THE PINK FLOYD EXHIBITION: THEIR MORTAL REMAINS

Critically Acclaimed Major Retrospective
of Pink Floyd Is Coming to Toronto This Summer
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains
at the Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place
starting June 16, 2023
presented by S2BN Entertainment and
the Canadian National Exhibition Association
Audio-visual sensorial experience ft. more than 350 artifacts,
has wowed over 500,000 visitors worldwide

 

On the heels of the 50th Anniversary of Pink
Floyd’s iconic album, “The Dark Side of the Moon,” Toronto music fans and
culture buffs alike will get a backstage pass to the story of Pink Floyd
through an audio-visual sensorial journey unlike any other. Since its
hugely successful global debut in 2017 at London’s prestigious Victoria
and Albert Museum, The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, has
captivated audiences across the world in Rome, Madrid, Dortmund, GER,
Los Angeles, Montreal – and will make its Toronto premiere June 16th at the
Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place, 195 Princes’ Blvd.

 

The 20,000 sq.ft. multi-sensory experience in Toronto will feature more
than 350 artifacts and objects collected over the band’s extraordinary
career, from handwritten lyrics, musical instruments, stage props, and
items from the personal collections of the band members; while combining
art, design, music, sound and visual technology, in an electrifying experience
that delivers on every level, not only for fans of Pink Floyd, but all audiences.

 

More About The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains:
The exhibition title is a lyric from Nobody Home, a song on “The Wall,”
which reads “I’ve got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains.”
From their legendary albums to their ground-breaking concerts, timeless
themes, cutting edge design and surreal landscapes that evolve throughout
the Exhibition, this is an opportunity to dive deep into the creative force
that is Pink Floyd.

Each chapter of the Pink Floyd story is represented, with objects and artifacts
displayed, many unseen before the exhibition and all which have played a part
in creating the sound and experience that became Pink Floyd. There are
handwritten lyrics, legendary musical instruments that true fans have heard
whispered about, letters, original artwork and many of the stage props from
the various albums and tours from a band that made musical history. Some
of these items have long been held in storage facilities, film studios and in the
personal collections of band members before being ‘dusted
off’ for the exhibition.
From the entry point into The Pink Floyd Exhibition the visitor is immersed in Pink
Floyd’s world. They will find themselves transported to the band’s beginnings in 1967 on
the underground scene and then take a chronological trip through Pink Floyd’s history,
connecting with music, art and design, sound technology and live performance via
landmark albums such as The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The
Wall and The Division Bell.
These artifacts plot both Pink Floyd’s development as a spectacular live band
and the broader social, cultural and political threads which ran parallel to their
music. Any student of design or art will rejoice in surrounding themselves with
the stories behind, and the alternative versions of some of the artwork from
the ateliers of the band and their collaborators, including Aubrey ‘Po’
Powell and the late Storm Thorgerson’s studio ‘Hipgnosis’ and Stufish. Pigs
fly, sheep parachute, megaphones float through the air and a brave new
world of art, music and psychedelia crash onto the airwaves and stages of
the world. Pink Floyd fans will see and touch the lifetime of memories that
make up their sonic and visceral rock music odysseys.

Who better to lead visitors through the creative history of one of the most
ground-breaking musical groups of the era than the music and the voices
of past and present members of Pink Floyd, including Syd Barrett, Roger
Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason and David Gilmour, talking about their
experiences and musical experimentation via an intuitive audio guide
system and culminating in a re-creation of the very last performance of
David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains is presented by Michael
Cohl of S2BN Entertainment. The exhibition was originally created for
London’s V&A, by Pink Floyd’s creative director Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell (of the design partnership Hipgnosis) and Paula Webb Stainton, who
worked closely with the Pink Floyd members including Nick Mason (Exhibition
Consultant For Pink Floyd), with additional curation provided by the
V&A’s Victoria Broackes.