DESCRIPTION: Colorful psychedelic poster advertising "Edison's Birthday" and a "13 Day Light Feast," February 11-23 [1969] , at Light Sound Dimension, 1572 California Street near Polk, San Francisco. The program promises two different improvised concerts nightly, with Fred Marshall, Jerry Granelli, Noel Jewkes, Bill Ham, Bob Fine, and Bev Bivens Marshall appearing "alive and writhing behind the giant screen."
The design combines blue, yellow, magenta, and black in a large cartoon image of an open mouth biting into an electric light bulb. A speech balloon carries critic Phil Elwood's endorsement, "Still the Best Light Show," followed by "Chomp!" Flowing lettering and densely patterned colors reinforce the advertised combination of projected light and improvised music. A stream-of-consciousness passage across the lower margin describes the audience's sensory experience in a darkened room.
Admission is listed at $2 general, $1.50 for students, and $1 on Mondays. An example of San Francisco's psychedelic performance advertising, promoting an immersive light-and-sound presentation with the visual language of underground comics.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1969
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: N/A
CONDITION: Very good.
No issues.
COLORING: Process color.
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SIZE:
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ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 87
PRICE: $1300
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