Frances Salomé España, Nepantla from Sacred Confessions and Holy Smoke…The Confessions Trilogy, 1998

Video Art • 13m • United States

Frances Salomé España (b. 1952, Los Angeles; lives in Los Angeles)

Frances Salomé España is an experimental filmmaker who created Sacred Confessions and Holy Smoke … The Confessions Trilogy as a series of films that explore spirituality, femininity, and power. Her conceptual approach rejects linearity, cultivates a fragmented and imaginative narrative, and intersects personal and collective memories. Nepantla explores poetic and conceptual notions of nepantla (a concept of “in-betweenness”) and the displacement and violence endured by Xicanx people.

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Frances Salomé (n. 1952, Los Ángeles; vive en Los Ángeles)

Frances Salomé España es una cineasta experimental que creó Sacred Confessions and Holy Smoke… The Confessions Trilogy como una serie de películas que exploran la espiritualidad, la feminidad y el poder. Su enfoque conceptual rechaza la linealidad, cultiva una narrativa fragmentada e imaginativa y cruza memorias personales y colectivas. Nepantla explora nociones poéticas y conceptuales de “nepantla” (un concepto de “intermedio”) y el desplazamiento y la violencia sufridos por el pueblo Xicanx.

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Frances Salomé (Fèt an 1952, Los Angeles; L ap viv nan Los Angeles)

Frances Salomé España se yon reyalizatè èksperimantal ki kreye Sacred Confessions ak Holy Smoke… The Confessions Trilogy kòm yon seri fim ki eksplore espirityalite, feminite, ak pouvwa. Apwòch konseptyèl li rejte linearite, kiltive yon naratif fragmante ak imajinatif, epi travèse memwa pèsonèl ak kolektif. Nepantla eksplore nòt powetik ak konseptyèl Nepantla (yon konsèp “antrede kote”) ak deplasman ak vyolans pèp Xicanx sibi.

FRANCES SALOMÉ ESPAÑA, Nepantla, from Sacred Confessions and Holy Smoke… The Confessions Trilogy, 1998. Color video, with sound, 13 min, 27 sec. © Frances Salomé España. Courtesy of the Artist.