[ecrea] CFP: Exhibition-Conference on The Stardom and Celebrity of David Bowie 1965‹2015

 CFP: Exhibition-Conference on The Stardom and Celebrity of David Bowie 
1965—2015



I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a 
superman. I'm living on.



Coming to Australia in 2015, ACMI presents David Bowie Is, the acclaimed 
global exhibition from the Victoria and Albert Museum. As part of this 
ground-breaking multi-media experience will be the conference, The 
Stardom and Celebrity of David Bowie 1965—2015, reflecting upon his 
cultural and artistic significance through the most important frames.



The conference will be held at the ACMI in Melbourne on the 17th and 
18th July 2015 and will include talks and presentations in the 
exhibition space.



For exhibition details see: https://www.acmi.net.au//bowie



David Bowie’s cultural and artistic currency is presently at an all time 
high with his first album in almost a decade, The Next Day (2013), 
reviewed as one of the greatest rock comebacks ever (Gill, 2013); the 
release of a series of portentous music videos that recall and reflect 
upon his artistic career; the record-breaking David Bowie Is global 
exhibition tour, and; the recently released ‘Sue (Or In A Season Of 
Crime)’ from his forthcoming compilation album spanning 50 years of 
recorded work on Nothing Has Changed (November, 2014).



Against this energetic background, the conveners regard this to be a 
perfect moment to consider and reflect upon the cultural and artistic 
significance of and on ‘David Bowie’ in rock, pop, film, art, fashion 
and performance.



For this special ACMI sponsored conference, we are seeking academic 
abstracts of 250 words (for papers that will be 20 minutes in duration), 
or similar length proposals for performances or creative expressions 
that assess Bowie in relation to his music, performativity, and 
identity. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:



Stream 1: Fashion

• Shoes

• Costume

• Body

• Style

• Hair

• Make-up

• Skin

• Eyes



Stream 2: Creativity/Performitivity

• Art/ist

• Act/or

• Video

• Film

• Photography

• Theatre

• Lyrics

• Music

• Spectacle

• Parody

• Desire

• Alter egos

?

Stream 3: Transgression

• Religion

• Gnosticism

• Ageing

• Death

• Sexuality

• Androgyny

• Scandal

• Madness

• Drugs



Stream 4: Covers and Collaborations

• Invent

• Appropriate

• Recycle

• Mash-up



Stream 5: Selling ‘David Bowie’

• Commercial ventures

• Adverts

• Selling out

• Corporate image

• Cultural, media memory

• Fandom



The Deadline for abstracts or proposals is 1st February 2015, with 
decisions made by the 1st March 2015.


Expression of interest enquiries can be made anytime up to the 1st of 
February, to Angela Ndalianis at (angelan /at/ unimelb.edu.au), Sean Redmond at 
(s.redmond /at/ deakin.edu.au) and Toija Cinque at (Toija.Cinque /at/ deakin.edu.au)  
(abstracts should be sent to these email addresses also)



All the best,

Angela, Sean, and Toija

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