Paul Wong Movies

  • 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
  • 2010
    Downtown Eastside

    Downtown Eastside

    Downtown Eastside

    02010HD

    The artist records everyday activities in the streets and alleys around the Main and Hasting Street intersection. On the right, the view is from a...

    Downtown Eastside
  • 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
  • 2010
    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    02010HD

    "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...

    Mahjong
  • 2010
    Well Done

    Well Done

    Well Done

    02010HD

    A foreign landowner negotiates with the locals and oversees digging of a well on his property.

    Well Done
  • 2011
    The Hotel

    The Hotel

    The Hotel

    02011HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1987
    Body Fluid

    Body Fluid

    Body Fluid

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    A skillful, sensual rendering of an intriguing performance orchestrated by the artist. Through a fog-laden atmosphere, iconic figures emerge to...

    Body Fluid
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 1995
    Mixed Messages

    Mixed Messages

    Mixed Messages

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    Mixed Messages is a work that addresses the issues of race and sexuality. This mixed media installation consists of three life size photographs of...

    Mixed Messages
  • 1977
    Murder Research

    Murder Research

    Murder Research

    01977HD

    “Early in the morning on Thursday Feb 26, 1976, a young First Nations man named Eugene Lloyd Pelly was fatally stabbed in an apartment at 4272...

    Murder Research
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1976
    60 Unit; Bruise

    60 Unit; Bruise

    60 Unit; Bruise

    01976HD

    Wong's first colour videotape bears the influence of several artistic genres popular in the 1970s, including performance and body art. We see Kenneth...

    60 Unit; Bruise
  • 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
  • 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
    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