Paul Wong Movies
- 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
Strangler Tree
Strangler Tree02010HD
Inspired by the Australian Banyan tree commonly known as the Strangler Fig, the site-specific mash-up used appropriated material from popular culture...
- 2010
Ross, Kay, and Elsie
Ross, Kay, and Elsie02010HD
Friends and family members buried and cremated at Mountain View Cemetery. Ross Charles Haynes (1981-2000). Katherine Alma Erickson (1918-2003). Elsie...
- 2008
Dog Eat Dog
Dog Eat Dog02008HD
The muse performs Dog Eat Dog. In altered and real-time he presents a dark and light side of innocence.
- 1976
60 Unit; Bruise
60 Unit; Bruise01976HD
Wong's first colour videotape bears the influence of several artistic genres popular in the 1970s, including performance and body art. We see Kenneth...
- 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
Enter the Dragon 1973-2008
Enter the Dragon 1973-200802010HD
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...
- 2008
Chelsea Hotel Room 207
Chelsea Hotel Room 20702008HD
Crack induced euphoria amplifies a sexually charged environment. The cameraman is implicitly involved in the activities of two men in tightie-whities...
- 2008
EastVan 'John'
EastVan 'John'02008HD
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...
- 2008
Diamondback
Diamondback02008HD
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...
- 1978
Hands Across the Border
Hands Across the Border01978HD
Hands Across The Border was a seven city slow scan collaboration. With participation from Paul Wong, Sharon Levett & Daryl Lacey, Video Inn,...
- 2010
Vigil 5.4
Vigil 5.402010HD
At the 2002 Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver Paul Wong recorded Rebecca Belmore’s performance VIGIL. The unedited document and excerpts have...
- 2003
Hungry Ghosts Mix
Hungry Ghosts Mix02003HD
HUNGRY GHOSTS is a collaboration between the artist and the curator. The video installation provides an ephemeral form where interdisciplinary...
- 2002
EAT: Mainstreet Dinner for the Homeless
EAT: Mainstreet Dinner for the Homeless02002HD
EAT: Mainstreet Dinner for the Homeless is a roving view of the homeless occupying the public sidewalks surrounding the vacant Woodward’s...
- 2002
Smash: Reflecting Sex
Smash: Reflecting Sex02002HD
“In 2002, I was invited to curate two video programs of Canadian works for EuroPride in Koln, Germany. Feeling disillusioned by the...
- 1998
Jazz Slave Ships
Jazz Slave Ships01998HD
Jazz Slave Ships was a site-specific performance collaboration between Vancouver artist Jan Wade and London-based performer Vanessa Richards that...
- 1995
Temple of My Familiar
Temple of My Familiar01995HD
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...
- 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...
- 1992
Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain
Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain01992HD
The images seem to suggest a traditional Chinese funeral ceremony associated with ancestor worship, though Wong has remarked they do not represent...
- 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...