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Artists seek $1.25 million for Bowie memorial in London
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In this June 5, 2007 file photo, David Bowie attends an awards show in New York. Artists and activists want to create a permanent memorial to David Bowie in the London neighborhood where he was born. (AP/Stephen Chernin)
Artists and activists want to create a permanent memorial to David Bowie in the London neighborhood where he was born.
Plans were unveiled Tuesday for a three-story-tall lightning bolt sculpture , inspired by the cover of Bowie's album "Aladdin Sane." The proposal is to install it across from the Brixton Underground station, beside a mural of Bowie as Aladdin Sane.
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Charlie Waterhouse, one of the artists behind the idea, says it's meant to be "startling, stupid and utterly joyous in equal measure."
Activists are launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise 1 million pounds ($1.25 million) to build the artwork. The project has local government support.
Bowie was born David Jones on Jan. 8, 1947, in Brixton. He died on Jan. 10, 2016 at age 69.
