Isolar II
Poster Magazine
1978 (designed)
1978 (designed)
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This newsprint programme was designed by David Bowie for his 1978 world tour, Isolar II, also known as "The Low / Heroes World Tour" or "The Stage" tour. It features photographs taken in the preceding couple of years, featuring shots taken while recording Low and "Heroes" with Brian Eno, and The Idiot with Iggy Pop, as well as images from the film Just a Gigolo, with Kim Novak.
The Isolar II tour started 29 March 1978 in San Diego, travelled across North America to Germany in May, Australia in November and Japan in December. The fluorescent tube lighting of the 1976 tour was expanded to create a large cage of tube lighting, enclosing the stage and pulsating according to the speed of the song.
The Isolar II tour started 29 March 1978 in San Diego, travelled across North America to Germany in May, Australia in November and Japan in December. The fluorescent tube lighting of the 1976 tour was expanded to create a large cage of tube lighting, enclosing the stage and pulsating according to the speed of the song.
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 II |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithography on newsprint |
| Brief description | 'Isolar' poster magazine, produced as the programme of the 1978 David Bowie Isolar II 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 1978 world tour, Isolar II, also known as "The Low / Heroes World Tour" or "The Stage" tour. It features photographs taken in the preceding couple of years, featuring shots taken while recording Low and "Heroes" with Brian Eno, and The Idiot with Iggy Pop, as well as images from the film Just a Gigolo, with Kim Novak. The Isolar II tour started 29 March 1978 in San Diego, travelled across North America to Germany in May, Australia in November and Japan in December. The fluorescent tube lighting of the 1976 tour was expanded to create a large cage of tube lighting, enclosing the stage and pulsating according to the speed of the song. |
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| Accession number | S.1171:1 to 2-2010 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2010 |
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