“How do we make sense of the various characters, stories, cultural echoes and cross-references in the work of David Bowie?” Professor Will Brooker delivers his Keynote presentation at ‘The Stardom and Celebrity of David Bowie’ symposium held at ACMI in July 2015 during the ‘David Bowie is’ exhibition. How can we map the relationship between the identities he adopts within songs, albums and performances, and where does the real life of David Jones figure in this network? This talk begins to sketch a ‘Bowie Matrix’ of chronology and connections, drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of the chronotope to track the recurring themes and call-backs in Bowie’s lyrics from the 1960s to the 2010s.
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B2003103
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English
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Mediatheque - not for children (ACMI classified)
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Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Exhibitions
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Music & Performing Arts → Music - 20th century
Music & Performing Arts → Music - 20th century - Philosophy and aesthetics
Music & Performing Arts → Music appreciation
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Sound
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Colour
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MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation