Bowie’s hidden worlds revealed

From the glittery “Ziggy Stardust” suits and the handwritten song lyrics in letters and notes for an unfinished music, a new archive of David Bowie’s life and career is to open its doors to the public in London.

Since Saturday, fans and researchers interested in the latest British music legend will be able to access about 90,000 appointments at David Bowie Center at the V&A East Storehouse in East London.

He was welcomed as a “chameleon” of rock music to constantly discover his artistic face, Bowie limited the worlds of music, fashion, drama and art, leaving behind an extensive collection of objects from a five -decades career.

He died of cancer in 2016 aged 69, just two days after the release of his final album, “Blackstar”. Curators said the archive includes 70,000 photos, 400 costumes, 150 musical instruments and personal notebooks. A special appearance of 200 elements also explores Bowie’s creativity.

“We also have shows this chart of Bowie’s evolution as a multidimensional creative and we are talking about his constant influence on popular culture and how artists like Bowie transform creative practice and have the power to change our worlds,” the Madeleine Haddon driver in Reuters, “

The archive also includes ideas Bowie was written in notes after IT, found in his office in New York after his death, for a possible 18th -century musical as “The Spectator”, that he was working towards the end of his life.

Ideas for the musician come from elements of the time, including the painter William Hogarth and London’s thief Jack Sheppard. “We can only think about what the final idea of ​​this project had,” said Harriet Reed, a curator of modern performance at the V&A Museum.

“It’s a really fascinating look at how Bowie worked as an artist, but (also) as a man,” Reed said of the archive. “Can be used as inspiration for anyone.”