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Jorge Zontal

Known for

Acting

Birthplace

Parma, Italy

Biography

Slobodan Saia-Levy (born 1944 in Parma, Italy – February 3, 1994), publicly known as Jorge Zontal, was a Canadian artist.

Zontal was born in Parma, Italy, in 1944, the son of Yugoslav refugees. He grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, and in 1968 he earned a degree in architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he also studied film making and acting. Zontal died on February 3, 1994 of AIDS-related causes. Soon after graduation, he met Felix Partz and AA Bronson while working on a film in Toronto and their group, General Idea, soon became an active part of the Canadian and then the international art scene.

Best known work

Blocking

Blocking

1974
Test Tube

Test Tube

1979
Shut the Fuck Up

Shut the Fuck Up

1984
Pilot

Pilot

1977
God is My Gigolo

God is My Gigolo

1969
General Idea: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle

General Idea: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle

2008
Hands Across the Border

Hands Across the Border

1978

Filmography

  1. 2008

    General Idea: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle

    as Self

  2. 1984

  3. 1979

    Test Tube

    as Himself

  4. 1978

  5. 1977

    Pilot

    as Himself

  6. 1974

    Blocking

    as Himself

  7. 1969

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