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David Lynch’s Fes­ti­val of Dis­rup­tion announces killer 2017 line-up

31 May 2017

Words by William Carroll

Man with wavy blond hair wearing black suit and smoking a cigarette.
Man with wavy blond hair wearing black suit and smoking a cigarette.
The director’s annu­al cel­e­bra­tion returns with an excit­ing blend of music and film.

Across a career that has spanned 50 years and count­ing, David Lynch has become syn­ony­mous with eccen­tric taste and cre­ative flair. The promise of an arts fes­ti­val curat­ed by the cult film­mak­er him­self seems too good to be true, but the annu­al ​‘Fes­ti­val of Dis­rup­tion’ event in Los Ange­les has become sacred ground for cre­atives and young artists over the last cou­ple of years.

This year’s line-up is anoth­er cel­e­bra­tion of under­ground artists, as well as those already in the pop cul­ture spot­light. On the music side of things there’s Bön Iver’s Justin Ver­non, who will be per­form­ing a rare solo set, as well as acclaimed singer-song­writer Lau­ra Mar­ling, TV on the Radio, Sharon Van Etten and many more. The film por­tion of the fes­ti­val includes a screen­ing of Lynch’s own Lost High­way, which cel­e­brates its 20th anniver­sary this year, as well as unseen short films from his pri­vate catalogue.

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Else­where on the dock­et is an exhi­bi­tion of William Eggleston’s pho­tog­ra­phy, as well as the ethe­re­al­ly titled ​‘Bri­an Eno’s Reflec­tion’, osten­si­bly a spir­i­tu­al instal­la­tion host­ed by the renowned musician.

Tak­ing place on the week­end of 14 – 15 Octo­ber, the Fes­ti­val of Dis­rup­tion looks set to become a per­ma­nent fix­ture of the director’s pro­fes­sion­al out­put, attract­ing artists across mul­ti­ple dis­ci­plines while inspir­ing a new gen­er­a­tion of artists.

Find out more at fes​ti​val​ofdis​rup​tion​.com

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