2018

East Is Red

East Is Red is made in one shot. The lighter with young Chairman MAO’s photo imprinted on it, the blurred TV screen, the music ‘East Is Red’, all connote light or brightness. The lighter falls after several loops of the song. This video aims to convey sarcasm and skepticism, through a superficial touch on the subject matter.

Here's Looking at You, Kid!

This video provides a provocative look at the history of Hong Kong as a British colony in Asia, as constructed by the media. It combines TV commercials, British Government footage and films made during the Japanese occupation in the form of karaoke to evoke a ‘typical’ Hong Kong experience.

Private Collection

Private Collection reflects upon how perception is affected by memory, time and mood. If one can spend 24 hours a day experiencing what he/she was yesterday, what is reality then? This work combines footage ranging from personal travelogues to World War II images, resulting in an intimate video diary.

TV Game of the Year

Five people play the game of ‘Simon Says’ with LI Peng as the leader; May FUNG ,Yau CHING, Arthur CHANG and Alice POON are supposed to follow LI’s actions. It seems to go well at the beginning, yet no one can stand dictatorship. Some walk off in a huff while some continue. After all, only the leader sticks it out.

Diversion

Produced one year after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, Diversion focuses on the immigration flush in Hong Kong. By combining footage from various sources, including government newsreels of the Victoria Harbour swimming contests, this video illustrates a personal reflection of a collective memory.

Image of a City

This video juxtaposes scholar Ackbar ABBAS’s text on identity politics with images of Hong Kong throughout the decades before the 1997 handover, including the 1967 riots and the 1989 parade in support of the Tiananmen Square protesters. As quoted from the narration, ‘Only something that's about to disappear becomes an image’.

Blue

Images of World War II and the Gulf War speak of the emotional trauma in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The unforgettable image of a student confronting a tank is replaced by a dancer standing in front of the background of a scratchy super-8 projection. This video is a comment on the notions of motherland, history and war.

She Said Why Me

A woman travels, blindfolded, from an ancient countryside temple to a bustling city. Her surroundings change, but her sense of unease lingers. The director uses a distinctively female perspective to combine the past and present. Made in December 1989, the film expresses a sense of anxiety permeating Hong Kong during that time.

Video Game

A game that expects only passive listening from the players is called ‘Dialogue’. Video Game penetrates the facade of the so-called dialogue and foregrounds the power inequality between the interlocutors. It can be seen as a metaphor of the futility of Hong Kong striving to voice its opinion in the 1997 handover negotiation.

Videotable

Videotable is a conceptual piece centring on a table, which is a recurring theme and motif in YUNG’s theatre works. A series of dialectical questions asking where ‘the centre’ is, whether it should turn left or right, whether you are faithful to art….loosely points towards power structures both in the political world and the art world.

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