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Image credit: Lloyd Wong Unfinished, by Lesley Loski Chan (2025)
This work was produced during the pandemic while isolating at home. The video follows a boy’s response to COVID-19. The boy participates in his community’s “isolate, test, treat and trace” initiative, marked by red crosses on their homes. This work reflects on COVID-19, our relationship with the… ⊕
This film methodically illuminates a ghostly cityscape at night, frozen in time; a transformative reflection of the world during COVID. The film, produced during the COVID lockdown, is a steady, gradual exploration of a miniature landscape. The diorama suggests a reflection on identity and community – a fractured series… ⊕
2020, 01:06 minutes, colour
tapecode 066.24
It takes a village to build a sidewalk
2017, 03:24 minutes, colour
tapecode 066.23
An ironic reflection on a theory of conscious agents.
1993, 08:12 minutes, colour
tapecode 066.22
The Skin of Things takes place within the realm of the dream and the subconscious. It is a poetic representation of intimacy and love in the age of AIDS - of the fear of contact, of imprisonment in an infected body, and of the need for physical contact. We see black and white images of someone sleeping; and handwritten notes,… ⊕