According to the Zen philosophy of Lao Tse, the Valley is a space of pure creation, a place that is always capable of being inhabited by anything.

Inhabiting the Valley is a performance that revolves around cinematographic art. This performance centers around the projection of a 16mm celluloid film loop covered in black ink which generates a blockage of light. The film loop will be scratched with blades until the transparent base material is left bare allowing light to finally shine through. This performance is a light show of sorts, which in the tradition of experimental cinema serves as a reference for strobe cinema and film performance. Hosted by Art In The Park. FREE EVENT! NO PRE-REGISTRATION NECESSARY.

About Elena Solis: 

Our artist in residence at EPFC this fall is Audiovisual artist and sculptor Elena Solis from Mexico City. Elena started out her film career at the Laboratorio Experimental de Cine in Montevideo, Uruguay. Here she learned about art film, appropriation (found footage), and film performances. She incorporates sound art into her practice and is inspired by the fluxus movement. She creates experimental video and film works and has performed her film performance Habitando el Valle (Inhabiting the Valley) in Uruguay and most recently at La Feria de Acción in Mexico in 2020. With her sister Daniela, Elena hosts art encounters called Mutacion that provide a space for female and non-binary artists to meet and present their artistic projects. In 2020 Elena began to learn pottery, merging the possibilities of clay with her two impulses of action: light and sound.
Elena's art social media:
https://instagram.com/elensgs?igshid=ZjA0NjI3M2I=
https://instagram.com/tetradactil?igshid=ZjA0NjI3M2I=