Perhaps somewhere in the liminal spaces between Word on a Wing, Loving the Alien, Bowie’s Lets Dance film clip shot in Aboriginal Australia and Heathen lies Gurrumul, the Blind Seer.
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“Crashing Out with Sylvian : David Bowie, Carl Jung and the Unconscious” by Tanja Stark
Artist Tanja Stark explores the Jungian concepts woven throughout Bowie’s tableau of creativity and his synthesis of mythopoeic themes with the zeitgeist of pop culture. Together with a palpable struggle for meaning, catharsis and knowledge, Stark suggests Bowie is a poignant representation of Jung’s ‘visionary artist’, potentially illuminating his deep resonance in popular cultural consciousness.
Confronting Bowie’s Mysterious Corpses
“Confront a corpse at least once” Bowie implored, “…the absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have” (Esquire 2004). His words accompanied a haunting photographic recreation by Steven Klein of Michelangelo’s Pieta in a prison cell, a strange androgynous figure draped like the lifeless body of Christ across Bowie’s lapContinueContinue reading “Confronting Bowie’s Mysterious Corpses”
Artist in Residence & Curator Tanja Stark : Because You’re Young: The Pop Ephemera of a Teenage Bowie Fan – the Abrahamson collection
Artist in Residence Tanja Stark curates an exhibition of pop culture ephemera at a Irish Symposium from Emily Abrahamson collection, reflecting the young Irish Bowie fan’s journey. It showcases Bowie’s impact on youth culture in the 70s, through vivid critiques of concerts and personal anecdotes, illustrating how his music shaped identities and creative expression across generations.
Isabelle’s Picnic : 1940’s Post War Brisbane
The content describes a beautifully arranged yet spontaneous photo taken in the 1940s in Brisbane, depicting the author’s grandparents, Isabelle and John, along with their friends enjoying a picnic. The image captures a moment of camaraderie and nostalgia from that era.