Paul Wong Movies
- 2008
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...
- 1981
Prime Cuts
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"For those who came of age in the 1960s and 70s, glamour received its highest expression in fashion magazines like Vogue, where the representation of...
- 1995
Temple of My Familiar
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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...
- 1988
Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade
Ordinary Shadows, Chinese Shade01988HD
Wong uses his second generation Chinese-Canadian perspective to frame the Chinese here in the new world, Canada, and in the motherland, China. This...
- 2006
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...
- 1984
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...
- 2007
Perfect Day
Perfect Day02007HD
The artist records himself at home proudly indulging in the happiness of a drug (heroin and cocaine) inspired perfect day. The music of Lou Reed:...
- 2010
Scorched
Scorched02010HD
In picture-in-picture style Wong has structured four recordings made in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts of Southern California. Recorded in the...
- 2010
Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree02010HD
Projected onto 8’ weather balloon. Recorded at Joshua Tree National Park. Part of the Scorched series.
- 2002
Smash: Reflecting Sex
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“In 2002, I was invited to curate two video programs of Canadian works for EuroPride in Koln, Germany. Feeling disillusioned by the...
- 1987
Body Fluid
Body Fluid01987HD
A skillful, sensual rendering of an intriguing performance orchestrated by the artist. Through a fog-laden atmosphere, iconic figures emerge to...
- 2010
Mahjong
Mahjong02010HD
"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...
- 1978
in ten sity
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"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...
- 1974
Earthworks In Harmony
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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...
- 2010
Ooooo Canada
Ooooo Canada02010HD
Ooooo Canada is a 30-minute edited version presenting highlights from the five-hour live webcast on February 13,2010. Ooooo Canada was the first in...
- 2010
Exit Upon Arrival
Exit Upon Arrival02010HD
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...
- 2010
Round Trip
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Recorded in Vancouver, Round Trip takes you on a car ride that starts on Main Street, goes through downtown, the west end, Stanley Park, and then...
- 1995
So Are You
So Are You01995HD
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,...
- 1975
On Becoming a Man
On Becoming a Man01975HD
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...
- 1993
I Love You
I Love You01993HD
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...