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Entering the Fifth Dimension: modular modernities, psychedelic sensibilities, and the architectures of lived experience

Transactions March 24, 2021 Luke Dickens, T. Edensor

In this paper, we elaborate on the Fifth Dimension, an extraordinary, largely over-looked architectural example of 1960s psychedelia that was installed in a small Scottish resort town. Made up of 17 domed chambers, each designed to stimulate psychedelic sensory experiences for its intrepid visitors, the Fifth Dimension was the creation of London ‐ based environmental artist Keith Albarn using...