Acc. № 397 · Archive reference image
Music That Never Was № 397
David Bowie: I'm Afraid Of Americans
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A television broadcast poster for an exclusive Brit TV premiere featuring David Bowie and Trent Reznor in a collaborative performance of the 1997 single. The composition merges comic-book aesthetics with early-2000s digital television branding (MTV, VH1, The Tube), positioning the song within a fictional primetime event. Bowie is rendered in bold halftone with confrontational staging—yellow turtleneck, patterned jacket, direct gaze—while Reznor appears as a smaller figure in the urban margins. The red block lettering and street-level framing suggest anxious geopolitical subtext reimagined as pop spectacle. Speaks to collectors of alternate music television histories and Bowie's unrealized collaborations.
Catalogued, not yet released. This artifact will become available to acquire soon.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
2752 × 1536 px · 4.2 MP · landscape
- Section
- Music That Never Was
- Style
- Comic-book halftone, TV guide advertisement, 2000s digital graphics
- Mood
- confrontational, anxious, retro-futuristic
- Palette
- yellow, red, cream, teal
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