www.rollingstone.com: The first iteration of Club Silencio appeared in Lynch’s seminal 2001 film, Mulholland Drive, where both the fictional nightclub and the word (Spanish for “silence”) played a pivotal role in the plot. Lynch eventually decided to re-create the club in real life, opening the doors to Silencio in Paris’s 2nd arrondissement in 2011.
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How curious that something that originally just existed in a film came to life in a city in Europe and now is going to, for a brief period, be in the city that the movie was primarily inspired by. It's very artsy the whole thing. I think it's interesting how heavily the concept of art is involved with it. It seems to me that a club is just a place where people go to dance but thinking of it as a space for artists to come together is unique. I'm now very curious about this movie that it's from originally and how both the word silencio and this club are involved in the plot of the movie seems very interesting so I will have to look into this movie. I've recently discovered my love of going out dancing and I think having a space that is art focused as a club would be very interesting and different to what I've experienced so far.
This is pretty cool. David Lynch is known, like many filmmakers, for being a weird dude who makes weird movies. You only have to watch an episode of twin peaks and the trailer for Eraserhead to know that. For someone who has created so many groundedly “American” works, I always thought it was interesting that his personally designed club had never made the jump to the states (such as LA where the film the club is based on is set). David Lynch was the kind of director who inspired art. He made weird films about weird things that made you think. Any expansion of that vision, in the proliferation of his work or in artistic events created by what he’s left behind in the case of Silencio is bound to do something good. I think bringing a physical staple of LA Neo-Noir films to the city of lost angels is super cool, and long past due. Lynch’s work and the neo-noir genre he helped inspire and build are some of the most compelling modern American stories that hollywood is producing these days. I hope this event influences more physical celebrations of dark Americana and the current state of the world today through a neon soaked lens.
Things like this are so exciting to see, I love theatrical level design used in spaces that will really immerse the viewer. It’s truly my dream to design spaces like this one, not only curating the spaces themselves but by association then helping curate the community that experiences it. I love the community of artists who know artists who know artists, projects like this coming to life and being additionally made available to the public. Accessibility is so important to creating good work that means something, opening spaces like this to wider audiences is key to growing the arts community and I love the air of exclusivity and “VIP” slowly shriveling away. Additionally, I am so curious how much all of these disco balls weigh… they’re not small, that’s for sure. Nonetheless, I’m glad to see such a lively space be opened to the public, even if just for select nights, and for this kind of immersive design to make its way into broader varieties of spaces.
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