Storm Thorgerson
The man whose album designs for bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Genesis are regarded as modern classics, is exhibiting in his hometown of Cambridge for the very first time. More about Storm...
The Grand Arcade
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Mind Over Matter: The Images of Pink FloydMind Over Matter celebrates the designs of Storm Thorgerson. Including over thirty pieces of his work for Syd and Pink Floyd – not least the album covers now regarded as modern classics – the exhibition represents the first time Storm’s work has been shown in his hometown of Cambridge.
For the first time ever, the city that gave birth to one of the biggest bands in rock history will play host to Storm Thorgerson’s exhibition Mind Over Matter: The Images of Pink Floyd, fresh from its UK premiere on London’s South Bank. Cambridge residents and visitors alike will have the opportunity to witness this unique celebration of the city’s most famous musical sons from October 9th to November 10th.
The Grand Arcade will provide the hugely spacious and contemporary backdrop to this panoply of Pink Floyd photographs, spanning the period from Saucerful of Secrets in 1968 to the present day. Traces of Cambridge can be followed throughout the images, from the riverside meadows and scarecrows of Barrett’s quintessentially English whimsy, to the variation on the inimitable Dark Side triangle that provides an alternative, Floyd-centric road map of the city. Interviewed last month about the exciting prospect of the transfer of Mind Over Matter to Cambridge, Storm was clearly delighted to be returning to the town where Syd once jammed at their teenage parties, back when musical and artistic success were barely a distant dream on the horizon of eager youth. “My mother’s still there, our physical roots – my house, the schools, the parks are still there, the river, the punts are still there. I have very fond memories of Cambridge, of my time in Cambridge, to which I feel very attached, and I’m extremely happy to be doing a show there.”
The City Wakes is produced by Escape Artists, a registered charity that supports recovery and social inclusion within the mental health care sector. Any purchase that you make from The City Wakes website or at the Mind Over Matter exhibition helps to fund our work. On behalf of the Grand Arcade, a percentage of income generated through sales at Mind Over Matter will also go towards the Cambridge Teenage Cancer Trust.
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