“David Bowie‘s ★ album has been turned into a 16 part Instagram mini-series called Unbound, with the first episode now airing online.
InstaMiniSeries is an Instagram channel that produces
episodic programmes via short videos uploaded to the social media
platform.” – Read more here.
“David Bowie died on January 10, just two days after his final studio album, Blackstar, was released. The album is now set to be turned into an Instagram miniseries beginning this week. Visual representations of the album will appear on Instagram over the course of 16 mini episodes which will each last 15 seconds, starring…
In the Fall of 2015, David Bowie gave us unique pre-release access to the music from ★ (pronounced ‘Blackstar’), his 28th studio album, allowing us to create our own visual interpretations of his songs, with no limits or preconditions on his part. Completed in December 2015, UNBOUND: A★InstaMiniSeries takes the audience on a journey of…
“…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….
“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,…
“David Bowie’s Blackstar has been turned into an Instagram miniseries, and the first episode debuted yesterday (February 25). Titled Unbound, the 16-part series features “evocative images inspired by the moods suggested in the album’s music, lyrics and artwork,” and not a “literal, linear narrative,” according to a press release on Bowie’s website. There’s a lot going on in this…
“Days before David Bowie’s death on Jan. 10, the musical icon dropped Blackstar, his 28th studio album. As Rolling Stone reported Monday, he had arranged for InstaMiniSeries to hear Blackstar in the fall of 2015 and use the album for a multi-episode social media show. In December, the team wrapped Unbound: A ★ InstaMiniSeries, which will premiere…
