Thursday 8 September 2016

Victoria and Albert Museum - Opening this weekend: You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970

Victoria and Albert Museum
YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? RECORDS AND REBELS 1966-1970
Opens 10 September 2016
In partnership with Levi's®
Sound experience by Sennheiser
The wait is over! Attitude. Politics. Art. Fashion. Sex. Music. "Retina-searing, tripped-out aesthetics" (G2). Come on a musical odyssey through the seismic 60s and discover the decade that rocked the world! Opening this Saturday 10 September, be among the first to see this landmark show and stay on into the evening with our special late opening.
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Members' Preview Day
Friday 9 September,
10.00  22.00 (Last entry 21.00)

Members' Curator Talk, 15.00 – 16.00  

Exclusive Members-only morning views
Selected weekends
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With additional support from Grow Annenberg Foundation, Fenwick and Sassoon. 
  
MARK GATISS IN CONVERSATION
Monday 12 September,
19.00 – 20.45


Join writer, actor, producer Mark Gatiss, co-creator of Sherlock, for a discussion of his wide-ranging career, including his role in the upcoming revival of the groundbreaking play The Boys in the Band, which originally premiered in 1968. Read more and book

Includes wine reception

 LEVI'S® AND THE EVOLUTION OF YOUTH CULTURE
Friday 9 September,
19.00 – 20.45


Join Tracey Panek, Company Historian and guardian of the Levi Strauss & Co archives for an exploration of how fashion and youth identity merged in the middle of the last century, evolving through the decades yet always remaining a symbol of identity for counter-cultures. Read more and book

Includes wine reception
 ANDREW LOGAN'S ARTISTIC ADVENTURE
Friday 16 September,
19.00 – 20.00

Andrew Logan is one of Britain's principal sculptors, who challenges convention, mixes media and plays with our artistic values. Join him for an exploration and discussion of his philosophy: “Art can be discovered anywhere.”
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CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING ON 
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

Monday 24 October, 19.00  20.45

In 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odysseybrought viewers a vision of the future informed and shaped by the revolutionary changes of the era. For design of his science fiction epic, Kubric chose a man who had no experience of film design – NASA illustrator Harry Lange. Join Christopher Frayling for a look at the key designs for this ground-breaking film, based on exclusive access to the designer’s archive. Read more and book
Includes wine reception
 GLASTONBURY: LAND AND LEGEND
10 September 2016 – 26 February 2017
An immersive film and sound installation about the Glastonbury Festival through time, space and people. Showcasing footage captured onsite in the idyllic Somerset countryside at Worthy Farm in 2014, the installation deconstructs the festival tapestry to create an epic kaleidoscope of experiences, intimate and spectacular. From hard work to revelry, sunrise to sunset, spring to winter, mud to green fields, the seen to the unseen. Read more

Free, drop-in

COMPETITION: WIN THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO SAN FRANCISCO
To celebrate You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970 we’re giving you the chance to win a trip of a life time for you and a friend to San Francisco to retrace the steps of the hippy revolution and discover where flower power was born! Prize includes return flights to San Francisco from the UK; a five-night stay at the Argonaut Hotel, courtesy of Kuoni; an additional two-night stay at Clift San Francisco; a visit to the Levi’s® Archives in the HQ, $501 to spend in the Levi’s® store and pairs of Sennheiser MOMENTUM wireless headphones to provide the musical soundtrack to your trip. Find out more  
 
LEVI'S®
Levi’s® are proud partners of You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970 as a brand that has been synonymous with youth culture since it’s explosion in the late 1960s, continually evolving to remain inextricably linked to today’s most important cultural movements.
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 SENNHEISER
Audio specialist Sennheiser brings its AMBEO 3D audio technology to this exhibition, immersing visitors in the world of Woodstock – and making them feel a part of this pivotal moment in popular music history. Read more

SHOP YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? RECORDS AND REBELS 1966-1970
Shop an exciting selection of products inspired by our autumn exhibition You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970, including fashion, music and prints. The range includes signed reproductions of posters featured in the exhibition, exclusive Levi’s® 505c jeans and headphones by Sennheiser. Shop now
  
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