♫♫
>> ANNOUNCER: PRODUCTION OF
"BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART
BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS
COUNCIL, SUPPORTING ARTS,
ADVANCING CULTURE AND CONNECTING
THE COMMUNITY TO CULTURAL
EVENTS, ARTISTS AND CLASSES AT
COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.
AND BY THE OHIO ARTS COUNCIL, A
STATE AGENCY THAT FUNDS AND
SUPPORTS QUALITY ARTS
EXPERIENCES.
>>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD &
HIGH" --
WE'LL CHECK OUT THE SCENE IN
DOWNTOWN MANSFIELD.
>> WHEN WE GET TOURISTS IN HERE,
THEY'RE LIKE "WOW, WE NEVER
WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT YOU GUYS
GOT STUFF REALLY GOING DOWN
HERE."
>> A CHOREOGRAPHER WHO USES
WATER TO TELL STORIES.
AND FILMMAKER DAVID LYNCH.
THIS AND MORE, RIGHT NOW, ON
"BROAD & HIGH."
♫♫
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "BROAD &
HIGH."
I'M YOUR HOST KATE MANECKE.
FOR OUR FIRST SEGMENT WE TRAVEL
UP TO MANSFIELD, OHIO FOR A
STORY ABOUT REVITALIZATION OF
THE ARTS COMMUNITY THERE.
MANSFIELD WAS A TYPICAL
MANUFACTURING CITY THAT GREW
WITH THE RAILROAD AND BURST AT
THE SEAMS TRYING TO SUPPLY THE
DEMAND FOR THINGS LIKE
SUSPENDERS, PAPER BOXES AND
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, CIGARS.
IT'S A FAMILIAR STORY OF BLIGHT
AS WELL WHEN THE FACTORIES
CLOSED AND PEOPLE LOST THEIR
JOBS.
BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING, THANKS
TO A COMMUNITY OF DEDICATED
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DETERMINED
TO BRING CULTURAL VIBRANCY BACK
TO DOWNTOWN MANSFIELD.
♫♫
>> I LEFT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR
COLLEGE AT OU.
AND THEN I WENT OUT EAST, AND I
SPENT A COUPLE OF YEARS IN D.C.
FIVE IN BOSTON.
AND I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY A NEW
YORK MINUTE IN NEW YORK.
SO, OUR GENERATION GOT HIT
PRETTY HARD WITH THE ECONOMIC
SLUMP.
I DID AND MOVED HOME.
AND AT THE TIME IT SEEMED LIKE A
HORRIBLE FAILURE.
I DIDN'T EXPECT THERE TO BE
ANYTHING MUCH FOR ME HERE.
I WAS CERTAIN THERE WOULDN'T BE
MUCH FOR ME HERE.
WHEN I MOVED HOME THERE WAS THIS
FAMILY WAITING FOR ME.
I MEAN, THERE WAS MY ACTUAL
FAMILY, BUT THEN THERE WAS A
COMMUNITY THAT I WAS APART OF.
AND WHEN I STARTED WORKING AT
THE BOOKSTORE, I WAS REALLY A
PART OF IT.
♫♫
THIS IS MAIN STREET BOOKS.
I AM THE MANAGER, PUBLICIST AND
MARKETER AND JANITOR.
EVERYTHING ELSE.
MY HUSBAND AND I RUN THE STORE.
IT'S A SMALL INDEPENDENT
BOOKSTORE.
OUR PHILOSOPHY IS BASICALLY THAT
WE CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE BIG
GUYS, SO WE DON'T TRY.
WE GET THE SMALL PRESSES, THE
NEW AUTHORS, WE CURATE OUR
SELECTION VERY CAREFULLY.
♫♫
SO THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF US
THAT MOVED HOME FROM FAR AWAY.
AND WE ALL KIND OF BROUGHT WHAT
WE WANTED, WHAT WE EXPECTED IN A
COMMUNITY AND WE BROUGHT THAT
HOME.
AND WHAT I WANTED WAS READINGS
AND WRITING GROUPS AND AUTHOR
VISITS AND POETRY READINGS AND
OPEN MIKES.
SO I JUST SCHEDULED IT AND TOLD
PEOPLE TO COME.
AND THEY DID.
[ LAUGHTER ]
IT WAS GREAT.
♫♫
>> I MOVED FROM WASHINGTON,
HERE, TO MANSFIELD BECAUSE OF
CHEEP HOUSES.
I LIKE SMALLER TOWNS.
AND I FELT THAT THIS WAS, ONCE I
CAME HERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN, OF COURSE BY ACCIDENT,
THEN FOUND THE MUSEUM 18 YEARS
AGO.
AND THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING.
MANSFIELD, IN MY CHILDHOOD, HAD
SO MANY COOL STILL DOWNTOWN.
THEN AS I GOT INTO COLLEGE IT
REALLY GOT RAN DOWN, AND IT WAS
PRETTY DEPRESSING DOWN HERE.
SO I MOVED AWAY FOR AWHILE, BUT
YEAH, THIS IS HOME.
♫♫
>> YOU CAN HEAR THE MUSIC
EVERYWHERE.
YOU JUST FOLLOW IT.
THAT CAROUSEL OPENED UP IN '92,
I BELIEVE.
AND EVERYONE THOUGHT THEY WERE
CRAZY.
>> THAT WHOLE AREA WHERE THE
CAROUSEL IS REALLY WENT IN TO A
BAD DOWNTURN.
AND SO THE CITY STARTED ACTUALLY
TEARING DOWN LARGE SECTIONS.
AND THEY WANTED SOMETHING TO
ACTUALLY BRING IN PEOPLE INTO
MANSFIELD.
ALL THOSE THINGS WERE CARVED
HERE.
>> THE DOWNTOWN CAROUSEL
DISTRICT, ONCE EVERYBODY
REALIZED THE EXCITEMENT FOR IT,
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER
BUSINESSES AROUND US.
AND THERE'S MORE, HOPEFULLY,
COMING IN.
THINGS ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN
DOWNTOWN FOR US, SO WE'RE
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF
THAT.
♫♫
>> WHEN WE GET TOURISTS IN HERE,
THEY'RE LIKE "WOW, WE NEVER
WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT YOU GUYS
GOT STUFF REALLY GOING DOWN
HERE."
♫♫
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE,
THOUGH, DON'T KNOW YET THAT
THERE'S THIS MUCH FUN STUFF
GOING ON.
>> THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST
MANSFIELD, BUT I ALWAYS SAY AT
8:00 THEY ROLL UP THE SIDEWALKS
SO --
>> WELL I WOULD HAVE AGREED WITH
THAT STATEMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, BUT THERE ARE CROWDS THAT
HANG OUT DOWN HERE UNTIL PRETTY
LATE AT NIGHT.
>> THE FIRST FRIDAY SHOP HOP,
ALL OF THE SHOPS STAY OPEN LATE,
AND A LOT OF US HAVE SOME KIND
OF ENTERTAINMENT.
I OFTEN HAVE AUTHORS COME VISIT.
NEXT DOOR, AT THE ART GALLERY,
SHE HAS ARTISTS COME IN.
IT'S VERY COOL.
EVERYBODY'S GOT A LITTLE
SOMETHING.
>> THIS PLACE BECAME A MORTUARY
IN 1914.
THE REASON THAT THE MORTUARY
SHUTDOWN IN THE '30S WAS BECAUSE
THE SON OF THE OWNER COMMITTED
SUICIDE IN THE PLACE.
I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING IN
MYTHOLOGY THAT ROSE UP OUT OF
THE ASHES.
SO IT WAS THE PHOENIX, AND WE
WERE LIKE "OH, THAT'S GOT TO BE
IT."
♫♫
BREWING IN MANSFIELD HAD GONE
FOR AWHILE.
WE HAD REALLY TWO BIG BREWERIES
IN TOWN BEFORE PROHIBITION, AND
THEY WERE RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM HERE.
KIND OF THE RESURRECTION OF
BREWING AND MANSFIELD.
IN FACT, OUR TAG LINE IS
"RESURRECTING TRADITION ONE
BATCH AT TIME."
WE HAVE, BASICALLY, WHAT WE CALL
SIX FLAGSHIP BEERS.
AND I THINK EACH ONE OF THOSE IS
SOLID FOR ITS STYLE.
SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE
OVERWHELMING THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO DO THIS.
IT'S HOME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
♫♫
>> COME TO THE MANSFIELD
MEMORIAM MUSEUM.
♫♫
THE CORNERSTONE WAS LAID
IN 1887.
WE ARE THE FIRST AND LAST
STANDING THAT ACTUALLY STILL HAS
VETERANS THAT MEET IN HERE.
WE'RE THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY
USED VETERAN'S HALL.
AND OF COURSE THE MUSEUM ITSELF
IS ONE OF THE OLDEST MUSEUMS IN
OHIO.
MANSFIELD, FOR THE -- IT'S
INCREDIBLE, FOR THE SIZE OF ITS,
FOR THE CITY ITSELF, WHAT IT
CONTRIBUTED AND WHAT IT PRODUCED
IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SMALLER
MUSEUMS AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY
ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY
PRESERVING THE BULK OF THE
COMMUNITY'S HISTORY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY MORE AND MORE
ARE GOING TO THE DUST.
WE HAVE ONE GENTLEMEN WHO
ACTUALLY GIVES ME, AND I CANNOT
EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM, SOME
FUNDS THAT I GET TO KEEP THE GAS
ON.
IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF MY
18, I HAVE NOT HAD A SALARY, BUT
I'M HERE 40 HOURS A WEEK AND I
DO OTHER JOBS TO MAKE SURE THIS
IS MY LIFE.
>> WE'RE KIND OF REDEFINING
SUCCESS.
AND TO US, SUCCESS IS HAVING
THIS WEALTH OF FRIENDS AND ARTS
AND CULTURE AND JUST HAVING A
PLACE THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY AND
THAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN.
♫♫
♫♫
>> ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6TH,
TOM BATIUK, THE CREATOR OF
"FUNKY WINKERBEAN" AND
"CRANKSHAFT", WILL BE AT MAIN
STREET BOOKS IN DOWNTOWN
MANSFIELD AS PART OF THE CITY'S
FIRST FRIDAY SHOP HOP.
AND VISIT MANSFIELDTOURISM.COM
TO FIND OTHER COOL HAPPENINGS IN
THE AREA.
♫♫
CHOREOGRAPHERS ARE STORYTELLERS.
THEY INSTRUCT DANCERS TO CONVEY
MEANING THROUGH MOVEMENT.
CRYSTAL MICHELLE OF DAYTON
RECENTLY EXPLORED THE POWER AND
SIGNIFICANCE OF WATER IN A
SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE SHE
DEVELOPED ALONG THE SCIOTO RIVER
IN DUBLIN EARLIER THIS YEAR.
[ FAINT SINGING ]
♫♫
>> THE DECENT OF THIS WATER RAIN
IS ACTUALLY THE DEFINITION OF
RAIN.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT RAIN, THE
DECENT OF WATER, I JUST MADE
SOME CONNECTIONS ABOUT
DESCENDING ON A PLACE.
ABOUT RAIN BEING PURE.
OR BEING A PURIFYING ELEMENT,
RATHER A CLEANSER.
AND THINKING ABOUT EACH
INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT, DANCER,
VIEWER, AS DROPLETS OF RAIN.
SO GATHERING INTO ONE BODY OF
WATER.
THE RIVER IN THIS INSTANCE.
♫♫
THE RIVER IS THIS THING, RIGHT,
THAT PROVIDES RESOURCE AND
CONNECTION NATURALLY.
RIGHT?
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR WATERSHEDS OR
OUR RIVER, OUR OCEANS EVEN,
LAKES -- THEY WAY THAT THEY
CONNECT.
SORT OF CONNECTING DOTS.
SO BEING INTERESTED IN THE WAY
WE CONNECT AND HOW WE USE IT.
♫♫
OHIO IS AN AMAZINGLY DIVERSE
PLACE.
SO NOT JUST FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PEOPLE, OR FOR NATIVE-AMERICAN
POPULATIONS, BUT EVEN FOR WHITE
POPULATIONS ARE NOT WHITE
POPULATIONS, RIGHT.
THEY'RE JUST -- GERMAN
POPULATIONS AND ITALIAN
POPULATIONS.
AND ALL OF US WHO SORT OF FOUND
THIS PLACE, THIS RIVER AREA.
THE SCIOTO RIVER HAS AN
INTERESTING HISTORY WITH THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD POPULATION.
SO I THOUGHT, IF I HAD THIS
CONNECTION TO THE WATER AND TO
THE EARTH, HERE IN THIS PLACE,
IF I COULD DRAW THOSE LINES --
HOW COULD THE DANCERS DRAW THOS
LINES AS WELL.
AND WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO START
CONNECTING TO A PLACE AS GROUP
OF PEOPLE.
THE MUSIC ABSOLUTELY HELPS TELL
THAT STORY.
SO TO NOT JUST USE THINGS THAT I
CONNECTED WITH, BUT TO USE MUSIC
THAT COMES FROM THIS PLACE.
TO USE BLUEGRASS MUSIC.
TO USE RING-SHOUT MUSIC.
TO USE THE HUMAN VOICE.
OLD SPIRITUALS.
SO THERE'S A PIECE OF MUSIC
CALLED "BIG SCIOTY."
IT'S A BLUEGRASS SONG THAT I USE
TO KIND OF DO LIKE A PADDLE BOAT
THING.
A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING ACROSS
A SPACE.
AND THEN I ALSO USED A VERY OLD
RING-SHOUT KIND OF THING THAT
FOLLOWS THAT, AND OVERLAID OVER
IT ARE THE DANCERS VOICES
TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY GO TO
THIS PLACE ON THE POWER OF
WATER.
AND CREATED MOVEMENT TO GO IN
THOSE THINGS.
>> I KNOW MY ROOTS.
>> IN ORDER TO DO THE
CHOREOGRAPHY, YOU ALMOST HAVE TO
LEAN BACK INTO THE HILL.
IT'S SO -- I MEAN JUST WALKING
UP AND DOWN IT IS PHYSICAL,
RIGHT?
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE THESE DAILY
CONVERSATIONS DURING THE
REHEARSAL THE WEEK LEADING UP TO
IT -- THAT THAT'S WHAT MIGRATION
FELT LIKE.
YOU KNOW THEY LOVED THEIR THINGS
ON THEIR BACK.
THEY CLIMBED THESE HILLS.
THEY WENT THROUGH THIS TERRAIN.
AND I THINK THROUGH THE DANCE WE
REALLY DID EXPERIENCE THAT.
THERE WAS NO IGNORING THAT IT
WAS A NATURAL SPACE.
THE CHOREOGRAPHY STARTED TO
ADJUST A LITTLE DAY BY DAY.
THAT RUNNING UP THE HILL BECAME
CRAWLING UP THE HILL.
OR WALKING DOWN A HILL STRAIGHT
BECAME SORT OF A SIDEWAYS JOG.
EVERYTHING JUST GOT EXTREMELY
PHYSICAL IN REACTION TO THE
SPACE.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING
SITE-SPECIFIC WORK YOU ALLOW
THAT.
♫♫
♫ SEEMED TO VANISH LIKE THE
GAMBLER'S LUCKY STREAK ♫
♫ WHEN WE'RE OUT TOGETHER
DANCING CHEEK TO CHEEK ♫
♫♫
>> STEVEN WALKER, A VIRGINIA
NATIVE WHO NOW LIVES IN OHIO,
SAYS THE BEST TIMES OF HIS LIFE
WERE THE CHILDHOOD ROAD TRIPS HE
TOOK WITH HIS FAMILY THROUGH THE
COUNTRYSIDE, AND HIS LANDSCAPE
PAINTINGS ARE REMINISCENT OF
THESE TIMES.
♫♫
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS
AGO, BUT A FRIEND ASKED ME THIS
WEIRD QUESTION.
HE JUST SAID WHAT MAKES YOU
HAPPY?
AND IT THREW ME OFF BECAUSE I
HADN'T GIVEN IT A SECOND
THOUGHT.
WHAT -- WHAT MAKES ME -- HUH?
OH.
AND SO I STARTED THINKING ABOUT
IT, REALLY GAVE IT A LOT OF
THOUGHT, AND I STARTED THINKING
ABOUT THE BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE
WERE ROAD TRIPS WHERE I'M JUST
STARING OUT OF THE BACK SEAT AT
RURAL COUNTRY.
SEEING COWS PASS BY, FARMHOUSES.
CAMPING IN BOY SCOUTS, TRAILS,
JUST GETTING LOST SOMETIMES.
THOSE REALLY TOOK ME TO A GOOD
PLACE, AND IT ALWAYS HELPS TO
KNOW YOUR SUBJECT.
SO, I LOOK FOR A LOT OF CONTRAST
AND A LOT OF TIMES I WON'T GO
OUT SAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S JUST WASHED
OUT.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY,
SUNSET, YOU GET THAT REALLY
STRONG LIGHT.
THAT GIVES US AT TIMES ORANGE
GLOW ACROSS THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE
AND THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO ME.
AND TRYING TO KEEP IT NATURAL
EVEN IF IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL
BEAUTY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE PAINTED THINGS
WHERE THE TREES THAT ARE IN AN
ALLEY WAY.
AND YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD THINK TO
EVEN DO THAT?
BUT, IF THE LIGHTING'S HITTING
EVERYTHING RIGHT, ANYTHING CAN
BE BEAUTIFUL.
♫♫
YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR INSPIRATION
TO COME, YOU GOT TO GO OUT AND
GET IT.
IF I WAITED FOR INSPIRATION, I
COULDN'T -- I WOULDN'T HAVE MANY
SHOWS.
SO, THAT'S BEEN ONE KEY THING OR
FEW KEY THINGS THAT REALLY
HELPED ME WHEN STUDYING
ILLUSTRATION.
THEN THE KICKER WAS JUST FINDING
MY OWN VOICE FOR FINE ART.
♫♫
SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO JUST GET
IT RIGHT FROM THE JUMP AND THEY
DON'T WANT TO -- THEY DON'T WANT
TO FAIL.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SHOW ANYTHING
THAT'S NOT MUSEUM WORTHY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE PATIENCE "WELL,
OKAY I'M GOING TO DO THIS, IT'S
NOT GONNA BE GREAT, BUT I'M
GONNA LEARN FROM IT AND APPLY IT
TO THE NEXT PIECE."
AND, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU'RE
STILL WORKING THE CRAFT AND
HAVING THE PATIENCE TO KNOW THAT
IT'S GONNA GET BETTER, YOU'LL BE
JUST FINE.
AND SOMETIMES, DOING A LITTLE
BIT OF PAINTING SAYING "OKAY, I
GOT TO WAIT.
I GOT TO LOOK AT THIS FOR AWHILE
TO SEE IF IT'S REALLY WORKING
THE WAY I WANT IT TO."
AS OPPOSED AS GIVING YOURSELF,
"OKAY, WELL I GOT TO GET THIS
FINISHED IN THIS AMOUNT OF
TIME."
IF IT DOESN'T, THEN IT DOESN'T.
♫♫
>> IF YOU'RE A "TWIN PEAKS" FAN,
YOU'LL LOVE THIS SEGMENT.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
1990S TV SERIES WILL RETURN TO
SHOWTIME NEXT YEAR WITH ORIGINAL
CREATOR AND DIRECTOR DAVID LYNCH
AT THE HELM.
BUT LONG BEFORE LYNCH BROUGHT US
"TWIN PEAKS", "BLUE VELVET" AND
"ERASERHEAD", HE WAS A STUDENT
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF
FINE ARTS WHERE HE DREAMED OF
BECOMING A PAINTER.
THE PAFA MUSEUM RECENTLY
PRESENTED THE FIRST MAJOR U.S.
EXHIBITION OF LYNCH'S WORK THAT
UNITES ALL ASPECTS OF HIS
CREATIVE LIFE, INCLUDING ONE OF
THE FIRST FILMS HE EVER MADE.
>> THE TRACES OF PHILADELPHIA IN
HIS WORK ARE, YOU CAN'T UNWIND
OR PULL ANYTHING APART WITHOUT
PHILADELPHIA POKING UP.
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN SOME OF THESE
PAINTINGS THAT ARE IN THE SHOW
SINCE THE 60S.
WHEN I WENT AROUND LOOKING AT
THE SHOW, I GOT MORE, I GOT
IDEAS.
SO, I THINK THAT IT'S GOOD TO
LOOK BACK SOMETIMES.
♫♫
I ALWAYS SAY THAT PHILADELPHIA,
PENNSYLVANIA IS MY BIGGEST
INFLUENCE. THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT THE MOOD HERE.
THERE WAS DARK CARVED WOOD
BANISTERS AND STAIRWAYS.
THERE WAS A CERTAIN TYPE OF
GREEN THAT THEY'D PAINT THE
ROOMS, EITHER WHITE OR THIS
STRANGE GREEN.
THE ROOMS HAD NICE PROPORTIONS,
SO THERE WAS A CERTAIN KIND OF
PURITY.
IT HADN'T BEEN DISTURBED EXCEPT
BY THE SOOT.
IT WASN'T ANY ONE PARTICULAR
THING OR SCENE THAT YOU WITNESS
HERE.
IT'S THE MOOD AND WHAT SOME OF
THE IMAGES DID ONCE THEY GOT
DOWN INSIDE OF YOU.
YEAH, PHILADELPHIA IS A
PERCOLATING IN ME.
>> THE UNIFIED FIELD IS THE
FIRST MUSEUM EXHIBITION OF
DAVID LYNCH'S PAINTINGS AND
DRAWINGS EVER.
IT IS THE LARGEST SURVEY THAT
EVER BEEN ON VIEW IN AN AMERICAN
MUSEUM AND IT'S THE FIRST.
>> BACK IN 1965 AND I --
>> HE IS ALSO AN INTERNATIONALLY
KNOWN FILM DIRECTOR AND WRITER.
HE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR
ACADEMY AWARDS.
PRETTY MUCH A CELEBRITY.
HE'S KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
WORLD AS A FILM DIRECTOR, BUT
DAVID LYNCH IS AT HEART A
PAINTER.
>> I ONLY WANTED TO BE A
PAINTER.
I GOT INTO FILM BY ACCIDENT IN
THIS VERY BUILDING IN ONE OF THE
STUDIOS RIGHT OVER HERE.
THE FIRST FILM I EVER MADE IS
NOW BEING SHOWN HERE AS IT WAS
WHEN I MADE IT.
AND IT WAS PROJECTED IN THIS
ROOM JUST TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE
YOU ARE SITTING ON A 16 MM
PROJECTOR AND I HAD A TAPE
RECORDER WITH A LOOP OF SIRENS
AND IT WAS PLAYED RIGHT HERE.
[ SIREN ]
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST
PROUD OF ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION
IS THAT WE ARE PRESENTING "SIX
MEN GETTING SICK" WHICH LYNCH
DID IN 1967 FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE 1967.
WHERE DAVID LYNCH BEGINS TO ME
AS SOMEBODY WHO IS MAKING WORK
THAT IS UNIQUELY HIS OWN IS WITH
"SIX MEN GETTING SICK."
IT'S THAT PIECE THAT HE MADE AS
HIS ENTRY INTO THE SECOND ANNUAL
EXPERIMENTAL PAINTING AND
SCULPTURE COMPETITION THAT WAS
HELD AT PAFA.
LYNCH WHO IS AN ADVANCED
PAINTING STUDENT AT PAFA DIDN'T
PRODUCE A PAINTING, BUT BASED ON
AN EXPERIENCE HE HAD IN THE
STUDIO ONE NIGHT HE'S PAINTING
AN IMAGE OF GREEN GARDEN PLANTS
AT NIGHT.
IT WAS A NOCTURNAL SCENE.
HE PAUSED AND THEN FROM THE
PAINTING CAME A WIND THAT HE
HEARD AND HE FELT.
AND THEN HE SAW THE PLANTS START
TO MOVE ON THE CANVAS, AND THEN
HE THOUGHT, "OH!
A MOVING PAINTING."
AND HE STRESSES HE WASN'T ON
DRUGS.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE 60S AND
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WAS
DAVID LYNCH TAKING DRUGS, BUT
ALL OF HIS FRIENDS AND HE SORT
OF ASSERTS THAT HE WAS PRETTY
MUCH STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW.
NOT HAVING HAD ANY FILM TRAINING
WHATSOEVER.
THERE WAS NO FILM PROGRAM AT
PAFA.
THERE WASN'T EVEN A PHOTOGRAPHY
CURRICULUM AT PAFA.
HE AND HIS FRIEND
BRUCE SAMUELSON -- WHO TEACHES
HERE NOW, HAS BEEN TEACHING HERE
SINCE THE EARLY 70S -- WAS A
CLASSMATE OF LYNCH'S, TALKED
ABOUT GETTING CAMERAS TOGETHER
AND STARTING SOME KIND OF FILM
EXPERIMENTS.
WELL, LYNCH WENT AND BOUGHT A
CAMERA.
A WIND UP CAMERA.
AND HE STARTED TO DO BASICALLY
STOP MOTION ANIMATION OF A
PAINTING HE WAS MAKING.
"SIX MEN GETTING SICK" ISN'T THE
MOMENT WHERE THERE IS A
CROSSROADS AND DAVID LYNCH PICKS
FILM OVER PAINTING OR DRAWING.
IT IS THE FIRST MANIFESTATION OF
WHAT WINDS UP BEING TOTAL, TOTAL
SENSORY IMMERSION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESULT IS
OF "SIX MEN GETTING SICK," IT IS
A FILMED ANIMATION THAT GOES ON
FOR 60 SECONDS, AND IT IS LOOPED
AIMED AT A SCULPTED SCREEN THAT
IS SIX BY EIGHT FEET.
AND THE ANIMATION IS BASICALLY A
PAINTING THAT HE IS MAKING, THAT
HE GRADUALLY ADDS TO, SHOOTS TWO
FRAMES, ADDS TO IT, SHOOTS TWO
FRAMES, AND CONTINUES TO DO
THAT.
AND SO, HE IS NOT MAKING A
LITTLE ANIMATED CELLS OR
APPROACHING FILM IN THE WAY A
FILMMAKER WOULD.
LYNCH IS APPROACHING FILM IN THE
WAY HE KNOWS HOW TO DO ANY KIND
OF STUDIO WORK AND COME UP WITH
A SOLUTION.
HE IS ACTUALLY MAKING A PAINTING
AND FILMING IT AS IT IS
TRANSFORMING THROUGH HIS GRADUAL
ADDITIVE PROCESS.
>> I'VE BEEN PAINTING EVER
SINCE.
AND I GET SOMETHING FROM
PAINTING THAT I DON'T GET FROM
ANY OTHER MEDIUM FOR SURE.
♫♫
>> IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,
A SORE CAN BE VERY BEAUTIFUL.
A SORE IN THE SKIN, AN
INFECTION, A DEEP CUT WITH PUSS.
BUT IF YOU TOOK A PICTURE OF IT,
A CLOSE UP AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, IT COULD BE
A GREAT BEAUTY OF ORGANIC
PHENOMENON.
>> HE'S CONSTANTLY TRYING TO
THINK UP NEW WAYS OF REALIZING
THAT IDEA, AND IT IS A VISION OF
TOTAL SENSORY IMMERSION RATHER
THAN, "I'M CHOOSING FILM OVER
PAINTING."
IT'S ALTOGETHER.
>> I ONLY WANTED TO BE A
PAINTER.
PAINTING LED TO WANTING TO DO A
MOVING PAINTING WITH SOUND.
SO, CINEMA TO ME IS SOUND AND
PICTURE MOVING TOGETHER IN TIME.
AND FOR ME, IT WAS BORN OUT OF
PAINTING.
>> ERASERHEAD IS ALSO THIS
INTUITIVE PROCESS --
THAT HE IS MAKING A FILM IN A
MANNER THAT TAKES FOUR YEARS
PARTLY BECAUSE OF FUNDING, BUT
ALSO THE NATURE OF THE WAY HE IS
CONSTRUCTING THE WORLD.
CONSTRUCTED AND ADDED TO IN THE
WAY THAT SOMEBODY WORKING IN A
STUDIO DOING SOMETHING, PUTTING
SOMETHING IN JUXTAPOSITION,
ADDING SOMETHING TO IT, WOULD DO
A FILM RATHER THAN SOMEBODY WHO
IS SHOOTING A NARRATIVE THAT HAS
A LINEAR SORT OF TRAJECTORY.
♫♫
HE WANTS TO CONSTANTLY REMIND
PEOPLE THAT IT'S A MUSE.
PHILADELPHIA HAS BEEN HIS MUSE,
BASICALLY.
♫♫
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COLUMBUS AND A TRACK OFF THEIR
2014 ALBUM "PEPE POLO."
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"BROAD & HIGH."
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