On 18th February 1989, five days before Laura Palmer was murdered in David Lynch’s cult television series Twin Peaks, the lady with the log had a brief encounter with Laura outside the local roadhouse, the Bang Bang Bar. Placing her hand on the log and then the stunned Laura’s forehead, Margaret intoned: »When this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out. The tender boughs of innocence burn first, and the wind rises, and then all goodness is in jeopardy.«
The lady with the log is merely one of the unusual characters in Lynch’s series, and the log in her hands is a medium of uncertain information. The director developed her character from a different character, which was at first planned to be named I’ll Test My Log with Every Branch of Knowledge. The interference of Samuel Lefeuvre’s short solo monoLOG with the Lady from Twin Peaks produces as many meanings as we desire. The information that the log transfers to Lefeuvre’s body cannot be precisely read or deciphered, however it is clear from the movement that it is eerily diabolical and unbearably destructive. The information appears to be composed by machines and film editing software, however Lefeuvre’s body is incapable of passing on to us what the film is about. At some stage the log becomes an overly brutal medium of information, however when our protagonist finally lays it down it seems that his body turns into an entirely new battlefield.
Koreografija, ples in glasba/Choreography, dance and music: Samuel Lefeuvre
Umetniško svetovanje/Artistic advice: Florencia Demestri
Glasba/Music: Groupe Entorse
Produkcija/Production: LOG asbl
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