It's glorious, fascinating and very unique to the eye. Dude is something special, but you'll need to keep up with him. Plus, he's walked the walk and has claimed to have tripped thousands of times, a feat which you'll 1000% believe after spending some time with him. A one-time producer and enormous advocate of the positive effects LSD (shocking, I know) he's actually evaded serious trouble with the law (he cops to having 'a great, and busy, lawyer') several times over the last few years. A colorful character, to say the least, he's exactly what I wanted to experience from a guy who's been collecting acid tabs for decades and making trippy art out of them.Ī real warm gentleman, with an infectious laugh and wild stories for ages, Mark is a guy who's hung out with the likes of Timothy Leary, Abbie Hoffman and almost every radical from the day. Also, this is the part where you meet the legendary Mark, which is where the trip really starts. The inside is an incredible time capsule of all things gnarly from the decade and everywhere you look is a reminder that one lick in the wrong place will send you to wacky town. If you're lucky enough to connect with Mark for a visit, ring the doorbell and prepare yourself to party like it's 1974 all over again. The un-adventurous need not apply in these parts.

And prepare to spend some time with him IRL. This isn't a public museum by any means, it's simply one man's decades-old collection of drugs, displayed all over the first floor of his home. There's no sign, no proper entrance, no ticket taker and no regular hours. So much LSD.īut before you take the trip, I must disclaim that this is one of those 'hidden + close encounters' kind of excursions. Tech bros? A founder? The next great world-saving app? Na, herein lies a true artist.and lots and lots of LSD. Passerbys, lattes in hand en route to barking pier seals or the 'Full House' experience, have no idea what lies behind these walls. But that sordid message certainly didn't reach Mark McCloud and his glorious art collection of 30k hits of acid.Īnd it all lies here, at 3466 20th St, in a decrepit Victorian mansion in SF's Mission district. Amongst the bougie storefronts and housing boom, San Francisco is a town that's no doubt lost its freak flag in recent years.

Acid blotter art