Isolar
Poster Magazine
1976 (designed)
1976 (designed)
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This newsprint programme was designed by David Bowie for his 1976 world tour, Isolar, also known as 'The Thin White Duke' tour or 'Station to Station' tour. It features many photographs taken in the preceding months, from the recording of Station to Station and the filming of Nic Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth. The tour started in Vancouver at the beginning of February 1976, taking in North America, arriving in Europe in April 1976, and finishing in Paris on 18 May 1976.
The performances began with a projected sequence from Buñuel and Dali's 1928 film Un Chien Andalou, depicting a razor blade cutting into an eyeball. The stage set incorporated banks of fluorescent white light set against black backdrops, creating a stark spectacle on a stage largely devoid of props or other visual distractions.
The performances began with a projected sequence from Buñuel and Dali's 1928 film Un Chien Andalou, depicting a razor blade cutting into an eyeball. The stage set incorporated banks of fluorescent white light set against black backdrops, creating a stark spectacle on a stage largely devoid of props or other visual distractions.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 6 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | Isolar (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithography on newsprint |
| Brief description | 'Isolar' poster magazine, produced as the programme of the 1976 David Bowie Isolar tour. Newsprint. |
| Physical description | Folded newsprint programme, in two parts, featuring several pages of colour photographs of David Bowie. |
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| Credit line | Given by Geoffrey Simm |
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| Summary | This newsprint programme was designed by David Bowie for his 1976 world tour, Isolar, also known as 'The Thin White Duke' tour or 'Station to Station' tour. It features many photographs taken in the preceding months, from the recording of Station to Station and the filming of Nic Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth. The tour started in Vancouver at the beginning of February 1976, taking in North America, arriving in Europe in April 1976, and finishing in Paris on 18 May 1976. The performances began with a projected sequence from Buñuel and Dali's 1928 film Un Chien Andalou, depicting a razor blade cutting into an eyeball. The stage set incorporated banks of fluorescent white light set against black backdrops, creating a stark spectacle on a stage largely devoid of props or other visual distractions. |
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| Accession number | S.1101:1 to 2-2010 |
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| Record created | June 21, 2010 |
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