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Pink Floyd exhibit coming to Montreal

Posted October 29, 2022 by Floydian Slip

“The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” will open in Montreal, Quebec, on Friday, Nov. 4, for an 8-week run at Arsenal Contemporary Art.

The exhibit, created by members of the band working with album sleeve designer Aubrey “Po” Powell, features more than 350 artifacts collected over the band’s career — including handwritten lyrics, musical instruments, letters, stage props, original artworks and more.

The show is designed by Stufish, longtime stage designers for the band, which was founded by the late Mark Fisher.

“Their Mortal Remains” premiered in London in 2017 after a three-year delay from its originally scheduled debut in Milan in 2014; and has travelled to Rome, Dortmund, Madrid, and most recently, to Los Angeles. This will mark the exhibit’s first showing in Canada.

Montreal plays a unique and somewhat notorious role in the history of Pink Floyd. The band first played Montreal in November 1971, at a sold-out show at the Centre Sportif de l’Université de Montréal. They returned to the city several times, performing at the Montreal Forum, the Autostade, and Olympic Stadium.

At was at the Stadium, on July 6, 1977, the final show of Floyd’s “In the Flesh” tour, when Roger Waters, frustrated with an inattentive audience, spat at a fan from the stage. The experience served as an epiphany, as he realized a divide had grown between the band and its audience. That revelation helped inform his creation of “The Wall.”

Base rates for tickets to the exhibit run from $28 to $45 CA, are good for specific times of entry, and can be purchased online.

Curators estimate a walk through the exhibit will take 60-90 minutes. But you and I both know we’ll be there all day.

Learn more at the exhibit’s website.


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Pink Floyd stage designer’s estate worth £7 million

Posted January 24, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Mark Fisher, who designed elaborate stages for Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, U2 and many others, left behind an estate valued at £7,132,622.

Fisher, who died last year on June 25, designed the original show of “The Wall” in 1980, as well as Roger Waters‘ performance of the show in Berlin, Germany, in 1990 and its most recent world tour in 2010-13.

He also designed for Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour in 1987-89 and The Division Bell shows of ’94.

The £7 million figure was released by the Probate Office in London. The net amount after outstanding debt was settled was £6,835,331, the equivalent of $11.3 million.

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Pink Floyd stage designer Mark Fisher dies

Posted June 26, 2013 by Floydian Slip

Architect Mark Fisher, who made a name for himself designing stages for bands including Pink Floyd, died yesterday at age 66.

He passed away in his sleep at the Marie Curie Hospice in Hampstead with wife, Cristina, at his side, after a long illness.

Fisher designed the original show of “The Wall” in 1980, as well as Roger Waters‘ performance of the show in Berlin, Germany, in 1990 and its most recent world tour in 2010-13. He also designed for Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour in 1987-89 and The Division Bell shows of ’94.

In 1984 he set up the Fisher Park Partnership with Jonathan Park, which he dissolved in 1994 when he established Stufish, the Mark Fisher Studio.

His resume includes work with The Rolling Stones, U2, Tina Turner, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, and Lady Gaga.

He also created designs for theatre productions including “We Will Rock You,” and “Ka” and “Viva Elvis” for Cirque du Soleil.

Fisher was the senior designer for the Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies and was an executive producer of the London 2012 games ceremonies.


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