The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

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The Kinks, Dead End Street, 1966 / Ray Davies
Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues, 1967 – 68. / D.A. Pennebaker.
The Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever, 1967. / Peter Goldman
The Doors, Break on Through, 1967 / Ray Manzarek
Procol Harum, A White Sade of Pale, 1967 / Peter Clifton                                           
Pink Floyd, Arnold Layne, 1967 / Derek Nice
Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg, Comic Strip, 1967 / Eddy Matalon, F. Reichenbach
Led Zeppelin, Communication Breakdown, 1969.
David Bowie, Space Oddity, 1969 / Malcolm J. Thomson                                                              
John Lennon, Imagine, 1971 / John Lennon & Yoko
Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, 1975 / Bruce Gowers
The Residents, The Third Reich of R & R, 1976 / The Residents             
The Sex Pistols, Anarchy in the Uk, 1977-79 / Julien Temple
Marianne Faithful, Broken English, 1979 / Derek Jarman
The Buggles, Video Killed the Radio Star, 1979 / Russel Mulcahy
David Bowie, Ashes to Ashes, 1980 / David Mallet
The Residents, One Minute Movies, 1980 / The Residents

Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes

The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

The Artists’ Music Video (1966 – 2012)

The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

The Music Video before MTV (1966 – 1980)

MTV and the Golden Age of Music Videos (1981 – 1984)

MTV and the Golden Age of Music Videos (1981 – 1984)

Gender Identity (1985 – 1990)

Gender Identity (1985 – 1990)

The Director’s Music Video (1991 – 1998)

The Director’s Music Video (1991 – 1998)

Recent Music Videos (2000 – 2012)

Recent Music Videos (2000 – 2012)

Dancing on Architecture

Dancing on Architecture

I think it was Frank Zappa – though others claim it was Laurie Anderson – who said in an interview that ‘writing on music is much like dancing on architecture’. 

Soothsayer Serenades I Two-handed by Kübra Uzun

Soothsayer Serenades I Two-handed by Kübra Uzun

Today we are thrilled to present the first playlist of Amrita Hepi’s Soothsayer Serenades series as part of the Notes for Tomorrow exhibition. The playlist titled Two-handed is presented by Kübra Uzun on Pera Museum’s Spotify account.

Introducing… Turkish coffee!

Introducing… Turkish coffee!

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Pera Museum invites artist Benoît Hamet to reinterpret key pieces from its collections, casting a humourous eye over ‘historical’ events, both imagined and factual.