Paul Wong Movies

  • 2010
    Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree

    Joshua Tree

    02010HD

    Projected onto 8’ weather balloon. Recorded at Joshua Tree National Park. Part of the Scorched series.

    Joshua Tree
  • 2008
    EastVan 'John'

    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...

    EastVan 'John'
  • 1977
    Support Modelling

    Support Modelling

    Support Modelling

    01977HD

    The Mainstreeters initiated a number of commercial enterprises. Support Modelling was a modelling agency comprised of members of the local art and...

    Support Modelling
  • 2010
    Easter Parade

    Easter Parade

    Easter Parade

    02010HD

    Icon of Jesus is marched through town in the days leading up to Easter.

    Easter Parade
  • 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
  • 2002
    Trieste

    Trieste

    Trieste

    02002HD

    Based on slides shot in 1978 of the Austrian aktion artist Hermann Nitsch. Put away for 24 years, the color transparencies are spread out on a light...

    Trieste
  • 2010
    Strangler Tree

    Strangler Tree

    Strangler Tree

    02010HD

    Inspired by the Australian Banyan tree commonly known as the Strangler Fig, the site-specific mash-up used appropriated material from popular culture...

    Strangler Tree
  • 2008
    Dog Eat Dog

    Dog Eat Dog

    Dog Eat Dog

    02008HD

    The muse performs Dog Eat Dog. In altered and real-time he presents a dark and light side of innocence.

    Dog Eat Dog
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2002
    Smash: Reflecting Sex

    Smash: Reflecting Sex

    Smash: Reflecting Sex

    02002HD

    “In 2002, I was invited to curate two video programs of Canadian works for EuroPride in Koln, Germany. Feeling disillusioned by the...

    Smash: Reflecting Sex
  • 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
  • 1995
    Temple of My Familiar

    Temple of My Familiar

    Temple of My Familiar

    01995HD

    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...

    Temple of My Familiar
  • 1993
    I Love You

    I Love You

    I Love You

    01993HD

    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...

    I Love You
  • 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
  • 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