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Bowie - Where Are We Now?

Internationally known video artist Tony Oursler was approached three years ago by David Bowie to make the video that would reintroduce him to the world after a decade of silence. He tells the story of "Where Are We Now" and why Bowie was looking back to his Berlin period at the time and what the visual element meant to Bowie's work, art and life.
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David Bowie spent his life creating characters, but it's his very last one, Lazarus, who will stand as his greatest. (YouTube)
Day 69:47David Bowie - Where Are We Now?

On Monday morning the world woke up to the shocking and unreal seeming news of David Bowie's death - just two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his new song "Lazarus." With lyrics like "Look up here, I'm in heaven" it appears to be Bowie's good-bye to life on Earth. And Bowie's longtime producer Tony Visconti said "His death was not different from his life - a work of Art." Bowie died of cancer, an illness he'd kept secret for 18 months. 

We rewind three years to the song Bowie surprised us with on his 66th birthday "Where Are We Now?". The song and video pay tribute to a crucial period in Bowie's life, one that produced some of his greatest albums. Brent speaks with the video's director Tony Oursler - Bowie's longtime friend, collaborator and one of the world's leading video and installation artists.

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