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
  • 2015
    Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage 1972-1982

    Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage 1972-1982

    Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage 1972-1982

    02015HD

    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
  • 1978
    in ten sity

    in ten sity

    in ten sity

    01978HD

    "The VAG exhibition space was staged with a four walled cube, 8’X 8’ which was padded internally. The four walls and the open ceiling...

    in ten sity
  • 2002
    Smash: Reflecting Sex

    Smash: Reflecting Sex

    Smash: Reflecting Sex

    02002HD

    “In 2002, I was invited to curate two video programs of Canadian works for EuroPride in Koln, Germany. Feeling disillusioned by the...

    Smash: Reflecting Sex
  • 2002
    EAT: Mainstreet Dinner for the Homeless

    EAT: Mainstreet Dinner for the Homeless

    EAT: Mainstreet Dinner for the Homeless

    02002HD

    EAT: Mainstreet Dinner for the Homeless is a roving view of the homeless occupying the public sidewalks surrounding the vacant Woodward’s...

    EAT: Mainstreet Dinner for the Homeless
  • 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
  • 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

    82008HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1995
    Temple of My Familiar

    Temple of My Familiar

    Temple of My Familiar

    01995HD

    Temple of My Familiar is the name of a mural painted in Belfast by Canadian artist Nhan Duc Nguyen. This documentary situates Nguyen’s art...

    Temple of My Familiar
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1984
    Confused: Sexual Views

    Confused: Sexual Views

    Confused: Sexual Views

    01984HD

    The installation Confused: Sexual Views was part of a three-phase project that also included Confused [the videotape] and Confused [the performance]....

    Confused: Sexual Views
  • 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
  • 2010
    Ross, Kay, and Elsie

    Ross, Kay, and Elsie

    Ross, Kay, and Elsie

    02010HD

    Friends and family members buried and cremated at Mountain View Cemetery. Ross Charles Haynes (1981-2000). Katherine Alma Erickson (1918-2003). Elsie...

    Ross, Kay, and Elsie
  • 1998
    Jazz Slave Ships

    Jazz Slave Ships

    Jazz Slave Ships

    01998HD

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

    Jazz Slave Ships
  • 1984
    Confused [The Videotape]

    Confused [The Videotape]

    Confused [The Videotape]

    01984HD

    A visual/aural non-linear narrative. A layering of ideas, facts, opinions, prejudices, fears, and styles. The story is based upon the innuendoes and...

    Confused [The Videotape]
  • 1993
    I Love You

    I Love You

    I Love You

    01993HD

    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