A short film which presents itself as a documentary on Gustavo Raynal, a founding member of the visceral realists, a fictional artist group inspired by Roberto Bolano’s novel Savage Detectives. The group positioned radical direct political action against not only cultural institutions, but also banks and businesses, as a mode of cultural production.

Written, produced and directed by York Chang, in collaboration with Luis De La Vega and Francisco Cortines.

Short documentary of a leading member of the visceral realists, a Latin American conceptual art group obsessed with the relationship between creativity and catastrophe. Raynal was active in Buenos Aires between 1999-2001, particularly during the 2001 Argentine economic crisis. This film was produced on the occasion of the first U.S. retrospective of the visceral realists' work at the Federal Art Project in Los Angeles, CA. (October 3.2009- November 14.2009) roberto bolano 2666 savage detectives parafictional faux fake news fake documentary