On Saturday April 17th, White Flag Projects will be hosting an all-day, all-night screening of David Lynch’s campy television series Twin Peaks. All 30 episodes will be shown consecutively. Doors open at 8 pm and the screening beings at 9 pm.
David Lynch is one of the last filmmakers you’d think to see with their own T.V. series, and that’s part of what makes Twin Peaks compelling. Famed for his complex, surrealistic, and often-unsettling films, such as Eraserhead (1976) and Mulholland Dr. (2001), Lynch has garnered a following that’s a far cry from mainstream. Transitioning from obscure films to primetime television is no doubt a difficult task, but Lynch has succeeded in doing so without compromising his signature style.
Set in a small town somewhere in the Pacific Northwest where diner coffee and cherry pie predominate, Twin Peaks offers a gaze into the secret lives of its seemingly simple characters. Like many of Lynch’s films, the series follows the unraveling of a mystery—the murder of a high-school girl named Laura Palmer (it also features dreamscapes and creepy little men that dance and speak enigmatically, things you’re probably familiar with if you’ve seen a lot of Lynch films).
The series first aired on ABC in the 1990’s and, while its mainstream success was short-lived, it developed a cult following and even spawned an annual festival. The show’s relevance lies in its ability to offer an engaging escape into the uncertain; packed with eccentric characters, strange happenings, and unfulfilled desires, Twin Peaks brings us into a mythical world that can only live on in one’s mind.
This is a FREE event and we encourage you to bring whatever you’d like (BYOE- Bring Your Own Everything), from snacks (pie, doughnuts, and “bacon, super-crispy, almost burned, cremated—that’s great”), to beverages (damn fine coffee!), to sleeping bags and chairs. You’re also welcome to come and go as you please. The screening will last until approximately 9 pm the following day.
For more information on this event and upcoming White Flag Projects exhibitions, please visit www.whiteflagprojects.org.