{"id":5230,"date":"2014-02-25T09:53:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T13:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2014-02-25T10:11:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T14:11:56","slug":"pink-floyd-exhibition-to-open-in-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/2014\/02\/pink-floyd-exhibition-to-open-in-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Floyd exhibition to open in Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Pink Floyd Exhibition \u2013 Their Mortal Remains&#8221; will open Sept. 19 at <em>La Fabbrica Del Vapore<\/em> in Milan, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by the band&#8217;s Italian promoter, <strong>Fran Tomasi<\/strong>, the exhibit will be a multimedia event chronicling the history of the group from its first album (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn [1967]) to present.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving members <strong>Roger Waters<\/strong>, <strong>David Gilmour<\/strong> and <strong>Nick Mason<\/strong> participated in the show&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition will boast more than 300 artifacts displayed in nearly 27,000 square feet of space at the former factory. The show is designed by <strong>Stufish<\/strong>, longtime stage designers for the band, which was founded by the late <strong>Mark Fisher<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aubrey &#8220;Po&#8221; Powell<\/strong>, surviving member of sleeve design firm <strong>Hipgnosis<\/strong>, is curator and creative director of the show. \u201cIf ever a band lent itself to a major retrospective exhibition it\u2019s Pink Floyd,&#8221; he says. &#8220;For a curator, selecting what to include from such a treasure trove is both a dream and a nightmare. However, there were elements that just had to be included \u2014 for example a 20-meter-wide sculpture of The Wall, 5-meter-high inflatables and, of course, a flying pig.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We shall be aiming for state-of-the-art visuals and sonic delivery. Similar to the experience of attending a Pink Floyd concert, you never know what to expect next,&#8221; he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the four-week exhibit will be \u20ac15. Tickets go on sale Thursday, Feb. 27.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinkfloydexhibition.com\">Details are at the event&#8217;s official site.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Pink Floyd Exhibition \u2013 Their Mortal Remains&#8221; will open Sept. 19 at La Fabbrica Del Vapore in Milan, Italy. Presented by the band&#8217;s Italian promoter, Fran Tomasi, the exhibit will be a multimedia event chronicling the history of the group from its first album (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn [1967]) to present. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5234,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions\/5234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floydianslip.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}