Paul Wong Movies

  • 2010
    Downtown Eastside

    Downtown Eastside

    Downtown Eastside

    02010HD

    The artist records everyday activities in the streets and alleys around the Main and Hasting Street intersection. On the right, the view is from a...

    Downtown Eastside
  • 2008
    EastVan 'John'

    EastVan 'John'

    EastVan 'John'

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    Dennis and Barb McDonald are empty nesters from the suburbs. On this day they get legal possession of their new house. They have privately purchased...

    EastVan 'John'
  • 1976
    60 Unit; Bruise

    60 Unit; Bruise

    60 Unit; Bruise

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    Wong's first colour videotape bears the influence of several artistic genres popular in the 1970s, including performance and body art. We see Kenneth...

    60 Unit; Bruise
  • 2010
    Exit Upon Arrival

    Exit Upon Arrival

    Exit Upon Arrival

    02010HD

    In vertical split screen we see and hear two shifting views of the artist entering and exiting via a set of swinging doors. Going in and out of the...

    Exit Upon Arrival
  • 2010
    Well Done

    Well Done

    Well Done

    02010HD

    A foreign landowner negotiates with the locals and oversees digging of a well on his property.

    Well Done
  • 2008
    Dog Eat Dog

    Dog Eat Dog

    Dog Eat Dog

    02008HD

    The muse performs Dog Eat Dog. In altered and real-time he presents a dark and light side of innocence.

    Dog Eat Dog
  • 2006
    Venenzia

    Venenzia

    Venenzia

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    With real and constructed reflected views we glide down the Grand Canal in silence. We enter a tighter waterway slipping past buildings on each side...

    Venenzia
  • 1981
    '4'

    '4'

    '4'

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    ’4′ originated as a collaborative performance by Deborah Fong, Carol Hackett, Annastacia McDonald and Jeanette Reinhardt as the S.S....

    '4'
  • 2000
    Refugee Class of 2000

    Refugee Class of 2000

    Refugee Class of 2000

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    Refugee Class of 2000 is a series of three TV ads produced as part of the Unite Against Racism campaign mounted by the Canadian Race Relations...

    Refugee Class of 2000
  • 2010
    Easter Parade

    Easter Parade

    Easter Parade

    02010HD

    Icon of Jesus is marched through town in the days leading up to Easter.

    Easter Parade
  • 2011
    The Hotel

    The Hotel

    The Hotel

    02011HD

    The Hotel featured 12 site-specific performances and art installations created by Wong, which wowed the thousands who attended. This 17-minute video...

    The Hotel
  • 1985
    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look

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    Luc Bourdon, Marc Paradis and Simon B. Robert are curators for a selection of Canadian video to be presented within the context of the 13th...

    Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look
  • 2010
    Pool

    Pool

    Pool

    02010HD

    Abandoned pool used by skateboarders. Remnants of former yacht club on the Salton Sea, Mojave Desert.

    Pool
  • 2008
    Running In a Maze

    Running In a Maze

    Running In a Maze

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    Running In A Maze features an abstracted video of young women and men playfully chasing one another in a maze created by artist Charles Rea. The...

    Running In a Maze
  • 2008
    Diamondback

    Diamondback

    Diamondback

    02008HD

    A couple of bumbling guys on a dark road in Nicaragua spot a snake. They bound after the serpent that has slitered into the tall grass. Using bare...

    Diamondback
  • 2009
    Storm

    Storm

    Storm

    02009HD

    Storm, quite simply is a video recording of a car ride at night in hurricane forces. This is visual art that delivers us from the purely visual back...

    Storm
  • 1996
    Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World

    Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World

    Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World

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    Blending Milk and Water: Sex in the New World is a cross-cultural, intergenerational, documentary about the diverse views of sex from twenty-two...

    Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World
  • 1976
    Rock Garden

    Rock Garden

    Rock Garden

    01976HD

    A two-channel installation from the Modern Television Loop series. Rock Garden shows two continuous shots of stone piles. On one monitor we see a...

    Rock Garden
  • 1975
    Subway Loop

    Subway Loop

    Subway Loop

    01975HD

    This three-channel installation, from the Modern Television Loop Series, utilizes the qualities of real and edited time. “Three views of...

    Subway Loop
  • 2015
    Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage 1972-1982

    Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage 1972-1982

    Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage 1972-1982

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    MAINSTREETERS: Taking Advantage, 1972-1982 surveys the history of a gang of Vancouver artists who lived and worked together in drama, excess,...

    Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage 1972-1982