As the 10th anniversary of David Bowie’s death comes early next year, more than a few fans will take the pilgrimage to heart to mark this opportunity. Perhaps with that very time frame in mind, the V&A East Storehouse in London has just opened David Bowie Center. The new institution, run by the Victoria and Albert Museum, where Bowie has left an archive of approximately 90,000 property, will display hundreds of artifacts at a time, making their range available upon request to visitors. For what is exactly there, Jessica Museum Guide will do a brief survey of the Boweana currently on display The above video.
Some of the highlight objects like Bowie wore in his video “Life on Mars?” And then “Let’s dance” or the crystal ball he held high as the jare of the goblin king labyrinthIt may be recognisable to casual Bowie viewers. Long-term fans will certainly recognize the exotic yet elegant Yamamoto-designed costumes, like the Union Jack Flock, designed by Alexander McQueen, as well as visually defined figures like Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. Earth ringand perhaps even the metal angel wings that Bowie reached stage during a tour of the very ambitious but highly derived glass spider in the late 1980s.
As it gets deeper, there is also Stylophonesomething like a toy electronic instrument from the late ’60s, which Bowie used in “Space Oddity” (and had to buy it back on eBay). A much more professional grade EMS suitcase synthesizer given to him by Brian Eno. He used it on the Berlin Trilogy album he created together. The personal deck of oblique strategies, co-created by Eno, shows signs of intensive use in Bowie’s own creative process. His communication with Let’s dance Producer Nile Rogers (curator of the current exhibition at Bowie Center) about his second album Black tie white noise; and materials Omicron: The soul of the nomadsa computer game where he offered music and digital performances in the late 90s.
The collection that Bowie donated to V&A has already been carefully organized and cataloged. This shows a rare meticulous approach to rock stars. It appears that Bowie has always had one eye in the past. Of course, it belongs to him, but even in the more distant times, there is a wealth of aesthetics that have been abolished to revive and create their own. He was maintaining his future, especially as the internet had grown into a cultural force. The David Bowie Center has personal notes on the subject. This includes references to Bowienet, an internet service provider that he founded during the turn of the Millennium. Of course, Bowienet has been gone for a long time, but Bowie’s legacy lasts longer than all of us, especially as it has been institutionally enriched and become so accessible to the public.
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