The end of an era (continued):

If anyone needs a stronger demonstration of the fact that the irrational exuberance that created Bernie Madoff, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the Gaza conflict, the palpable crescendo of the decline of the culture of the West and the election of a naive man-child to the U.S. presidency are all the same, single phenomenon, consider what has happened to London's Royal Academy.

Rachel Williams, who owns the Vilma Gold Gallery in London, is a friend of mine. Mark Titchner is a very good artist with a significant "dark side" to his work. This is the announcement from the gallery:

Mark Titchner: Psychosomatic Acid Test, Royal Academy, Friday 9 January 8pm

MARK TITCHNER
presents
PSYCHOSOMATIC ACID TEST
9th January 2008, from 8pm
Royal Academy of Arts. Entrance at 6 Burlington Gardens, London, W1S 3EX

An evening exploring and celebrating Psychedelia and Psychedelics with…

Performance!

Evel Gazebo perform Hawkwind’s seminal 1973 live album “Space Ritual”.

Jonny Woo performs Mark Titchner's "FEEL BETTER NOW! (Apathy and the
New Sincerity)” 2008.

Talks!

Francesca Gavin “The Super Mario Bros Shamanic Neon Rave Talk”.
(The new wave of contemporary psychedelic art).

Arran Frood “Pressed for Opinion: a very brief history of psychedelics and the mainstream media”.

Peter May “The Entheogenic treatment of Cluster Headache: a brief outline of the potential efficacy of medicinal entheogens in a neurological syndrome often labeled ‘Suicide Headache’”.

Andrew Osborne “The Ethico-Aesthetic Object: The Tribal Assemblage and Space Rock”.

Plus!!
Music from DJ Laurie and a selection of artist’s video works and Psyche film ephemera!

TICKETS £6 (£5 Concessions) including exhibition entry.

As part of his Residency at the Royal Academy from the 3rd to the 9th of January, Mark Titchner also presents a selection of artists video works featuring

James Balmforth
‘The Consumptive Sublime’, 2008

Annabelle Craven Jones
‘From a question on leaving’, 2007

Stephen Dunne
‘Schizo Epiphanies’, 2009

Nicole Miller
‘The Conductor’, 2008

Jos Richardson/Tom Lovell
‘Voice/Off’, 2008

Mark Titchner
‘Ivy met Mike’, 2007

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