I have contacted Jim Haynes to interview him about the Arts Lab and the Thirds. He was agreed with it ("Yes, you may interview me about the TEB, but I am afraid that I have very little to say. My memory of events in those far away days is extremely limited..."), but when I sent him some specific questions, he answered just this:
Barry Miles (left) and Jim Haynes in a recent photo.
"Luca, The Arts Lab was a product of its time.
I was young
and full of creative energy and believed that I could do anything. I wanted to
make a mixed-media centre that would be full of life. And I succeeded!
London
was the capital of the world in the mid-60s.
I don't remember how I met anyone
in the 60s; they just all came to the Arts Lab and I suddenly knew everyone. I
loved their concerts. They were magic. Often only candle light.
We closed the
Lab because I ran out of money and the landlord wanted his property back.
Sorry I do not remember more...
Sorry I do not remember more...
Jim"
Jim Haynes is a key-figure of the Sixties English (European) underground. Info and news about him at his personal Web site (http://www.jim-haynes.com/).
His autobiographical "Thanks for coming!", published in 1984 by Faber & Faber, is a funny reading, really important to understand the climax of that time...
no©2010 Luca Ferrari
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