Mind the Gap
Location
Science Center, A262
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-27-2012 1:30 PM
End Date
4-27-2012 2:30 PM
Abstract
Constrained by their parent’s conservatism, British youth looked for new ways to live in the mid-1960s. They found it in the epic “happenings” of the psychedelic era. At the 14-Hours Technicolor Dream in 1967, rock, avant-garde jazz, and art melded as figures representative of these genres–Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Barry Miles–came together to create an artistic and metaphysical utopia. My presentation investigates the implication of this groundbreaking performance and its challenge to traditional categories of high and low art.
Recommended Citation
Farnsworth, Meghan, "Mind the Gap" (04/27/12). Senior Symposium. 13.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/seniorsymp/2012/presentations/13
Major
Musical Studies
Advisor(s)
Ellen Sayles, Associate Dean of Studies
Project Mentor(s)
Nicholas Jones, English
April 2012
Mind the Gap
Science Center, A262
Constrained by their parent’s conservatism, British youth looked for new ways to live in the mid-1960s. They found it in the epic “happenings” of the psychedelic era. At the 14-Hours Technicolor Dream in 1967, rock, avant-garde jazz, and art melded as figures representative of these genres–Pink Floyd, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Barry Miles–came together to create an artistic and metaphysical utopia. My presentation investigates the implication of this groundbreaking performance and its challenge to traditional categories of high and low art.
Notes
Session I, Panel 5: Express Yourself: Case Studies in Art, Politics, and Sexuality
Moderator: Nick Jones, Professor of English