‘Since my teenage years I had obsessed on the angst ridden, emotional work of the expressionists, both artists and filmmakers, and Berlin had been their spiritual home. This was the nub of Die Brücke movement, Max Rheinhardt, Brecht and where Metropolis and Caligari had originated. It was an art form that mirrored life not by event but by mood. This was where I felt my work was going,’ says David Bowie in an interview in 2001. On a background of Bowie’s portrait you can see the vintage poster of Cabinet of dr. Caligari and the fragment of Erich Heckel’s Roquairol, which inspired the cover of Heroes album. 

The musician moved to Berlin in 1976. He is determined to reinvent his music and get rid of drug addiction. Together with his friend Iggy Pop he established a weekly schedule: two days of cocaine, tho days of alcohol and three days of museums. They both succeed in a battle with addiction and Bowie really managed to develop a new musical language.