sol island media works

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Experimental films by artist Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez, hand-made in 16mm using scratch-on-film and paint-on-film techniques (direct filmmaking), damaged cameras, found footage, and digital video effects. These works are exhibited in various forms, as films and/or as visual art or as part of multimedia performance works. www.solislandmediaworks.comwww.artcinematic.blogspot.com

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    • Play elixir - sol island media works on Blip sol island media works episodes on Blip

      elixir

      © 2004 Dinorah de Jesús RodriguezA 16mm and digital video collage composed of found footage, home movies and hand-scratched animations. Originally exhibited as Movement 7 of a seven-movement video-symphony entitled Female Alchemy, this piece addresses the concept of maturity, self-realization and the continuous evolution and elevation of the human spirit. With music by composer Paul Yeon Lee and a brief cameo appearance by beat poet Anne Waldman.

      • Release date
        Jan 15, 2009
      • Runtime
        04:05
    • Play Parlor Tricks - sol island media works on Blip sol island media works episodes on Blip

      Parlor Tricks

      © 2004 Dinorah de Jesús RodriguezOriginally presented as Movement 4 of a seven-movement videosymphony entitled Female Alchemy, this piece is created by passing 16mm film through the camera twice. The piece explores issues of sexuality, love, marriage, female identity and personal freedom. The music by Gabriela Lena Frank, a modifiedl Cuban danzon, is a hybrid of classical music with ballroom dance influences, hence the title, Parlor Tricks.

      • Release date
        Jan 15, 2009
      • Runtime
        02:49
    • Play TELEPATIA - sol island media works on Blip sol island media works episodes on Blip

      TELEPATIA

      © 2007 Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez"All the sex that we are having and not having in virtual reality." This erotic trance journey explores the evolving nature of intimate sexual relations in the cyberage. The piece is made from 16mm found footage and hand-scratched animations processed with psychedelic digital effects and musicby Ricardo Lastre.

      • Release date
        Jan 14, 2009
      • Runtime
        06:45
    • Play casas viajantes - sol island media works on Blip sol island media works episodes on Blip

      casas viajantes

      ©2008 Dinorah de Jesús RodriguezA study of cultural and ethnic migration created in collaboration with mixed-media artist Erman as part of an installation work of the same name. The work documents the motion of Erman's kinetic sculptures as they travel through different terrains, acquiring memories and impressions along the way.

      • Release date
        Jan 14, 2009
      • Runtime
        05:17
    • Play l'anatomie du désir - sol island media works on Blip sol island media works episodes on Blip

      l'anatomie du désir

      ©2001 Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez Created with obsolete and damaged film cameras, and made as a tribute to biophysical impulses, this 16mm assemblage of erotic images, scientific illustrations, and distressed found footage presents an experiment in texture, mechanical association and synchronicity. The film was remastered in several versions, each one with the soundtrack beginning at a different point in the film, thus changing the relationship between sound and picture in each version. Sountra...

      • Release date
        Jan 12, 2009
      • Runtime
        05:33
    • Play Is it True Blondes Have More FUN? - sol island media works on Blip sol island media works episodes on Blip

      Is it True Blondes Have More FUN?

      © 2005 Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez A vandalized remake of the classic Clairol Hair Dye ad from the 1960's: Hand-scratched, hand-painted, embellished, digitally mastered and defaced for the 21st Century.

      • Release date
        Jan 12, 2009
      • Runtime
        01:19
    • Play you are the product of a sex tabu - sol island media works on Blip sol island media works episodes on Blip

      you are the product of a sex tabu

      ©2005 Dinorah de Jesús RodriguezThis experimental film collage looks at the relationship between cartoons, childhood memories, advertising, sexuality and our desire to attain a state of purity in spite of it all. Consisting of hand-colored and scratched 16mm found footage processed with digital video effects, the piece includes a sound collage with music by Valerie Opielski.

      • Release date
        Jan 12, 2009
      • Runtime
        02:12
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