Paul Wong Movies

  • 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]
  • 2010
    Round Trip

    Round Trip

    Round Trip

    02010HD

    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...

    Round Trip
  • 2010
    Ooooo Canada

    Ooooo Canada

    Ooooo Canada

    02010HD

    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...

    Ooooo Canada
  • 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
  • 2008
    Sally

    Sally

    Sally

    02008HD

    Sally is a portrait, a love ballad. The artist gazes at beautiful Sally as she relaxes in her bathrobe in the sumptuous suite of the China Club in...

    Sally
  • 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
  • 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
    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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
    Last Year

    Last Year

    Last Year

    02010HD

    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
  • 2008
    Diamondback

    Diamondback

    Diamondback

    02008HD

    A couple of bumbling guys on a dark road in Nicaragua spot a snake. They bound after the serpent that has slitered into the tall grass. Using bare...

    Diamondback
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2006
    Spring

    Spring

    Spring

    02006HD

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

    Spring
  • 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
  • 1976
    Rock Garden

    Rock Garden

    Rock Garden

    01976HD

    A two-channel installation from the Modern Television Loop series. Rock Garden shows two continuous shots of stone piles. On one monitor we see a...

    Rock Garden
  • 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
  • 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