The UK can’t seem to get enough of David Bowie. “David Bowie Is,” an exhibition about the late pop icon’s life, music, videos, and art, was organized by the V&A in London, where it opened in 2013 and proceeded to tour the world for five years. The V&A also recently opened the David Bowie Centre, a permanent installation of objects drawn from the musician’s 90,000-item archives, housed in the museum’s new storage facility in East London.
Now comes “David Bowie: You’re Not Alone,” will open on April 22 at Lightroom, a venue for immersive exhibitions near London’s Kings Cross Station.
“You’re Not Alone” is organized by Mark Grimmer, the creative director of “David Bowie Is.” The immersive experience will feature performance footage, interviews, film clips, drawings, and other visual materials projected onto Lightroom’s nearly 40-foot-tall walls and floor.
Grimmer also produced Lightroom’s inaugural exhibition in 2023, “David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away),” featuring projections of the English artist’s photography, collages, iPad drawings, and paintings.
One of the most anticipated elements of “You’re Not Alone” is recovered footage of Bowie performing the song “Heroes” at Earl’s Court in London in 1978. According to the Guardian, Grimmer and his collaborators discovered previously unseen camera angles of the performance in Bowie’s archives. “It’s a holy grail,” Grimmer told the Guardian. “Fans haven’t seen it before. The quality of the material is amazing and he was absolutely at the height of his powers. We just had to get out of the way and let the performance speak for itself.”
“You’re Not Alone” is expected to last an hour, and admission is about $34 for adults. Tickets are currently on sale through June 28, with more dates to be released.
