Ho Tam
Ho Tam was born in Hong Kong and educated in Toronto, Canada and has worked in advertising firms and community psychiatric facilities before turning to art. He works in a diverse mix of disciplines including painting, video, print and public art and has exhibited in various cities across North America. His first video, The Yellow Pages, was commissioned by the public arts group Public Access for an installation/projection at Union Station in Toronto, 1994/95. Tam currently lives in New York City and is working on a few new projects including a video on a famous Chinese movie star from the 40s.
Videography:
The Yellow Pages (1994); Season of the Boys (1997); Dear Sis (1998);
99 Men (1998); Pocahontas (1998); La Salle Primary (1998).
Videography
2008, 55:00 minutes, colour/B&W, English
2008, 55:00 minutes, colour/B&W, English
2006, 74:00 minutes, colour, English
2004, 06:00 minutes, B & W, English
2003, 16:25 minutes, Colour, English
2003, 16:25 minutes, Colour, English
2003, 20:00 minutes, Colour
2002, 16:30 minutes, colour, English
2001, 25:00 minutes, colour, music. sound
2001, 03:00 minutes, colour, music
2001, 03:00 minutes, colour, music
2000, 08:30 minutes, colour, music only
2000, 07:20 minutes, colour, music
1999, 16:30 minutes, colour, English
1999, 04:00 minutes, colour, English
1999, 04:00 minutes, colour, English
1999, 06:00 minutes, colour
1999, 08:00 minutes, colour, music/sound
1998, 05:00 minutes, colour, English/Cantonese
1998, 04:20 minutes, colour, English/French/Chinese/Spanish
1998, 03:00 minutes, B&W, English
1997, 03:30 minutes, colour, English
1997, 03:30 minutes, colour, English
1994, 07:40 minutes, B&W tinted, English text, silent
Critical Writing
by . Practical Dreamers: Conversations with Movie Artists, 2008. Coach House Books, 2008.
by . FILMPRINT - The magazine of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, Jan. 2007, v. 27, no. 1.
by . Video Primer, 2001. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2001.