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What Is This

1985 9 min English

With the aid of the Computer Department at Rutgers University, Montañez Ortiz devised a software interface that allowed him to digitize a videotape by scratching it forward and backward, completely disrupting its temporality.

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Raphael Montañez Ortíz Director

United States release January 1, 1985 · Produced in United States

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United States · January 1, 1985

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