Raphael Montañez Ortíz Movies

With the aid of the Computer Department at Rutgers University, Montañez Ortiz devised a software interface that allowed him to digitize a...

A several-second passage depicting a woman's agitated face is repeated in a loop that decomposes, distorts and reassembles her expression and gesture...

Raphael Montañez Ortiz tells a story about an elderly Jewish couple that didn't watch television or listen to the radio. Instead they used to...

Raphael Montañez Ortíz cycles through two clips: footage of a rocket launch and a clip of a Wile E. Coyote cartoon and manipulates and...

Raphael Montañez Ortíz visually manipulates a scene of Spencer Tracy in his role from the classic film San Francisco to create a...

The concept of ritual-theater has been important since the early sixties in its production. It consists of the staging of violence through real acts...

Metaphor on the massacre with the help of diverted images and a very varied soundtrack. The soundtrack was added in 1962.

Raphael Montañez Ortíz takes a scene from the film Phantom Lady and manipulates and distorts it using digital video software to create...

One of Ortiz’s final computer-laser-videos, marking a significant point in his career as an interdisciplinary artist and pioneer of the...

1991 / U-Matic / b&w / sound / 1S / 3' 00

An experimental video based on repetition and crazy rhythm.

One of director Ortiz’s final computer-laser-videos, marking a significant point in his career as an interdisciplinary artist and pioneer of...

A selection of works from the late 1950's - late 1980's which begins with one of a number of piano destruction concerts performed at the DESTRUCTION...