“Design and music, art and architecture – they all belong together.” So said revered multi-hyphenate creator David Lynch, and a new project at next month's Salone del Mobile Milano promises to exemplify this commitment to the interrelatedness of the arts. “Interiors by David Lynch: A Thinking Room” debuts at the 62nd edition of the Italian furniture exhibition next month (April 16-21).
“Entering your Thinking Room will be like crossing the threshold of a room that is, in fact, another world, an interior space”, promised the president of Salone, Maria Porro.
The filmmaker, artist, author and musician is beloved for his feature films such as “Eraserhead” (1977), “Blue Velvet” (1986) and “Mulholland Drive” (2001), as well as the television miniseries “Twin Peaks” ( 1990-91), all known for settings that play crucial roles in the development of the often disturbing stories that unfold.
The publicity materials, as you'd expect, make some seriously lofty (and time-consuming) claims for the project, which is curated by Italian filmmaker and writer Antonio Monda and spreads over 500 square feet. It will provide “an original and metaphysical narration and reflection on the production of interiors and how this is in a deep, sometimes symbiotic, relationship with the interiority of those who buy this furniture, not just for decorative reasons, but because they are experienced as an external projection of himself,” according to the press release.
The Thinking Room will not only be an experience of something external to the viewer, but also “an inner region” that is “as unfathomable as each soul and as mysterious as the relationship between reason and fantasy”, say the organizers.
Finally, a passage leading to the installation, created in collaboration with set designers from Milan's Teatro Piccolo, was designed by the Milanese architectural firm Lombardini22, who described it as “a treasure box for a diamond”.
Source: Artnet News