DAVID LYNCH. “HEAD ON HILL WITH CLOUD AND AIR- PLANE” (2021). MIXED MEDIA. 40” X 40”. © DAVID LYNCH, COURTESY PACE GALLERY.
A Categorical Forecast, a Parting of the Cumulus and Cumulonimbus DAVID LYNCH david lynch has been something of a rogue meteorologist since 2005. what began as periodic calls into Joe Escalante’s morning show on Los Angeles’ INDIE 103.1, the artist and film- maker’s Weather Report has amassed a new life on YouTube in recent years. “Good Morning. It’s November 4, 2022, and if you… can… believe it , it’s a Friday once again,” Lynch excitedly proclaims on the November morning that his debut solo art exhibition with Pace Gallery in NYC opens. The exhibition in question, Big Bongo Night , features mixed media sculptures, paintings, and work on paper [and coincides with I Like to See My Sheep at Sperone Westwater in New York, a show of additional works on paper]. Lynch continues, “Here in LA, a sunny morning, looks like. Very still right now. 46° Fahrenheit, around 8 Celcius. Today, I was thinking about The Paris Sisters.” And then Lynch concludes, like usual, with a salute, “Everyone, have a great day.” Given inclement weather patterns at the time of assembling this, The Tempest Issue, which is anchored by Mr. Lynch’s Art Cover creation, we spoke only briefly with the gentle- man (see his Contributors’ statement on page 36). Instead, taking a cue from Lynch’s remi- niscing on The Paris Sisters—the 1960s San Francisco-based girl group—on the morning of Big Bongo Night ’s opening, we determined to implore an outsider group of thunder-makers (that of the rolling, humble, and decadent assort) to remark on a selection of works featured in the show. Below are their respective takes. All the more reason for you to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather. KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH 1 My eyes immediately went to the object laying on top of its shadow. It feels like it is peering over a misty vista at a mountain top that is playing peekaboo in the clouds, and they are both watching a plane emerge. I wonder if the plane just dropped this object off or if the object is longing to be retrieved? I wonder if there is any connection between the objects or if they all just coexist in this moment together without any awareness of each other. And then I zoom out a little and realize I am also peering through an opening at these objects and it brings my awareness to the border—there is a room also present in this image. I feel five perspectives at once. 1 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is an American composer, performer, and producer. Primarily using Buchla modular synthe- sizers, Aurelia Smith received critical acclaim for her album Ears (2016) and The Kid (2017). She has collaborated with musicians like Suzanne Ciani ( Sunergy ) and Emile Mosseri ( I Could BeYour Dog (Prequel)), and released her newest record Let’s Turn It Into Sound on Ghostly International in 2022, for which she has recently begun her tour.
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