David Lynch: from Moscow to Lodz

Missed David Lynch in Moscow. He was at the Gerasimov Institute for Cinematography last week. Got the news via Zhjenja. One of his favorite spots where you can see him annually is the Camerimage Festival in Lodz, Poland (www.pluscamerimage.pl). Lynch is there every autumn. He bought the EC1 powerstation (see pic.) with a Polish businesspartner, to turn it into an academy and studio. We'll probably drop by Lodz when we're in Warsaw in May. Lynch always has a green chair with him to sit down and ponder over wonderously surrealist places. And Lodz is full of them. When he saw the older art deco powerstation once owned by Scheibler, he decided to do something in Lodz. Scheibler's powerstation is one of the most magical places in Europe, but hard to get in nowadays. Lodz innovators like Monika Dziegielewska are trying hard to preserve it, maybe as a UNESCO heritage building.