Tickets go on sale midday tomorrow for a very special film, music and art summer showcase at HOME. David Lynch at HOME is an extensive selection of art and experimentation from the American auteur, accessible all summer long, including everything from lesser known works to cult classics. The season of screenings, live concerts and talks is curated by Sarah Perks and Omar Kholeif with Mary Anne Hobbs and Jason Wood, and runs alongside Lynch’s first major UK exhibition of visual art as part of Manchester International Festival.
Part of the project is the film season, It’s a Great Big Wonderful World (runs 6 July-25 Aug) which includes the classics from Eraserhead to Twin Peaks plus the films that inspired him. Also showing are rare screenings of Lynch’s short films including Bug Crawls (2008), The Grandmother (1970), Six Men Getting Sick (1966), and The Alphabet (1968) and a showing of the acclaimed 2016 experimental documentary The Art Life, which documents Lynch’s creative birth.
David Lynch himself will join Manchester audiences via video link for a panel discussion in partnership with Guardian Live, for the screening of The Power of Transcendental Meditation (Sat 13 July), with musician Tim Burgess and the executive director of the David Lynch Foundation UK, Deirdre Parsons.
Musical highlights includes a rare solo set from Anna Calvi which opens David Lynch Presents, a three-night stand of performances from musical innovators and creatives presenting work inspired by Lynch. Plus These New Puritans perform a specially devised set of reimagined pieces from David Lynch films, including music by Angelo Badalamenti and David Bowie, in dialogue with tracks from their own back catalogue. They’ll be joined for this triple-header by Manchester’s psych-rockers Whyte Horses, performing a set inspired by the mythical Roadhouse in Lynch’s Twin Peaks, following a set from musician, actress and longtime Lynch collaborator Chrysta Bell.
Film and music run alongside David Lynch’s first major UK visual art exhibition, My Head is Disconnected, which opens on 6 July at HOME. Featuring large-scale paintings, drawings and sculptures, this major exhibition promises a rare and fascinating insight into the weird and wonderful mind of Lynch.
Manchester International Festival runs 4th-21st July 2019, but David Lynch at HOME will be sticking around all summer. Don’t miss out on tickets, they go live on 10th May at midday. View complete listings and book tickets here.
HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, First Street, M15 4FN, 0333 320 2890
www.mif.co.uk
- Words:
- Izzy Trott
- Published on:
- Tue 2 Jul 2019
