'AN INVENTORY OF MEMORY' IS AN ONGOING PROJECT, RECORDED USING FIELD RECORDINGS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, INCORPORATED INTO MEDITATIVE, AMBIENT CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS.
FILM
NARRATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL FILMS
The Sick Oyster - trailer / teaser from HarleyCortez on Vimeo.
Mingus Ombale is looking for his adopted twin sister.
What he discovers changes his life forever.
Meditaćion Para Alejandro / a Semi-Concerto for Violin from HarleyCortez on Vimeo.
An experimental film collaboration by Greek collage artist Elina Traiforou and Los Angeles-based musician + visual artist Harley Cortez.
The film takes on various loose narratives that situates the viewer in subjective experience with a violin crescendo.
With original music composed by Harley Cortez.
IGNACIO from HarleyCortez on Vimeo.
'IGNACIO' is short film that takes place in a 1930's rural California/Mexico border town. The film's language is Spanish (with english subtitles) but it's experimental nature makes it a visual, nonverbal, and subtle tone poem.
Directed & Written by Harley Prechtel-Cortez
Edited and Produced by Ravi Subramanian & Harley Cortez
Co-Produced by Ryan Kohler
Costumer : Elise Velasco
DP: Jesse Overman
Additional Camera: Ravi Subramanian
Cast:
Mario Alberto
Kessylr Dean
Jimmy Cabeza de Vaca
Tyler Durtschi
Danielle Donofrio
Harley Cortez
Felipe Cortez
Diego Orellena
Music / Score by Harley Prechtel-Cortez (produced by Richard Swift)
Sound Mixing by Jason Rabe