Ana Mendieta Movies

United States / Mexico 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

United States / Mexico 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 4 min

United States 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

A self-portrait, Mirage exposes Mendieta's naked body in nature reflected in a mirror. She holds a gourd and stabs it open to let its seeds fly away.

Single channel, super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent.

A 1975 work, Butterfly makes use of polarized graphic effects as Ana Mendieta's spectral body sprouts iridescent wings.

Untitled is the first of over 100 films created by Ana Mendieta. By scratching and painting directly onto the film’s emulsion, she formed a...

In Ana Mendieta’s Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece), the artist’s silhouetted form is replicated as an effigy with blazing...

Ana Mendieta, 1975

Ana Mendieta, 1975

Volcán captures a raised mound of earth set against a grassy riverbank. A white silhouette in the shape of a female body lies atop of the...

Ana Mendieta, 1974

Super-8 film transferred to high-definition digital support, colour, silent. Fundamento Palo Monte belongs to the Siluetas, a series of ephemeral...

A single-channel video (transferred from Super-8 film), color, silent, where we watch the artist from behind as she traces a rough outline of her...

Short film by Ana Mendieta.

Some of the films are presented in tandem in darkened interiors that resemble the caves where Mendieta sculpted some of her final works. One film...

1. Sweating Blood, November 1973 2. Blood Writing, February 1974 3. Body Tracks, March 1974 4. Burial Pyramid, Summer 1974 5. Untitled, Summer...

A dead tree. A body. Ocean waves.

A film by Ana Mendieta

A film by Ana Mendieta