Paul Wong Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1976
    Amass

    Amass

    Amass

    01976HD

    A 4 channel video installation (Hill, Wall, Cliff, Roof). A video dance work based on the accumulation 24 movements. The multi-layered effect is...

    Amass
  • 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
  • 1974
    Earthworks In Harmony

    Earthworks In Harmony

    Earthworks In Harmony

    01974HD

    Based on four ancient elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, this four-tape, multi-monitor piece was presented on sixteen monitors at the Burnaby Art...

    Earthworks In Harmony
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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]
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    Little Big Horn

    Little Big Horn

    Little Big Horn

    02010HD

    Custer’s Last Stand. Sitting Bull Wins. Recorded in South Dakota.

    Little Big Horn
  • 2010
    Vigil 5.4

    Vigil 5.4

    Vigil 5.4

    02010HD

    At the 2002 Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver Paul Wong recorded Rebecca Belmore’s performance VIGIL. The unedited document and excerpts have...

    Vigil 5.4
  • 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
  • 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