Positioned within the Manhattan neighborhood of Soho the place the British singer lived, the multimedia expertise, entitled “Bowie 75,” will stay open freed from cost by way of January. The date of Bowie’s birthday, January 8, can be marked.
“That is meant to be a celebration of David, for David and for his followers,” Lawrence Peryer, the producer of “Bowie 75,” mentioned in an interview.
The exhibit of all issues Bowie, who died in 2016, contains gift-shop shows of Bowie-emblazoned and themed T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, posters, books and different paraphernalia.
Additionally of observe are a collection of multimedia shows that purpose to carry the icon again to life. Bowie may be heard opining on matters equivalent to the general public interpretation of paintings in phone messages you may hearken to in a duplicate of a K2 British phonebox seen on the album cowl of “Ziggy Stardust.”
One other immersive expertise permits guests to hearken to Bowie in a 360-surround soundspace.
Followers can even write digital messages at a station known as “Floor Management to Main Tom,” an allusion to the lyrics of the Bowie basic, “House Oddity.”
“David Bowie has saved my life and many individuals’s lives. He is my favourite particular person, my favourite artist, so he is made me love life,” mentioned New York singer/songwriter, Alessandra Mendez. “That is simply nice.”
An extra “Bowie 75” pop-up shop-and-exhibit can be out there in Bowie’s different main hang-out of London.
