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Escape Reality Through the Psychedelic Counterculture Movement Escape reality through the psychedelic counterculture movement. Created by Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager DES 185 | Winter Quarter 2017 Introduction i Exhibition Overview 1 Exhibition Brief 2 Lookbooks 3-5 Object List 6-19 Concept Plan & Massing Study 20-21 Floor Plan 22-23 Scale Model 24-27 Interviews 28-29 Exhibition Details 31 Renderings 32-36 Color Palette 37 Material Palette 38 Furniture 39 Paint Locations 40 Lighting 41 Exhibition Identity 43 Typology 44-46 Graphic Color Palette 47 Promotional Graphics 48-53 Merchandise 54-55 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Introduction 16 March 2017 Far Out is an exhibit that curates escapism through various mediums from the counterculture movements that took place during the 60s and 70s Psychedelic era, including anti-society groups, music and art. Far Out aims to create a conversation among its visitors, asking them to question whether counterculture still exists today, with the inclusion of a collection of a 21st century re-emergence of transcendence through the arts. Far Out will be a safe space for people to gather, reflect, and communicate about the impact issues in society have on individuals and groups of people, all while considering the movements of the past. The psychedelic movement started in San Francisco, and quickly found its way to Davis as evident by the UC Davis Domes. Although the domes were established in 1972, they still exist today, keeping alive the spirit of escapism at the school, and making Far Out a relevant exhibit for the community. i 1 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Exhibition Brief & Outline 16 March 2017 heme hiition utine A display of art created during and inspired by the late 1960s-70s Psychedelic and counterculture movements, including the extension aroun nformation of escapism into the 21st century through art. The introductory space will feature information about major events that led up to the Psychedelic era, such as the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, providing context as to what created a desire to escape from these harsh realities. ite Far Out ounteruturero it, Ant arm en esey: Venue Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA Emerging from the entrance space, visitors will enter a large room housing the geodesic dome that is Drop City. Inside the dome, images and a video documentary about Drop City will be ates November 7, 2017 – February 10, 2018 featured, as well as images of Ant Farm and Ken Kesey, The Acid Test and the Merry Pranksters. This space highlights the anti-society groups that reacted against reality by forming their own Auiene General, especially with interest in art, music and the countercultures. cognitive sciences. Ant arm nfatae oation Temporary exhibition space Upon exiting the dome, visitors will be able to experience the inside of the Ant Farm inflatable, an example of anti-architecture. Sie of Sae 9,000 sq. ft./2,600 sq. meters Musi umer of ets 159 Visitors will be able to listen to psychedelic music from the 60s and 70s in vintage sound-proof listening booths. They will also be able to participate in an interactive experience that consists of etai Area Located in the lobby stepping on various guitar pedals to hear the different distortion effects they create. Album artwork from popular music of the time period as well as a wall of vintage electric guitars and nterretie ements Exhibition texts and object labels, audio clips, an oil projection will be featured in this space. film visuals, sculpture, immersive installations, and interactive guitar pedals and music listening booths. Art This space will consist of Matti Klarwein’s psychedelic inspired paintings, as well as concert romotion Full array of promotional banners, posters, t-shirts and a posters inspired by the music from late 60s, early 70s time period. compilation vinyl record. 1st entur ieo This room will be a space for visitors to relax and view a loop of psychedelic inspired contemporary music videos and other visuals. urnin Man Visitors will be able to view a short video about Burning Man projected on a large panoramic screen. Photos of the festival will also be featured in this space. Burning Man is a contemporary example of a counterculture movement that occurs for one week, once a year, where people create a new “city” in the middle of the desert to escape reality for a week by creating their own collective society of anarchy, art, music and togetherness. 1st entur Suture Sculptures by modern artist, Dan Lam, will be featured in this space, intending to provide the audience with a new means of escape from reality. mmersie nstaation An installation be Peter Kogler will be featured in an entire room, covering the walls and floor, allowing viewers to be immersed in “another world”. 2 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Lookbook: Inspiration 16 March 2017 3 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Lookbook: Furniture 16 March 2017 4 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Lookbook: Lighting 16 March 2017 The primary function of lighting in the exhibit is to highlight the various objects. Certain spaces will require dim lighting in order to accommodate projections. In the entrance space, lighting is used to draw people through the hallway and out into the rest of the exhibit. In the music room, for example, the lighting will be used to create ambience, enhancing the visitor’s experience of the music. 5 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Object List 16 March 2017 01 02 03 04 05 06 Horst Faas Philip Jones G rifith Hugh Van Es PastCentur y Tube Harvey Richards Marc Ribou d Vietnam, 1965 Battle for Saigon, 1968 Wounded U.S. Soldier in The Most Terrible War In Protestors in San Fr ancisco, Protestor, 1967 Photograph Photograph Vietnam Indochina CA, 1967 Photograph 24x36” 24x36” Photograph Documantar y Clip Photograph 24x36” 24x36” 1h 46m 24x36” 07 08 09 10 11 12 Harvey Richard s Unknown Charles Moore Spider Mar tin Don Hogan Char les Unknown Vietnam War Protest March , Protest at the P entagon, African American people being Marching with MLK, 1965 U.S. Troops intervien dur ing “I Have A Dream” speech San Francisco, 1967 1967 sprayed with a fire hose Photograph Civil Rights protests, 1967 Video clip Photograph Film footage Photograph 24x36” Photograph 17m 29s 24x36” 14m 32s 24x36” 24x36” 6 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Object List 16 March 2017 13 14 15 16 17 18 Unknonw Ken Kesey Paul Foster Ted Streshinsky Lisa Law Allen Ginsberg Liquid Light Show Further “Can You Pass The Acid Test?” Print Of A Merry Prankster Print Of The Further Bus Print Of Merry Pranksters Oil, Various Colored Dyes, Painted School Bus Poster Photograph Photograph Photograph Water 20 X 5’ 17x22” 8x10” 8x10” 13x19” No Size 19 20 21 22 23 24 David Gahr Ted Streshinsky Gene Anthony Wes Wilson Allison Ellwood And Alex Ken Kesey Print Of Ken Kesey In The Print Of Further Print Of Further Poster For The Acid Trip Gibney Interview Further Photograph Photograph 13x19” Magic Trip Audio Photograph 10x8” 8x10” Film 7m 26s 8x10” 1h 30m 7 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Object List 16 March 2017 25 26 27 28 29 30 Ant Farm Unknown Unknown Unknown Antfarm Antfarm Inflatocookbook Untitled Clean Air Pod (1970) Untitled Inflatocookbook Inflatables Pamphlet Photograph Photograph Photograph Pamphlet Pamphlet 8.5 x 11” 8 X 10” 8 X 10” 8 X 10” 8.5 X 11” 8.5 X 11” 31 32 33 34 35 36 Ant Farm Inflatable Dennis Stock Clark Richer t Clark Richer t Unknown Buckminster Fuller To Be Made Drop City Artists Commune Drop City P anorama In Theater Dome With Drop City, Colorado, Usa Geodesic Dome Plastic Sheets, pump (1969) Photograph “Ultimate P ainting” (1966) Photograph (To Be Constr ucted) 20x24’ Photograph 6 X 13” Photograph 8 X 10” Steel, Aluminum 8 X 10” 6 X 13” 24’ X 12’ 8 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Object List 16 March 2017 37 38 39 40 41 42 Unknown Joan Grossman Gene Ber nofsky, Joann Vintage 1960 ’s Teisco ET-??? Vintage 1959 Fender Vintage 1965 Fender Duo-Sonic Drop City Drop City Bernofsky, Richard Kallweit & Electric Guitar MusicMaker Electr ic Guitar Electric Guitar Photograph Documentary Clark Richert 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 8 X 10” 1h22m Drop City Photograph 10” X 8” 43 44 45 46 47 48 Vintage 1960’ s Domino Vintage 1960’ s Domino Spar tan Vintage 1960’ s Norma Electr ic Vintage 1960 ’s Teisco EP7T Vintage 1960 ’s Welson Concord Vintage 1960 ’s Victoria Electric Californian Electr ic Guitar Electric Guitar Guitar Electric Guitar Electric Guitar Guitar 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 9 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa Lager Object List 16 March 2017 49 50 51 52 53 54 Vintage 1960 ’s Tradition Zenon Tycobrahe Parapedal Vox Clyde McC oy 1966 Dallas Rangemaster 1976-’77 Tycobrahe 1976-’77 Tycobrahe Electric Guitar (Octavia) Wah-Wah Pedal Treble Booster Pedalflanger Octavia 14”x21”x1 3/4 ” 3x4.5” 3.5x9” 6.5x4x5” 3x9” 3x9” 55 56 57 Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face Late-’60s/ea rly-’70s Univ ox ’77 Mu-Tron Flanger 5.5” Diameter Uni-Vibe 7x11” 10x5.5” 10 FAR OUT Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Exhibition Overview Shannen Hulley & Melissa
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