flying pigs and prisms in opening exhibition on Pink Floyd in London – radiofórmula

of August 31, 2016

the pig, one of the most recognizable emblems of the rock group Pink Floyd with prisms and hammers marching, marks the launch of “the pink Floyd Exhibition: Their mortal remains “(the Exhibition pink Floyd: His remains), a retrospective that the museum will host from May

” idContenidoNota ” > LONDON a huge inflatable pink pig the size of a bus on Wednesday floated on the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, but unlike the previous one which flew a power plant in 1976 was not released or forced landing commercial aircraft .

the pig, one of the most recognizable emblems of the rock group Pink Floyd with prisms and hammers marching, marks the launch of “the Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” (the Exhibition Pink Floyd:. his remains), a retrospective that the museum will host from May

that date marks 50 years since the band released their first single “Arnold Layne”. The group then achieved international recognition with two of the most successful albums of all time: “Dark Side of the Moon” and “The Wall”

The exhibition is designed to celebrate that, along with. achievements of Pink Floyd in graphic arts, design, architecture, staging, lighting, film and photography.

Nick Mason, drummer and founding member, said the show is really a hymn to longevity band.

“it is a fact that more or less we exist and still seem that interested people, after 50 years in an industry that was seen as completely ephemeral for us all when I first started getting” he told Reuters at the launch.

the museum promises an immersive experience when the exhibit opens, with images of unseen concerts, a laser show mounted for the event, new designs scenarios, 350 objects plus some items of the collection center.

This is the third recent raid museum in the world of rock. In 2013 he made an acclaimed exhibition on David Bowie and open “You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970″ in September.

When asked whether Pink Floyd would be successful if you were starting today, Mason said. “I do not think we would even come to The X Factor”