Exploring Legendary Memories from David Bowie's Career
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Artists and fans together recall on the lasting influence of David Bowie through intimate stories and valued memorabilia.
The Drum'n'Bass Pioneer
He proved to be among the truly motivating personalities I have ever spent time with. He showed up at the exclusive event in London, where he was able to stay unnoticed. During sessions, he used to vocalize through a thick veil of tobacco fumes resembling a creature emerging. On other occasions went to listen to drum'n'bass together. His philosophy was that of an visionary – he desired to absorb himself in all forms as he understood ideas may come from any source. One memorable statement he mentioned referenced the great artist: “When you blow the dust on a slab of rock, the figure exists within.” That concept remained with me ever since.
It would be wonderful if the archive contains a few his interviews, notably ones in which he talked about electronic music, digital technology, and the impending saturation of content availability. No one at the time foresaw the change the way Bowie managed to. He phrased this new reality with the words: Approach this tool like a velvet claw. It’s extremely soft and emotional to the touch, but it has the power to cut you like a knife.”
The Singer-Songwriter
Visiting museum-library collections sits as one of my peak experiences. I had pictured the poet as deep in thought, mourning, or enraptured. But at the her home, I encountered her favorite simple garment: an item meant for chores or preparing. Regardless of the many impactful verses written on paper, that clothing showed that she was a thin-boned slender of a woman, even smaller than me. I have a feeling that the garments designed by the stylist would provide me a comparable insight about Bowie.
As a 14-year-old kid growing up in the countryside of New York State, someone gave me a copy of the iconic album. The music delivered me completely to an alternate dimension. On the back cover, Bowie sported a textured suit with a geometric pattern, a tight fitted jacket unzipped to the waist and coordinating trousers. He was ethereal, confident, dangerously hip, ambiguous, daring. Burretti’s remarkable costumes during the Ziggy era perfected the artist's gender-bending glitter god identity. Were I unable to experience the full collection, my pick would be some time by myself with this seminal outfit that played such an formative part in my teenage self-discovery.
The Admirer
As a teenager, I stumbled upon The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust in an old closet. This is among the few items I have of my dad’s – a man I never knew but at least connects us through a love in music. In my view, that outfit represents partnership, confidence and bravery. A discussion in a London club alongside the fashion visionary gave birth to an fluid otherworldly character, the first of Bowie’s iconic roles as part of a type of time lord. Bowie’s fusion of music, style and art felt so beguiling and enduring that his death almost felt like another metamorphosis. I’d love to examine with this costume to understand the magic behind it, how it started and what it would lead to.
The Artist
During the time we were neighbors across from each other in New York he would sometimes call up and say: Hi, do you wanna come over and play guitar or piano on this song?” Once as I was leaving the apartment where he lived, going down a luxurious hallway filled with art, he called out: Just a moment – please take this” and presented me with his black fedora hat. When I rewatched him in the film The Hunger recently I realized: Look, that's the one!” For years, it went missing, I figured stolen by people I’d invite back to my apartment late when I was still indulging with substances.
Several years later afterward living in Los Angeles sorting through some boxes and I found the treasured item. It's a relief to recover it, but otherwise the Bowie artefact I’d most like seeing is an advertisement for a concert in Hamburg in 1978. Featured on it is a drawn self-portrait and below are albums: Low, “Heroes”, ChangesOneBowie and Space Oddity. In terms of a period, it's unmatched. I’d love to have the chance to travel back to 1978 and experience him live his music and one of his works, most beloved Bowie album.
Peter Murphy, Bauhaus
Initially I saw David in that attire was in a magazine piece announcing that he had returned to Britain, big news at the time. That show at Wembley was an remarkable experience. That era was a move from his decadent years and he was trying to change his life, which was reflected in the outfit: tailored, formal blouse and trousers, accessory, {slick hairdo|styled
