Paul Wong Movies

  • 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
    Easter Parade

    Easter Parade

    Easter Parade

    02010HD

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

    Easter Parade
  • 2010
    Pool

    Pool

    Pool

    02010HD

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

    Pool
  • 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
    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
  • 2009
    2 Hot 2 Handle

    2 Hot 2 Handle

    2 Hot 2 Handle

    02009HD

    On the right stills and video of the 2009 Canadian Rockies International Rodeo in Strathmore, Alberta. On the left stills and titles/text of rodeo...

    2 Hot 2 Handle
  • 2008
    Chelsea Hotel Room 207

    Chelsea Hotel Room 207

    Chelsea Hotel Room 207

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    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
  • 1998
    Jazz Slave Ships

    Jazz Slave Ships

    Jazz Slave Ships

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    Jazz Slave Ships was a site-specific performance collaboration between Vancouver artist Jan Wade and London-based performer Vanessa Richards that...

    Jazz Slave Ships
  • 1993
    I Love You

    I Love You

    I Love You

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    This was a site-specific work for spectra-board urban screen located at BC Place stadium in Vancouver. This Day Without Art project, curated by Scott...

    I Love 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
  • 1988
    Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade

    Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade

    Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade

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    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
  • 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'
  • 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
  • 1987
    Body Fluid

    Body Fluid

    Body Fluid

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    A skillful, sensual rendering of an intriguing performance orchestrated by the artist. Through a fog-laden atmosphere, iconic figures emerge to...

    Body Fluid
  • 1976
    60 Unit; Bruise

    60 Unit; Bruise

    60 Unit; Bruise

    01976HD

    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
    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
  • 2006
    Spring

    Spring

    Spring

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

    Spring
  • 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
  • 2003
    Hungry Ghosts Mix

    Hungry Ghosts Mix

    Hungry Ghosts Mix

    02003HD

    HUNGRY GHOSTS is a collaboration between the artist and the curator. The video installation provides an ephemeral form where interdisciplinary...

    Hungry Ghosts Mix