VIRGIN SOIL
Multimedia project for FLAUNT Magazine
In September 2017, as the final episodes of the new Twin Peaks aired, Xiu Xiu, at a coastal-side Army and Navy Academy Chapel plays the music of Twin Peaks, originally commissioned by Queensland Gallery of Modern Art in 2015.
Artists Ekaterina Ozhiganova and John Clayton Lee create a multimedia survey built on Xiu Xiu’s recreation of Badalamenti’s original score.
sĭmŭlācrum , i, n. simulo, an image formed in the likeness of a thing,
I.a likeness, image, form, representation, semblance (class.; syn.: imago, effigies,
signum).
I. Lit., of images formed by art, reflected in a mirror, or seen in a dream; of
apparitions, visions, etc. (the latter mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
II. In partic., with the predominant idea of mere imitation (opp. to that which
is original or real), a shadow, semblance, appearance, etc.
I.a likeness, image, form, representation, semblance (class.; syn.: imago, effigies,
signum).
I. Lit., of images formed by art, reflected in a mirror, or seen in a dream; of
apparitions, visions, etc. (the latter mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
II. In partic., with the predominant idea of mere imitation (opp. to that which
is original or real), a shadow, semblance, appearance, etc.
The pattern of destiny seemed clear, down and down into the soil, which lay virgin with the light. The sunbleached desert hillside — rocks broken and unfounded. The cabin was too dark to see — but there on the distant coast was a chapel where we were headed. A small mountain town known as Twin Peaks, where Dreams are Sold, for BOBCAT WORK CALL NICK.
Music by Xiu Xiu recorded at Army and Navy Academy Chapel in Carlsbad, CA
Video directed by John Clayton Lee
