Marvelous Movie Mondays: Eaton Canyon
EPFC | September 25th, 2017
Marvelous Movie Mondays! It’s our final week to celebrate A Day In The Sun: Films by the EPFC Coop and we’re giving a super special shout out to the fabulous Ms. Kate Lain, charter Coop member and the creator/curator/champion of Marvelous Movie Mondays! Thanks for all you do, Kate, in bringing the global experimental community together here each week!
Let’s enjoy a nature break with Kate’s film Eaton Canyon (1.2 miles in 50 feet).
Traces of what has come before imbue the present. In Eaton Canyon, one of the most trafficked hiking destinations near Los Angeles, you can find a multitude of traces of its own making—traces of geologic change, of jurisdictional decisions, of plant and animal life, of constructions built to last but now left as ruins. This suite of works is imbued with traces not only of a particular moment in this canyon, but also of their own making.
Born and raised in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, Kate works in a variety of media including digital video, super 8 film, photography, paper, clay, and fabric. She is interested in intersections—of human and nature, myth and lived experience, feminine and masculine. Her video and film work verges on documentary and spans a wide range—from essay film to stop-motion collage to impressionist portrait. She has an MFA in Science & Natural History Filmmaking, and her works have screened at festivals and venues internationally.