Paul Wong Movies

  • 1995
    Mixed Messages

    Mixed Messages

    Mixed Messages

    01995HD

    Mixed Messages is a work that addresses the issues of race and sexuality. This mixed media installation consists of three life size photographs of...

    Mixed Messages
  • 1995
    So Are You

    So Are You

    So Are You

    01995HD

    So Are You is a 25 minute videotape about the difficulties of assuming ones self-identity. Identity is shaped and informed by the dominant culture,...

    So Are You
  • 1992
    Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain

    Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain

    Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain

    01992HD

    The images seem to suggest a traditional Chinese funeral ceremony associated with ancestor worship, though Wong has remarked they do not represent...

    Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain
  • 1977
    7 Day Activity

    7 Day Activity

    7 Day Activity

    01977HD

    Early colour video recorded on ½ in. Part of The Mainstreet Tapes (1976-1980) a series of autobiographic tapes documenting Wong & friends...

    7 Day Activity
  • 1978
    Asteroid

    Asteroid

    Asteroid

    01978HD

    A made for the camera video collaboration with Steve Paxton, a unique pas de deux between videographer and dancer.

    Asteroid
  • 2008
    Chelsea Hotel Room 207

    Chelsea Hotel Room 207

    Chelsea Hotel Room 207

    02008HD

    Crack induced euphoria amplifies a sexually charged environment. The cameraman is implicitly involved in the activities of two men in tightie-whities...

    Chelsea Hotel Room 207
  • 2006
    Spring

    Spring

    Spring

    02006HD

    The scattering of Steve Lacy’s ashes at Long Island, NY on March 21, 2006.

    Spring
  • 2010
    Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree

    02010HD

    Projected onto 8’ weather balloon. Recorded at Joshua Tree National Park. Part of the Scorched series.

    Joshua Tree
  • 2010
    Save the Queen

    Save the Queen

    Save the Queen

    02010HD

    Installation featuring flowing, erupting, bubbling lava projected on water, rocks and Koi fish.

    Save the Queen
  • 2010
    Scorched

    Scorched

    Scorched

    02010HD

    In picture-in-picture style Wong has structured four recordings made in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts of Southern California. Recorded in the...

    Scorched
  • 2010
    Enter the Dragon 1973-2008

    Enter the Dragon 1973-2008

    Enter the Dragon 1973-2008

    02010HD

    Two seminal moments of recent media history are presented side by side. The closing scene from the film Enter The Dragon* starring Bruce Lee are...

    Enter the Dragon 1973-2008
  • 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
  • 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
    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    02010HD

    "Paul Wong’s Mahjong is rooted in the visual and oral sensuality of the game–the saturated colours of green in the game pieces and table...

    Mahjong
  • 1988
    Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade

    Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade

    Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade

    01988HD

    Wong uses his second generation Chinese-Canadian perspective to frame the Chinese here in the new world, Canada, and in the motherland, China. This...

    Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade
  • 1978
    Hands Across the Border

    Hands Across the Border

    Hands Across the Border

    01978HD

    Hands Across The Border was a seven city slow scan collaboration. With participation from Paul Wong, Sharon Levett & Daryl Lacey, Video Inn,...

    Hands Across the Border
  • 2010
    Strangler Tree

    Strangler Tree

    Strangler Tree

    02010HD

    Inspired by the Australian Banyan tree commonly known as the Strangler Fig, the site-specific mash-up used appropriated material from popular culture...

    Strangler Tree
  • 2010
    Dovetale

    Dovetale

    Dovetale

    02010HD

    Mixing together of Pantages’ Implosion of a longtime down town east side landmark: the Woodwards building, with Wong’s Downtown Eastside...

    Dovetale
  • 1975
    On Becoming a Man

    On Becoming a Man

    On Becoming a Man

    01975HD

    On the occasion of his 21st birthday, Paul Wong walks southwest from his mother’s house at St. Catherines St. to the Quebec St. home of Kenneth...

    On Becoming a Man
  • 2000
    Refugee Class of 2000

    Refugee Class of 2000

    Refugee Class of 2000

    02000HD

    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