Quote:Salvador Dalí and Pink Floyd share a profound artistic connection, primarily explored through the 2018 completion of the animated short film Destino, which Dalí began collaborating on with Walt Disney in 1945.
Although the project was initially abandoned due to World War II and financial constraints, it was revived decades later, with the film finally premiering in 2003 and receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film.
The film's visual style, inspired by Dalí's surrealist vision and his obsession with the passage of time—evident in works like The Persistence of Memory—found a powerful new resonance when a YouTube user, BigDaddyAEL1964, added Pink Floyd’s song "Time" from the Dark Side of the Moon album as its soundtrack in 2018.
This pairing was hailed as a "stroke of genius" and perfectly complemented the film’s themes of time, mortality, and existential reflection.

The connection between Dalí and Pink Floyd extends beyond Destino. Both artists were deeply fascinated by the concept of time and the disintegration of matter, a theme that became prominent in Dalí’s work after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
This interest in atomic structure and the fluidity of time aligns with Pink Floyd’s experimental album Atom Heart Mother (1970), which also explores similar scientific and philosophical ideas.
Their artistic processes are described as resonating with each other, sharing an imaginary world defined by obsessive visions and virtuous techniques.

This synergy was further celebrated in the immersive exhibition Dalí, the endless enigma at the Atelier des Lumières in Paris, where Dalí’s artwork was projected across the walls of a former foundry, accompanied by Pink Floyd’s music, including tracks like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Another Brick in the Wall".
The exhibition highlighted Dalí’s influence across multiple mediums, from painting to fashion and jewelry, and underscored his lasting impact on contemporary art and culture.
In 2025, the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, continued to honor this legacy by hosting the immersive Dome Night: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon experience, offering a 360-degree sensory journey through the iconic album.