Found by Brett Morgen during the preparation of Moonage Daydreampreviously unseen images from David Bowie’s tour in 1978 will give birth to Internshipan immersive experience. Projected on three screens, accompanied by light shows worthy of a concert, they will be presented on February 14 and 15, 2027 at the Uber Arena in Berlin, during the Berlinale.
In Germany, movie buffs and wealthy fans of David Bowie will be able to be “Heroes” for an evening: February 14 and 15, 2027, Internshipa new immersive concert experience, will be presented at the Uber Arena, in the middle of the Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival. According to Varietythe show combines previously unseen images of the musician, filmed during theIsolar II World Tourhis 1978 world tour, to a spectacular lighting specially designed for the occasion. Director Brett Morgen discovered these archives while working on his documentary Moonage Daydream. No representation has yet been announced in France.
The device will bring together giant projections on three screens and transparent LED screens. The lighting design is by Patrick Woodroffe, who notably worked on the Rolling Stones and Elton John shows. On the sound side, engineer Paul Massey, Oscar winner in 2019 for the mixing of Bohemian Rhapsodydesigned an immersive 7.1 surround mix, associated with sound spatialization.
At the same time, Brett Morgen will be one of the featured guests on theEuropean Film Marketthe Berlinale film market. He designed Internship in collaboration with David Bowie’s rights holders, the Berlinale and Wonderworld, Rob Hallett’s company.
Bowie launches theIsolar II World Tour in March 1978. Until December, he gave 78 concerts in North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia, divided into four stages. On stage, he favors pieces from the first two albums of his “Berlin trilogy”, Low And “Heroes”which mark his turn towards more experimental music.
His concerts also draw on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Marshis cult album, as well as in Station to Station, Young Americans And Aladdin Saneamong others. Performances recorded in the United States, notably in Philadelphia, Providence and Boston, provided the material for his live album Internshipreleased while the tour was still in full swing. Other recordings, this time made in London, gave birth many years later to Welcome to the Blackout (Live London ’78)an archive album released in 2018, with even better sound quality. It was not until 1983 that Bowie went on a tour of this magnitude.
Also read on WECB France: our review of Moonage DaydreamBrett Morgen’s documentary on David Bowiepublished in 2022 and built from archive images, with the singer’s voice.
By Kory Grow
