Critical Writing Index

Video Art In Hong Kong

by Michael Goldberg

Video guide, Mar. 1984, v. 6, no. 2, p. 15

Michael Goldberg gives a review of the first Hong Kong International Video Art Exhibition, which took place in 1983. About one third of the exhibition was comprised of works by young local artists, many of whom were showing work for the first time. Videos by renonwed international artists such as Marina Abramovic, Nam June Paik, and Bill Viola were screened alongside the efforts of emerging artists. The exhibition was was an initiative of Zuni Icosahedron, an experimental theatre group from Hong Kong.

ITEM 1984.022 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Video Table – Jim Shum and Danny Yung

River – Fujiko Nakaya

Starfighter – Wolf Vostell

Global Groove – Nam June Paik

Dom als Medium – Nam June Paik

Hideo, It's Me, Mama – Makio Idemistu

Breath – Keigo Yamamoto

Biological Cycle – Kou Nakajumas

AAA...AAA – Marina and Ulay Abramovic

Yoko Ono in Japan:Let's Have A Dream – Kyoko Michishita

Letters – Shuntaro Tanikawa and Shuji Terayama

The Undistributed Middle – Steve Hawley

Other Fallacies in the Home, We Have Fun Drawing Conclusions – Steve Hawley

Divers, Divers, Can I Have Your Attention, Please – Steve Hawley

Dickler's Whammy – Mick Hartney

Dialogue of 2 Monologues – Edward Lam

Every Time We Meet, We Heat Up a Kettle of Water – Jacob Wong