Video Performance

SOLO B (2020) video Performance

Solo B (2020)

Created, Directed and Performed by Mariana Valencia

In Solo B—a Spanglish phrase coined by the artist meaning “just be”—the poses of classical and pre-Columbian sculptures guide movements, words, and reflections. The performance roams through millennia, from ancient Greece to contemporary art, capturing the world from Valencia’s perspective, framed by her research in the Mediterranean region, ephemera collected from her mother’s youth, and other references in her proximate view. Crossing time and place, Solo B offers a deep examination of notions of beauty, rupture, and healing.

Valencia joined the Shed family of artists as a member of the first cohort of Open Call participants. When her commission was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she shifted the format of her piece and filmed it in her home during the ongoing shutdown of performance spaces in New York City.

BROWNOUT (2021) video Performance

brownout (2021)

Creator, Director, and Performer: Mariana Valencia

Film at Hudson Hall in Hudson, NY and Coxsackie, NY

Commissioned by Baryshnikov Arts Center Digital Spring Season, 2021.

brownout is a solo that uses a series of movement and sound scores to play with narrative, abstraction, and inference. Generating a visual essay through the “stage” of the camera, shifting the frame from one lens to the next, explores changes in electricity, visibility, and perception.

Funding Credits: Baryshikov Arts Center Artist Commissions made possible with generous leadership support from Anonymous, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Howard Gilman Foundation, Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Thompson Family Foundation, and Robert and Kathleen Wallace. Lead support of dance programming at BAC is provided by the Rudolf Nureyev Endowment.

+++ Edna VIDEOS :) +++

Edna’s Social Distance 2020

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

Edna has been deep in social distancing while she broadcasts from home.

This video was made for The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art benefit; June 16, 2020.

Edna’s hobbies and organizng tips 2020

Created and Perfromed by Mariana Valencia

Find out what Edna's been up to in this second segment that was broadcast from home.

This live video was made for the BOFFO NYC benefit; May 8, 2020.

Edna’s best friend jeans 2021

Created and performed by Mariana Valencia (2021)

Commissioned by Under The Radar at The Public Theater, 2021.

Edna Schmidt has more home projects to share... find out how to make the most out of your best friend's jeans...

Edna’s Tote Bags 2020

Created and Performed by Mariana Valencia

Commissioned by Dance Now 2020

Find out what Edna does with her tote bag collection; a collection of tote bags she has gathered from her lesbian friends...