Rafael A. López
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selected work
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Rafael Alejandro López is a Venezuelan-Swiss filmmaker, reformed graphic designer and Alien, based in Los Angeles.
Their most recent film work "Ghosts In You" won awards internationally, and was presented at the Museum of Art and Design in NYC during fashion week 2024.
Raised between Venezuela and Switzerland, López embraces the absurd political forces that shaped them. Their aesthetic pursuit examines how we fictionalize reality into a form of ironic realism that appears to be incapable of self-recognition.
Heavily influenced by Nina Menkes and Janice Tanaka’s mentoring, López’s approach to filmmaking strives to combat the pre-established patriarchal norms of mainstream visual language by centering humanity over entertainment within and beyond the frame.