Segment from German Public Television network Das Erste program Brisant. Interviews with the creators of and behind-the-scenes footage from
UNBOUND: A ★Instaminiseries
(2016), an Instagram project based on David Bowie’s last studio album.
“Instagram announced that a mini-series inspired by David Bowie’s last album Blackstar will debut Feb. 24 on the platform. Starring Rookie founder Tavi Gevinson, Patricia Clarkson, and more, UNBOUND: A ★ InstaMiniSeries will span 16 episodes and will debut Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Bowie had agreed to the InstaMiniSeries before his death on Jan. 10,…
As previously reported, UNBOUND has been tapped for a screening at the Austin Arthouse Film Festival in Austin, TX, on October 20. Following on that we have learned that the series has been nominated for five prizes at the Festival: The Deren Award for Dreamiest Film is named for Maya Deren, a pioneering avant-garde filmmaker who also…
This auction is for a set of three books created as props for UNBOUND provided by the producers and writer of the series. These props are handmade and one-of-a-kind. One of the books for auction here was used on-screen in several of the episodes of UNBOUND as demonstrated in the photo included with this listing….
“David Bowie is dead, long live David Bowie. His creativity and commitment to reinvention and originality lives on in artists, musicians, and filmmakers the world over. The filmmakers at Instagram’s InstaMiniSeries got the chance to orbit closer to Bowie’s celestial body than most who claim him as inspiration, for a new project called Unbound.” Full article here.
This auction is for a WELBILT GOLDEN SOUNDS COLLECTORS RADIO MODEL 1933 CR AM/FM CASSETTE RADIO used as an on-screen prop for UNBOUND. This radio is a replica of the old-fashioned “cathedral” radios popularized by companies like Philco in the early days of radio. The Producers have chosen to benefit Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in…
“Yesterday (25 February) a 16-episode visual interpretation of David Bowie’s ★ (pronounced Blackstar) debuted exclusively on Instagram. Before his death on 10 January 2016, Bowie provided music and images from his last album to InstaMiniSeries, a startup that creates programming for Instagram. The series called Unbound: A ★ InstaMiniSeries was completed in December last year…