I’m Dionysus R. Ortiz. I’m an artist, filmmaker, and educator. based in Tongva Territory in “Los Angeles”. I make work using all types of mediums, from filmmaking to puppetry to ceramics, as a way to explore representations of mental health, transness, and the self.
Featured Work
00. Transexual Doc
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These are all clips for a long-term transition documentary that I was gonna make but abandoned at some point in 2022 for a lot of reasons.
MHD
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A mental health diary made in June and July of 2019 chronicling my declining mental state and rehabilitation.
if you boiled me down to make ink this is probably what you’d get
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An animated self portrait based on the colors and themes of the original pride flag.
First Time Driving
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An animated account of my very first time driving.