Paul Wong
Paul Wong is a media-maestro making art for site-specific spaces and screens of all sizes. He is an award winning artist and curator who is known for pioneering early visual and media art in Canada, founding several artist-run groups, leading public arts policy, and organizing events, festivals, conferences and public interventions since the 1970s. Writing, publishing and teaching have been an important part of his praxis. With a career spanning four decades he has been instrumental proponent to contemporary art.
Say Cheese for a Trans-Canadian Look
as selfLuc Bourdon, Marc Paradis and Simon B. Robert are curators for a selection of Canadian video to...
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Perfect Day
as SelfThe artist records himself at home proudly indulging in the happiness of a drug (heroin and...
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Ooooo Canada
as HostOoooo Canada is a 30-minute edited version presenting highlights from the five-hour live webcast...
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The Hotel
as Paul / The Hotel DirectorThe Hotel featured 12 site-specific performances and art installations created by Wong, which...
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60 Unit; Bruise
as SelfWong's first colour videotape bears the influence of several artistic genres popular in the...
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Hell Money
as Wiry ManExcerpts featuring Paul Wong as the Wiry Man in Season 3, Episode 19 of the X-Files (1996). Part...
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Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage 1972-1982
as SelfMAINSTREETERS: Taking Advantage, 1972-1982 surveys the history of a gang of Vancouver artists...
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Rock Garden
as SelfA two-channel installation from the Modern Television Loop series. Rock Garden shows two...
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in ten sity
as Self"The VAG exhibition space was staged with a four walled cube, 8’X 8’ which was padded...
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Sally
as SelfSally is a portrait, a love ballad. The artist gazes at beautiful Sally as she relaxes in her...
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Chelsea Hotel Room 207
as SelfCrack induced euphoria amplifies a sexually charged environment. The cameraman is implicitly...
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7 Day Activity
as Self / Narrator (voice)Early colour video recorded on ½ in. Part of The Mainstreet Tapes (1976-1980) a series of...
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Diamondback
as SelfA couple of bumbling guys on a dark road in Nicaragua spot a snake. They bound after the serpent...
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Confused [The Videotape]
as PaulA visual/aural non-linear narrative. A layering of ideas, facts, opinions, prejudices, fears,...
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On Becoming a Man
as SelfOn the occasion of his 21st birthday, Paul Wong walks southwest from his mother’s house at St....
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