Ana Mendieta Movies

Short film by Ana Mendieta.

Sand and water meet in a glimmering silhouette.

Artist, Ana Mendieta, narrates as corresponding images of her work in both still and moving images highlight her themes and meanings behind her work.

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...

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1981

United States 1980, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 4 min

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

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

Mendietas last film was made off the coast of Florida, the silhouette points to Cuba, while the tropical waters undulate around the sandy earthwork.

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

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

Mendieta, Ana: Burial Pyramide, Yagul, Mexico.

United States 1979, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

United States 1978, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

United States 1975, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 6 min

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

"Esculturas Rupestres" (Rupestrian Sculptures) was made in Jaruco Park outside of Havana. The low relief sculptures that resembled petroglyphs, were...

An elemental film of flesh, blood, earth and water, Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Sangrienta depicts the artist’s reposing body on the ground,...

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...