[Commlist] CFP: WiderScreen 1-2/2021: David Lynch Special Issue

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WiderScreen 1-2/2021: David Lynch Special Issue
http://widerscreen.fi/call-for-papers/

Special Issue Editors:PetriSaarikoski, Katriina Heljakka and Pauliina Tuomi

Deadline for abstracts 31.8.2020.

WiderScreen is seeking contributions for its Fall/Winter issue dedicated 
to David Lynch’s contributions to both art and media cultures. David 
Lynch has said about his films: “All my movies are about strange worlds 
that you can’t go into unless you film them. That’s what’s so important 
about film to me. I just like going into strange worlds” (Lynch in Wolf, 
2012: 1).

Lynch’s work is often recognized by its non-linear storytelling and 
narrative ambiguity. The reception of the strange worlds envisioned and 
created by Lynch has resulted in fan appraisal as well as critical 
success. Yet, the visionary experimental modes, provocative approaches 
and peculiar aesthetics represented in the art and authorship of Lynch 
have prompted mixed reactions from its various audiences—media, TV and 
film industries.

One of Lynch’s key works is the seminal television show, Twin Peaks, 
created and developed together with Mark Frost. This year marks the 30th 
Anniversary of the first season of Twin Peaks that premiered on April 8, 
1990.

The original Twin Peaks (1990­­–1991) is often considered the first cult 
television show, including facets of genre television, especially 
detective fiction, soap operas, horror and science fiction. Season 3 of 
Twin Peaks (Twin Peaks: The Return) premiered in May 2017 and received 
critical acclaim.

A significant body of popular and scholarly research explores Lynch’s 
work through multimodal accounts. The upcoming special issue challenges 
researchers interested in the art and storytelling of Lynch to approach 
these ‘strange worlds’ in creative, even subversive ways. This special 
issue will explore the (strange) nature, narrative complexity, cultism, 
reception and consumption of David Lynch’s work and worlds—drawings, 
paintings, writings, short films, television series and cinematic films.

The special issue is bilingual (English / Finnish). In addition to peer 
reviewed article manuscripts (4000-7000 words), this issue welcomes 
articles, review articles, book reviews, as well as experimental media 
approaches, such as multimedia works that investigate David Lynch’s 
multidimensional art.

The themes of interest to the special issue are (but are not limited to):

     • reception; audience, media, TV and film
     • culture, cultism and consumption
     • play, playfulness and humor
     • parodies, pastiches, and other forms of participatory engagement 
with Lynch’s worlds
     • dreams, illusions, imagination and fantasy
     • aesthetics and ambiance
     • artistic productions as tributes to the work of David Lynch, 
material, digital and beyond
     • fandom and fabrication in all of its forms
     • physicality, digitality and multisensoriality
     • language, symbolism and mythology
     • terrain, locations and geography
     • gastronomy, hospitality
     • violence, horror and terror
     • subconsciousness, surrealism, and the supernatural
     • intertextuality, paratextuality and transmediality
     • theme songs, music and soundscapes
     • Legacy of the Log: Twin Peaks seasons 1-3
     • It is happening again: mimesis, repetition, re-appropriation and 
replaying
     • spatial and temporal dimensions
     • narrative complexity

Please send your abstract (300-500 words) by 31.8.2020 to 
Editor-in-Chief, Petri Saarikoski, University of Turku (petsaari [a] 
utu.fi) and editors Katriina Heljakka, University of Turku 
(katriina.heljakka [a] utu.fi) and Pauliina Tuomi, University of Tampere 
((pauliina.tuomi /at/ tuni.fi)). Notification of acceptance by 9.9.2020. The 
deadline for the full manuscripts is 9.11.2020. Submission deadline: 
15.2.2021.

Publication: winter 2021

Please direct inquiries about the special issue to the 
Editor-in-Chief,PetriSaarikoski, University of Turku, (petsaari [a] utu.fi)
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