“Take Me With U”: David Bowie, Prince & the Utopian Pop Universe (conference session)

Name: “Take Me With U”: David Bowie, Prince & the Utopian Pop Universe (conference session)
Start: 2017-01-27T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2017-01-27T10:30:00-05:00
Location: “Take Me With U”: David Bowie, Prince & the Utopian Pop Universe (conference session)

1.27.17 | 9am–10:30am

Side-by-side closeups of David Bowie and Prince

January 27, 2017 | 9am–10:30am |

Location:

Yale University Art Gallery see map
1111 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06520

Event description:

“Take Me With U”: David Bowie, Prince & the Utopian Pop Universe

Speakers:

Kara Keeling, Associate Professor of Cinema Arts, University of Southern California, “ ‘This Thing Called Life’ (after Prince and Bowie): On Blackstars and Purple Rain”
Greil Marcus, author of Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations, “Fun Fun Fun––Having a Good Time with Prince and Duke”

Moderator: Michael Denning, Professor of American Studies and English, Yale University

Featured image: “Blackstar Rising & The Purple Reign: Celebrating the Legacies of David Bowie and Prince,” will explore the legacies of these two iconic musicians in four days of discussions, critical listening, and musical performances.