The Philco Predicta, 1958 Wood Print

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My rendering of the Philco Predicta, a television made in several cabinet models in a 17” or 21” screen by the American company, Philco, from 1958-1960. The Predicta was marketed as the world's first swivel screen television. It was Initially introduced in 1958 for the Holiday Inn hotel chain and rolled out for general consumers shortly thereafter, the Predicta was discontinued in the early 1960s. In my rendering, a test pattern is shown on its screen, emblazoned with Dr. Timothy O'Leary's famous words: "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out!", a counterculture-era phrase popularized by Dr. Timothy Leary in 1966.

In 1967, Dr. O'Leary spoke at the Human Be-In, a gathering of 30,000 hippies in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and phrased the famous words, "Turn on, tune in, drop out". It was a culmination of his work in the area of so-called 'psychedelic' drugs, such as LSD, as a means to 'expand' one's consciousness in the suffocating and stifling conformity of the 50s; hence the v...

Walter O. Neal has shown his work throughout the Washington Metropolitan area, and is highly regarded for the unique, creative vision and artistic excellence he brings to his work. His artwork is in the respective collections of Howard University, the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, as well as various organizations and private collections in the U.S., and abroad. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Walter is founder and artistic director of AMKA Graphics Studios, which he founded in 1970, while a student at his alma mater, Howard University. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland. "My work, whether it is through painting, drawing, photography, graphic design, or digital art, is an expression of my mind's ordering and...

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