Raphael Montañez Ortíz
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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.
Known for
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The Kiss (1985)
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The Conversation (1996)
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Golf (1957)
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Dance Number (1985)
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Newsreel (1958)
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Beach Umbrella (1985)
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Busy Bodies (1997)
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Couplett (1986)
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Here's Looking At You Kid (1991)
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Pushann Pushann (1986)
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Cowboy and "Indian" Film (1958)
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Welcome (1985)
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Piano Destruction Concert: Dada con Mama (2014)
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Introspective: Ortiz Art-Work Late 1950s - Late 1980s (1996)
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The First Born Female Child (1986)
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If You Don't Want It Anymore (1988)
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I Spent My Last Breathe At Thee (1986)
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Ring Ring Rag Time (1996)
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Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling (1958)
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Couch Destruction: Angel Release (2017)
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Gonna Get Me a Gal (1991)
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It's Coming Up (1997)
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Stop Stop Stop Stop (1986)
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Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse (1992)
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Ritual Destruction of "Follow Through" (1957)
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Man Has Man Has Always (1987)
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What Is This (1985)
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Good and Evil (1986)
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You Bust Your Bunns (1986)
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Piano Destruction Concert: Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall (1996)
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Dance Number 22 (1993)
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That's Too Much (1996)
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