A new immersive film exhibition titled 'David Bowie: You’re Not Alone' has opened at London's Lightroom. Directed by Mark Grimmer, who previously designed the V&A's 2013 Bowie exhibition, the hour-long 360-degree film focuses on the artist's most-streamed hits and features unseen performance footage, including from his 1978 Earls Court show. It aims to appeal to both die-hard fans and a younger audience.
The exhibition presents an estate-approved, sanitized version of Bowie's career, omitting controversial or less commercially successful periods. While it offers spectacular, genuinely immersive moments—like simulating the atmosphere of his Berlin years or the aborted 1974 Diamond Dogs tour—it glosses over his bisexuality, flirtation with fascism, and artistic struggles. The show highlights the ongoing, massive posthumous Bowie industry and questions how an artist's complex legacy is curated for public consumption a decade after his death.