
Bertrand Goldberg with Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner in Chicago, 1965
12/08/11 • 13 min
In this 1965 rare recording, Bertrand Goldberg leads psychologists Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner on a tour of the recently completed Marina City and the Raymond Hilliard Center construction site. Famous for their research into various forms of psychedelic experience, Leary and Metzner discuss the layers of symbolism and social program in Goldberg's buildings.
Clip 1: Marina City: “Adjusting your consciousness and your furniture to this kind of space”
Clip 2: Tour of Marina City Apartments
Clip 3: Raymond Hilliard Center: Integration through Design
Clip 4: Psychedelic Art
The Art Institute of Chicago, Archive of Bertrand Goldberg, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, 2002.3
File Length: 13m 42s
In this 1965 rare recording, Bertrand Goldberg leads psychologists Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner on a tour of the recently completed Marina City and the Raymond Hilliard Center construction site. Famous for their research into various forms of psychedelic experience, Leary and Metzner discuss the layers of symbolism and social program in Goldberg's buildings.
Clip 1: Marina City: “Adjusting your consciousness and your furniture to this kind of space”
Clip 2: Tour of Marina City Apartments
Clip 3: Raymond Hilliard Center: Integration through Design
Clip 4: Psychedelic Art
The Art Institute of Chicago, Archive of Bertrand Goldberg, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, 2002.3
File Length: 13m 42s
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