Ming Wong “Me in Me”

Shiseido Gallery

Finished

Artists

ming wong

Ming Wong presents a film installation inspired by Japanese cinema and traditional performing arts. This is a realization of his long-time desire to spend time in Japan to research and create a work inspired by the richness of Japanese culture. He examines the history of the Japanese silver screen from three genre perspectives: “Jidai-geki (historical),” “Gendai-geki (modern),” and “Anime.” He notes that “Western films exist as an extension of photography, whereas Japanese films are more extensions of kabuki, noh, and other traditional performing arts”. In Me in Me, he uses the distinctive performance, camera work, and narrative-setting of these three cinematic worlds to express representative aspects of Japanese film. He creates archetypal characters of Japanese cinema, playing them all himself.

Schedule

Jul 6 (Sat) 2013-Sep 22 (Sun) 2013