Behind-the-scenes as Xiu Xiu plays the music of David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks'

Remembering David Lynch. The music of television series Twin Peaks by composer Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch was reimagined by Xiu Xiu in this special project commissioned for the exhibition 'David Lynch: Between Two Worlds' at the Gallery of Modern Art, Australia. Led by Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo and Shayna Dunkelman, Xiu Xiu’s performance provided an entirely new interpretation of the music, one emphasising its chaos and drama.

In 2015 the Australian Cinémathèque, GOMA commissioned Xiu Xiu to reinterpret the music of TV series 'Twin Peaks'. Compositions and songs by composer Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch were given a startling makeover and presented in two sell-out performances.

Performance commissioned for ‘David Lynch: Between Two Worlds’ at the Gallery of Modern Art, (GOMA), Brisbane, Australia
Recorded Saturday 18 April 2015 at the Gallery's Australian Cinémathèque.
All written by David Lynch (lyrics) and Angelo Badalamenti (music).

Shayna Dunkelman: vibraphone, drum set, keyboard
Angela Seo: synth, percussion, noise
Jamie Stewart: vox, guitar, synth and noise

'David Lynch: Between Two Worlds'
14 March - 8 June 2015
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) Brisbane, Australia

Alongside his esteemed career as a filmmaker, David Lynch has worked as a visual artist for over 50 years, producing an extensive body of paintings, photography and works on paper. 'David Lynch: Between Two Worlds' was a rare opportunity to consider his entire creative vision and the relationships between his practice as an artist, filmmaker and musician.

Developed closely with the artist, the QAGOMA exhibition features more than 200 works organised around three ideas – 'Man and machine', 'The extra-ordinary', and 'Psychic Aches'. Moving between the porous divide of the body and the world it inhabits, the exhibition explored the subjects of industry and organic phenomena; representations of inner conflict; and the possibility of finding a deeper reality in our experience of the everyday.

A complete retrospective of Lynch's films and videos and selected works for television were presented as part of the exhibition in the Gallery's Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art.

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
© Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees, 2015
https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au

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