed by bandmember and exhibition consultant Nick Mason, as well as designers Stufish, entertainment architects and the band’s own longtime stage designers.
Some of the items on display will be original oil paintings by original vocalist-guitarist Syd Barrett and a replica of his mirrored Fender guitar; the Azimuth Co-ordinator used by keys player Richard Wright to swirl the band’s sound around venues; drummer Mason’s Hokusai Wave drum kit from 1975; a selection of guitarist David Gilmour’s equipment; and bassist Roger Waters’ Ovation bass guitar used from 1974-1978.
There will also be displays of iconic imagery associated with the band using various props and mannequins, as well as works from other artists and graphic designers the band partnered with throughout the years including Gerald Scarfe and Mark Fisher.
The spaces will be narrated by past and present band members, sharing their experiences through an audio guide system. It will all end within a performance zone where visitors can enjoy classic Pink Floyd songs and the recreation of the very last performance of Gilmour, Waters, Wright and Mason doing “Comfortably Numb” at Live 8 in 2005.
