VALLEY OF THE POSSIBLE

Role: Producer & Friend of the Valley
Year: 2019 - ongoing
City: Cañon del Blanco

Valley of the Possible is an independent cultural non-profit that offers artists, scientists and other thinkers and makers a place to reconnect with nature, time for research and space for artistic development.

Through open calls and curated programs, it encourages interhemispheric, intercultural and interdisciplinary exchange. Valley of the Possible invites up-and-coming artists, established professionals and other visionary spirits from all disciplines and backgrounds with interest in subjects related to, and at the intersection of, art, ecology, science and non-western narratives. In conjunction with curators, they produce tailor-made programs exploring specific themes. Additionally they offer a platform to investigate an inclusive and community-led model for the rewilding and regeneration of nature and specifically this remote valley in the Chilean Andes. Through this continuous collaborative process they are slowly building a refugio for art and research.

Founders:
Olaf Boswijk & Mirla Klijn

Tierra Negra Residency 2022:

Andrea Galano Toro (CL-ES)
Kyra Sacks (NL)
Simon Handy (UK)

Roberta Esposito (IT)
Sandra Méndez (COL)

Darko Lagunas (CL/NL)
Johanneke de Ruijter (NL)

Tierra Negra Residency 2021:

Nicolás Amaro (CL)
Sébastian Calfuqueo (Map)
Francisca Álvarez Sánchez (CL)
Femke Veeman (NL)

Marit Mihklepp (EST)
Rosalie Wammes (NL)
Paz Gonzáles (CL)
Esther Lu (TW)

Amy Pekal (USA)
Claudia Vásquez Gómez (CL)
Fer Walüng (CL)

Pilot Residency 2019:

Darko Lagunas León (CL/NL)
Nathaniel Popkin (US)
Mark IJzerman (NL)

Juan Ferrer (CL)
Sébastien Robert (FR)
Xandra van der Eijk (NL)

Laurien Bachmann (AUT) Sebastian Six (AUT)

As cities and urbanized cultures continue to expand, people become increasingly detached from their natural surroundings. The constant need for economic growth is spurring climate change and the sixth mass extinction of species. What is our role in all this and from where does it stem? How do we create meaningful change? How do we move beyond the flood of distressing scientific data and rhetoric to visualize an alternative future? How can we move past an anthropocentric view of the world?

The arts may be the most powerful tool we have to ask these questions and more importantly: to reimagine the relationship we have with our planet in the most fundamental way possible. It has the capacity to bridge cultural and socio-economic gaps and create new narratives humanity so desperately needs to transform to new ways of living. Already there is a growing and activist art movement addressing climate injustice, ecological catastrophe, racial inequality and the suffering that comes with it. This movement can provide strength to bring about change based on community and interbeing, as well as the potential to rethink politics and demonstrate how nature is interwoven with economics, technology, culture and law. At the same time, we believe it is essential to support from within this movement the parallel development of ecological and economical shifts that re-addresses the wisdom, tradition and culture of Indigenous people and the importance of their cosmology. Valley of the Possible exists to host, support and present these discussions and works.