David Bowie may have taken his leave of this world to return home just over a month ago, but he is still actively changing it. DavidBowie.com just announced a 16-part, 4-minute mini series set for imminent release over Instagram’s InstaMiniSeries. “Unbound: A ★ InstaMiniSeries,” marks the fourth offering in original content from the selfie-sharing service. The first 15-second mini-sode debuts this Thursday, February 25 at 5 p.m. pacific, and will release future installments at the same time every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday over a 4-week span.
Bowie, always first in line to push the boundaries with artistic experimentation and technological innovation, saw the potential of InstaMiniSeries to produce and disseminate new interpretations of his final album, ★. The album was released just two days before his death on January 10 following a private 18 month battle. Bowie provided InstaMiniSeries advance access to the album, its art and images while granting the team total autonomy in interpreting the material without any condition.
The series was filmed in late fall and completed in December, making it possible that the Thin Duke saw the finished product. According to BowieNet, the series “takes its audience on a journey of evocative images inspired by the moods suggested in the album’s music, lyrics and artwork.” Your girl in music remembers when she read Bowie contemplating the potential for this kind of music delivery back in 1999, and is as excited now as she was then for the experience.
InstaMiniSeries founder and EP Nikki Borges saw the project as a natural fit for the artist and social sharing medium: “David Bowie has always been about reinvention over repetition. Remarkably honest and passionate in his work, his innovations have influenced our own work as we transform a social media platform into a creative outlet. We are grateful to have the opportunity to participate with the chameleonic rock icon and honored to be entrusted with interpreting his art.”
“Unbound” was directed by Nikki Borges and written by Carolynn Cecilia. It stars Tavi Gevinson as the protagonist. Check out a trailer for “Unbound: A ★ InstaMiniSeries” below and catch the premiere in two days at InstaMiniSeries.