In a bid to gain insights into the life of pop-icon David Bowie, a London-based professor is spending a year living like the British star.

為深入了解流行偶像大衛(wèi)-鮑威，倫敦一位教授模仿這位英國明星生活了一年。

Will Brooker, who teaches film and cultural studies at Kingston University, came up with the idea for the unusual project in order to experience specific moments of Bowie’s super-successful career. He will be adopting the same eating habits, reading the same books, and visiting the same places as Bowie did.

這位教授名為威爾-布魯克，任職于金斯頓大學，教授電影與文化研究專業(yè)。為了體驗鮑威輝煌生涯的特殊時刻，他想到了這個與眾不同的項目。他將采用鮑威的飲食習慣、讀鮑威讀過的書、去鮑威去過的地方。

Brooker chose the late ’60s as his starting point, and has been through the musician’s 1974 Philadelphia soul period- with orange hair and blue eye shadow.

布魯克選擇了上世紀60年代末期鮑威出道至1974年費城靈魂時期的造型——橘色的頭發(fā)和藍色眼影。

Brooker does most of his makeup himself, with occasional help from professional artists. Over the past few months, he’s amassed “quite a collection” of makeup.

大部分妝都是布魯克自己所畫，偶爾他也會尋求職業(yè)藝術家的幫助。過去幾個月，他攢了“很多”化妝品。

For the authentic Bowie experience, Brooker has also subjected himself to sleep deprivation and claims that on some weekends he has only consumed red peppers and milk. He only listens to music and watches films that Bowie did during that particular period of his life.

為了真正體驗鮑威的生活，布魯克剝奪了自己的睡眠時間并稱自己有幾周的食物只有紅辣椒和牛奶。此外，他聽的音樂、看的電影也與鮑威某段時間一樣。

So to simulate the experience of using illegal substances, Brooker drinks an entire six-pack of energy drinks in the weekends. “It made me very jumpy,” he said. “The thought that kept returning to me was: how did Bowie survive the ’70s?

為了模仿鮑威使用非法藥品的經歷，布魯克周末會喝整整6瓶能量飲料。“這讓我變得神經兮兮，”他說。“我腦海中總是縈繞著一個想法：鮑威在70年代是怎么活下來的?”

“It’s fortunate that I’m going through his career chronologically,” he said. “ Because I think by ’83 he was pretty clean. I think I’ll get a tan, get fit, get my hair changed again, get my teeth whitened.”

“我體驗了他整個生涯還是挺幸運的，”他說。“因為我覺得到1983年他就變得很整潔了。我覺得我會去曬太陽、健身、換個發(fā)型、美白牙齒。”

Brooker revealed that he has always felt an affinity for Bowie, even during his teenage years.

布魯克透露道早在少年時期開始，他就一直喜愛著鮑威。

He isn’t sure how Bowie himself would feel about the unusual project. “I hope he would be interested in and amused by my research,” he said.

他不知道鮑威本人對這個與眾不同的項目有何看法。“我希望他會對我的研究感興趣并感到開心，”他說。