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Image credit: Lloyd Wong Unfinished, by Lesley Loski Chan (2025)
2022, 08:47 minutes, colour
tapecode 2173.00
Three performers, Holly Timpener, Mathew Moir and Tess Martens, pulled a 3-way rope in a game of tug-a-war at La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse. They had to attempt to communicate using the laptops’ keyboard in front of them if they could reach it! There was a chatbox projected onto the paper on the window of the live chat… ⊕
Night Stroll explores queer desire and cultural identity through the context of the 1940s Chinese love song Ye Lai Xiang (Fragrance of the Night). Censored by the Republic of China due to the singer’s complex identity, the song was performed by Li Hsiang-Lan (the stage name of Yoshiko Yamaguchi) whose background… ⊕
Endearing Insanity explores the longing for connection and visibility in a displaced environment. Set within a confined apartment, the protagonist, trapped in various enclosed spaces such as a cabinet, microwave, and sink, performs a monologue while waiting for someone to visit. The text, drawn from online message boards,… ⊕
Winners and Losers is created using original video footage recorded by Paul Wong. This work shines a light on a piece of recent Vancouver history that many would prefer to forget: the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoff riots. The video puts together recordings of gatherings in the downtown core in and around the hockey arena; these… ⊕
Busshead Hardhead is a short split-screen video forming part of an installation called Busshead Hardhead for the Plural of He Exhibit (March - July 2024) at Leslie Lohman Museum, curated by Andil Gosine. On the left side of this split screen video, the viewer sees the legs of a beach walker, moving back and forth, struggling to… ⊕