Paul Wong Movies

  • 2010
    Little Big Horn

    Little Big Horn

    Little Big Horn

    02010HD

    Custer’s Last Stand. Sitting Bull Wins. Recorded in South Dakota.

    Little Big Horn
  • 2009
    Storm

    Storm

    Storm

    02009HD

    Storm, quite simply is a video recording of a car ride at night in hurricane forces. This is visual art that delivers us from the purely visual back...

    Storm
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    Easter Parade

    Easter Parade

    Easter Parade

    02010HD

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

    Easter Parade
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    Ross, Kay, and Elsie

    Ross, Kay, and Elsie

    Ross, Kay, and Elsie

    02010HD

    Friends and family members buried and cremated at Mountain View Cemetery. Ross Charles Haynes (1981-2000). Katherine Alma Erickson (1918-2003). Elsie...

    Ross, Kay, and Elsie
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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'
  • 2008
    Chelsea Hotel Room 207

    Chelsea Hotel Room 207

    Chelsea Hotel Room 207

    02008HD

    Crack induced euphoria amplifies a sexually charged environment. The cameraman is implicitly involved in the activities of two men in tightie-whities...

    Chelsea Hotel Room 207
  • 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
  • 1996
    Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World

    Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World

    Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World

    01996HD

    Blending Milk and Water: Sex in the New World is a cross-cultural, intergenerational, documentary about the diverse views of sex from twenty-two...

    Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World
  • 2006
    Spring

    Spring

    Spring

    02006HD

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

    Spring
  • 2006
    Venenzia

    Venenzia

    Venenzia

    02006HD

    With real and constructed reflected views we glide down the Grand Canal in silence. We enter a tighter waterway slipping past buildings on each side...

    Venenzia