Paul Wong Movies

  • 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
  • 2006
    Venenzia

    Venenzia

    Venenzia

    02006HD

    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
  • 2007
    Perfect Day

    Perfect Day

    Perfect Day

    02007HD

    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:...

    Perfect Day
  • 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
  • 2010
    Hell Money

    Hell Money

    Hell Money

    02010HD

    Excerpts featuring Paul Wong as the Wiry Man in Season 3, Episode 19 of the X-Files (1996). Part of Paul Wong’s ‘5’, a series of...

    Hell Money
  • 2010
    Last Year

    Last Year

    Last Year

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    Approx. 6000 images, 1000 still photographs a minute flash on and off the screen. A year of pictures mash into an intense viewing experience. Using...

    Last Year
  • 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
  • 2003
    Hungry Ghosts Mix

    Hungry Ghosts Mix

    Hungry Ghosts Mix

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

    Hungry Ghosts Mix
  • 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]
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1995
    Miss Chinatown

    Miss Chinatown

    Miss Chinatown

    01995HD

    Miss Chinatown juxtaposes the views of eight subjects against the background image of a beauty pageant: the Miss Chinese-Vancouver 1996. The...

    Miss Chinatown
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2024
    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama

    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama

    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama

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    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama tells the epic journey of the late Japanese Canadian photographer Tamio Wakayama who decides to join the...

    Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama
  • 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
    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
  • 2011
    The Hotel

    The Hotel

    The Hotel

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    The Hotel featured 12 site-specific performances and art installations created by Wong, which wowed the thousands who attended. This 17-minute video...

    The Hotel