Identitet i postmoderna moda: David Bowie

U ovom diplomskom radu istražujem kompleksnost fluidnih identiteta i postmoderne mode u radu pop-multimedijalnog umjetnika Davida Bowiea. Na osnovu novije literature iz sociologije, antropologije i vizualnih studija, interpretira se način kako Bowie utjelovljuje cijeli niz fluidnih identiteta poput astronauta Major Toma, vanzemaljskog mesije Ziggy Stardusta i mračno elegantnog Thin White Dukea. Njegovo igranje i nadilaženje granica između spola i roda je vidljivo u ovim identitetima kroz travestiju prisutnu u šminci inspiriranoj Kabuki teatrom i nošenjem ženskih odjevnih predmeta. Bowie je postmoderni kulturološki fenomen koji je od čitavog svog života napravio umjetničko djelo, prožeto filozofijom zen budizma, Jungovskim arhetipovima, pasticheom i cut-up tehnikom koristeći razne medije.This master’s thesis explores the complexity of fluid identities and postmodern fashion in the work of pop-multimedia artist David Bowie. Based on recent literature in sociology, anthropology and visual studies, the way Bowie embodies a whole range of identities is interpreted like the astronaut Major Tom, the alien messiah Ziggy Stardust and the elegantly dark Thin White Duke. His playing between the boundaries of sex and gender is visible in these identities through travesty expressed in make-up inspired by the Kabuki theatre and wearing female garments. Bowie is a postmodern cultural phenomenon who has made his whole life a work of art, permeated with the philosophy of Zen Buddhism, Jungian Archetypes, pastiche and the cut-up technique incorporating various media