Conference: Late Bowie: Legacy, Mortality and the Archival Impulse, Kingston University, 5-6 November 2026

Registration is open for “Late Bowie: Legacy, Mortality and the Archival
Impulse,” a two-day conference at the Visconti Studio, Kingston
University London, on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 November 2026.

Ten years after David Bowie's death, and in the year the David Bowie
Centre opened at V&A East Storehouse, the conference brings together
scholars, archivists, and creative practitioners to consider Bowie's
late work and its afterlives: the final albums, the self-curated
persona, collaboration, death, and posthumous reputation. It is hosted
by the Visconti Studio, which marks its own tenth anniversary in 2026.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Harriet Reed, Project Lead, David Bowie Archive, V&A East Storehouse
Peter Carpenter, author
Jonathan Barnbrook, graphic designer of Bowie's late period outputs.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
Panels on Bowie in the archive, afterlives and memorials, Bowie on film,
lateness and celebrity, absence, and mortality; a V&A Bowie archive
workshop; a screening of David Bowie Is Dead(Mark Jenkin, 2018); a
reading and discussion with Peter Carpenter and Kevin Loader.

A free post-conference walking tour of Bowie's London (Leicester Square,
Soho, Heddon Street, with an optional continuation to the Brixton mural
and Stockwell) takes place on Saturday 7 November. Places are limited
and open to conference attendees plus one guest.

REGISTRATION
Day 1 or Day 2: £25
Both days: £40
Booking closes 3 November 2026.

Book here:
https://store.kingston.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/kingston-school-of-art/conference/late-bowie-legacy-mortality-and-the-archival-impulse

Full programme and details:
https://www.kingston.ac.uk/about/events/late-bowie-legacy-mortality-and-the-archival-impulse

Walking tour booking:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/late-bowie-conference-walking-tour-of-central-london-and-brixton-tickets-2000393198907