reconnect with his ‘real’ artistic self. While Berlin left its violent past behind in order to
reconnect with its liberal, artistic past. Bohemians like Bowie were drawn to the divided capital
in an attempt to make sense of subjects such as life, death, loss. This was mediated through
everything in Berlin from the architecture to the culture that flowed seamlessly throughout the
city. It became a home away from home, where Bowie was able to reconnect with a more
realistic way of living, shaded from the seedy limelight of LA.
His observations of the landscape are mirrored in tracks such as Art Decade and Subterranean
on Low . He attempts to blend in, but he never really does because he is still David Bowie and
the more that he attempts to lead this “normal” life, the more it becomes fetishized. Meaning
that it becomes tied up in various myths in which his fans base their attachment to the space of
Berlin.