Raquel Cecilia Mendieta & Jay Ezra Nayssan on the films of Ana Mendieta

Mar 27, 2025

Post-screening discussion with Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Director of the Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, and curator Jay Ezra Nayssan, Del Vaz Projects.

Organized by Jay Ezra Nayssan of Del Vaz Projects in collaboration with the Estate of Ana Mendieta, this screening presented a diverse selection of ten films created by the multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta between 1971 and 1981. Recording her performative actions, Silueta Series, and sculptures in the earth, these moving-image works explore landscapes across Iowa, Oaxaca, and Cuba, where Mendieta engages primordial nature in a dialogue with the human body.