David Bowie mini series raises plenty of questions upon its release on Instagram

“It appears that the 16-episode saga is going to be as mysterious as the legendary musician was…” – Read the full article here.

“It appears that the 16-episode saga is going to be as mysterious as the legendary musician was…” – Read the full article here.
“David Bowie’s last album Blackstar has been transformed into an Instagram miniseries approved by the singer months before his death. InstaMiniSeries said Bowie gave them “unique pre-release access” to Blackstar, allowing them to create their “own visual interpretations of his songs, with no limits or preconditions on his part”. A preview of the 16-episode series,…
“…On Thursday night the first chapter in the series was posted online. I had no idea what to expect from Unbound, but as it was something to do with the iconic David Bowie, I knew it would be an innovative and artistic feature…” – Read the rest of the review here.
“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.
“…Unbound is almost interactive art in that it forces the viewer to do all the hard work. Instead of being a passive receptacle for information, we are forced to engage with the story, build hypothetical scenarios, ask questions, and just generally immerse ourselves in the world beyond the screen more intensely than we would otherwise….
“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…
‘Inspired by David Bowie’s last album “Blackstar,” will debut Feb. 24 on an Instagram miniseries. “UNBOUND: A ★ InstaMiniSeries” will span 16 episodes and, according to a press release, Bowie had agreed to the InstaMiniSeries before his death.” – More here.