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Raphael Montañez Ortíz (b. 1934, New York) is a multidisciplinary artist perhaps best known for his radical performances of the 1960s as part of the Destructivist movement which he helped to articulate. Not many know that he is also a pioneer of found footage cinema who deserves greater recognition within the American filmic avant-garde. Starting in 1957, he produced a number of singular works by subjecting 16mm prints of commercially- or institutionally-produced films to a cut-up method inspired by Yaqui shamanic practices, a kind of ritualistic chance operation intended to break down their structure and thoroughly undermine their discursive power. In the mid-1980s, Montañez Ortiz continued his critical deconstructions of commercial cinema, this time exploring a novel format: the laser disc. Having created a special interactive setup at the computer lab of Rutgers University, the artist transformed micro-moments from classic films into looping, stuttering choreographies that, through obsessive repetition, reveal the tacit gestualities and subconscious inner dynamics of these seemingly innocent Hollywood scenes.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1934-01-30
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
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- info Birth Place Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
2018-04-30
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Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama
2014-11-22
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Couch Destruction: Angel Release
2017-01-11
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Golf
1957-01-01
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Golf
1957-01-01
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Cowboy and "Indian" Film
1958-01-01
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Cowboy and "Indian" Film
1958-01-01
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Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling
1958-01-01
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Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling
1958-01-01
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Newsreel
1958-01-01
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Newsreel
1958-01-01
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The Kiss
1985-01-01
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What Is This
1985-01-01
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What Is This
1985-01-01
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You Bust Your Bunns
1986-01-01
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You Bust Your Bunns
1986-01-01
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Gonna Get Me a Gal
1991-01-01
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Gonna Get Me a Gal
1991-01-01
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Dance Number 22
1993-01-01
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Dance Number 22
1993-01-01
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The Conversation
1996-01-01
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The Conversation
1996-01-01
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Beach Umbrella
1985-01-01
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The Kiss
1985-01-01
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Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse
1992-01-01
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Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse
1992-01-01
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Here's Looking At You Kid
1991-01-01
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Introspective: Ortiz Art-Work Late 1950s - Late 1980s
1996-01-01
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Ritual Destruction of "Follow Through"
1957-01-01
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Piano Destruction Concert: Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall
1996-01-01
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Ring Ring Rag Time
1996-01-01
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Dance Number
1985-01-01
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Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama
2014-11-22
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Couch Destruction: Angel Release
2017-01-11
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Pushann Pushann
1986-10-01