DAVID BOWIE IS...
Hey locals - any interest in checking out the documentary about the Bowie exhibit? It's playing one night only at the Angelika on Nov. 20; there are just a few other screenings in NYC, but I'm sentimental about that venue.
I'm quite curious about the doc itself, even if it turns out to be little more than a walk-through: if there had been one about the Alexander McQueen exhibit from a few years ago, for example, I would have seen it just to get a more relaxed guided tour (the crowds at the Met were INSANE even with timed tickets, so it was impossible not to feel (c)rushed on the site itself). But instead of just a doc about Bowie, narratively framed by the QUITE an amazing-looking immersive collection, I'm hoping for some insight into the process of putting the exhibit together - not so much provenance (I believe most of it came from Bowie's archivist, and wow, talk about investment in one's own legacy), but the contextualization. Contemporary figures rarely get to be the object of this kind of display; I'm fascinated by the idea of a pop artist, who has been working all his life on the creation/presentation of his public image as a participant in celebrity culture, being defined here within the framework of art/history intersection. (He was pleased with the exhibit, btw, so presumably the show itself is a continuation of Bowie's self-approved image.)
Finally: as of now, the exhibit will not be coming here (which is omg so weird, said the spoiled New Yorker). So I'll take what I can get! Let me know if you're coming too.
I'm quite curious about the doc itself, even if it turns out to be little more than a walk-through: if there had been one about the Alexander McQueen exhibit from a few years ago, for example, I would have seen it just to get a more relaxed guided tour (the crowds at the Met were INSANE even with timed tickets, so it was impossible not to feel (c)rushed on the site itself). But instead of just a doc about Bowie, narratively framed by the QUITE an amazing-looking immersive collection, I'm hoping for some insight into the process of putting the exhibit together - not so much provenance (I believe most of it came from Bowie's archivist, and wow, talk about investment in one's own legacy), but the contextualization. Contemporary figures rarely get to be the object of this kind of display; I'm fascinated by the idea of a pop artist, who has been working all his life on the creation/presentation of his public image as a participant in celebrity culture, being defined here within the framework of art/history intersection. (He was pleased with the exhibit, btw, so presumably the show itself is a continuation of Bowie's self-approved image.)
Finally: as of now, the exhibit will not be coming here (which is omg so weird, said the spoiled New Yorker). So I'll take what I can get! Let me know if you're coming too.