Subject To Change

Presentation

David Bowie was a pioneer in integrating multiple disciplines into his performances. He opened new pathways for self-expression, inspiring generations of artists to experiment with identity, embrace differences, and explore the unconventional.

For Bowie, transgression was key – everything that moved outside the boundaries of culture became his inspiration. He had a remarkable ability to read the signs of the times, absorbing influences and trends without losing his essence, and connecting with different generations. He understood that change was a decisive factor in staying relevant – before the media could digest his last public persona, he was already crafting the next one. David Bowie taught us to never settle, to always seek the extraordinary.
Bowie masterfully blended pop, fashion, literature, film, painting, dance and video to create a monumental, labyrinthine body of work without parallel. No other pop artist has embraced as much as he did, and possibly no other artist ever will. David Bowie practised a form of artistic reincarnation. Throughout his career, he created a succession of personas – Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, the Thin White Duke, the soul singer, the minimalist of the Berlin years – and destroyed each one so that the next could be born. Each persona carried its own music: a distinct sonic character, a specific relationship between voice, body and identity. And when that persona died, its music died with it – only to be reborn in a different form.
Subject to Change is a work by Marcos Morau which blends Bowie’s music with contemporary dance. It is about that cycle of reincarnation. Not about Bowie the person. Not about the personas as characters. About the phenomenon itself; the act of dying and being reborn, again and again, as a way of remaining alive.

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