Medical Mysteries of Music

This project will show your brain on Pink Floyd

If you’re old enough, you may remember sparking up a joint or dropping a tab and heading to a local planetarium for a laser show. They were pretty trippy things even without any chemical additives.

Pink Floyd laser shows were among the most popular. Afte the show, you could always tell which members of the audiences were on acid. That was almost as entertaining as the show itself.

The reason I bring this up is that the Frameless Gallery in the Marble Arch area of London has a new Pink Floyd exhibition coming up. Called Brainstorms: A Great Gig in the Sky, it will use the latest in neuroscience technology to demonstrate what happens to your brain when you listen to Pink Floyd, specifically “The Great Gig in the Sky,” the composition of late Floyd guitarist Richard Wright from The Dark Side of the Moon. I quote:

“The Frameless galleries are reimagined in the never-before seen experience, blending music and art with the latest neuroscience and technology, in an exploration of how our minds respond to music. Showcasing the beautiful and haunting simplicity of Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright’s composition, the title track of the experience is the iconic Pink Floyd track The Great Gig In The Sky.

“Visitors will travel through the four main Frameless galleries, each featuring stunning sky-themed creative visualisations of the human brain’s response to music.”

The exhibition will run Fridays and Saturdays through June. Tickets are available here.

Alan Cross

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