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| Adrian Wong | |
Born in 1980 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Currently works and teaches in Hong Kong, S.A.R. |
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| About the Artist | |
Originally trained in research psychology, Adrian Wong began making and exhibiting work in San Francisco while concurrently conducting experiments on young children. He typically incorporates elements of sculpture, installation, video, and performance. Based on a research intensive methodology, his current projects explore issues related to cultural and political developments in the Pearl River Delta as well as the artist's own estranged familial ties to the region. Recent exhibitions include “Reversing Horizons” at Shanghai MOCA, “Dis Play” at Para/Site Art Space, the Hong Kong Sculpture Biennial, and the traveling exhibition, “Where the Lions Are.” |
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Fountain: Organic Material Breaks Down at 100º Celsius
2007 |
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| A fountain constructed from dishes and flatware collected from various local Dai Pai Dong (outdoor restaurants). The tea, pumped through the fountain emulated the traditional cleansing process performed before meals. |
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Seih (Four)
2007 |
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| A large, hinged, numeral four was installed on wheels. The numeral four is a near homonym for "death" in Cantonese. Sculpture was installed in 4th floor studio, reportedly haunted by malevolent spirits. |
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Tuhng Gwai Wan (Playing with Ghosts)
2007 |
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| Through interviews with local religious officials and fortune-tellers, a list of rituals for invoking the spirit world was enumerated. The implements required for each ritual were collected and displayed with the instructions. |
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Sak Gai (Chicken Kiss)
2007 |
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| A locally-purchased chicken was trained to kiss the artist. The consummation of that kiss was presented as a large digital print. |
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Hak Seh Wuih Tuhng Mau Jai (Triads with Kitten)
2007 |
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| A choreographed dance performed by four Hong Kong Triads (organized criminals) and a small cat. With APA choreographer, Lorea Solabarrieta, cinematographer, Melissa Lee, and editor, Samantha Culp. |
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Bless All Ye Who Enter Here
2007 |
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| Following the exhibition, "A Fear Is This," I experienced a period of intense misfortune. I was the victim of a home invasion, during which I had all of my material possessions (clothes, computer, hard drives, cameras, telephone, shoes, books) stolen. Shortly thereafter, I was hospitalized with an unknown illness which resulted in internal bleeding. And upon my discharge, when I picked up my few remaining clothes from the laundromat, I found that they were all mysteriously covered in small red circles.
"Bless All Ye Who Enter Here" was designed as a cleansing ritual to remove any residual misfortune that I may have summoned upon myself through my previous body of work.
The installation was modeled after the path of the spirit following death, through the family shrine and finally past the guardians of the gates of hell, the Ngau Tau Ma (Cow-Headed Horses). Two Taoist exorcists performed a rite of exorcism during which malevolent spirits were coaxed from my body. For the duration of the 3-hour ritual, I was seated on a 1-meter diameter platform and wrapped in plastic sheeting. |
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Sang Yat Fai Lok (Happy Birthday)
2008 |
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| "Sang Yat Fai Lok" was recreated from newspaper archives, production stills, and family photographs of the Rediffusion (Lai Dik Foo Sing) Television Programs "Calvin's Corner," circa 1960; "Children's Corner," circa 1965; and "Happy Birthday," circa 1975. Despite the fact that the original programs were wildly popular, there are no recordings of them in existence. This was the case for the majority of early broadcasts, which were filmed live and transmitted directly into homes.
Based loosely on the prolific career of the artist’s great-uncle, the shows’ original host, a series of videos was produced from April-August 2008. Due to a number of tragedies and estrangements, nearly all ties had been cut between the host and his paternal family. Through probing both the idiosyncrasies of his ancestors (concubines, gambling addiction, alleged murder, and pet monkeys trained to perform lewd acts) and their mysterious pasts, the video series will be an expedition into a personal history long repressed. With cinematographer, Nicolas Sauret. |
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| Education and biography | |
| Stanford University B.A. Visual Art/Psychology (2001), M.A. Developmental Psychology (2003). Yale University M.F.A. Sculpture (2005). 2008 Fotanian 6, Wah-Luen Industrial Centre, Fo Tan, HKAR Dis Play, Para/Site Art Space, Sheung Wan, HKSAR Anarchitecture Bananas, Artists' Commune, To Kwa Wan, HKSAR Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, Bangkok, THAILAND Ten Workers, Embassy Projects, Fo Tan, HKSAR A Tree Without Roots, Olympian City Plaza, Hung Hom, HKSAR AiR Residency Exhibition, Kowloon Technical College, Kowloon, HKSAR Where the Lions Are, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan, HKSAR Hong Kong Sculpture Biennale, Hong Kong, HKSAR 2007 Stable, Para/Site Art Space at Embassy Projects, Fo Tan, HKSAR A Fear Is This: New Work by Adrian Wong, 1A Space, To Kwa Wan, HKSAR Autobibliophiles, Studio Bibliotheque, Fo Tan, HKSAR Moh Goh Yeung, Wan Goh Yeung 1, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, Sai Wan Ho, HKSAR Moh Goh Yeung, Wan Goh Yeung 2, Sha Tin Town Hall, Sha Tin, HKSAR Urban Nomad, Scope Art Fair, Basel, SWITZERLAND Perpetual Art Machine, Circa Art Fair, San Juan, PUERTO RICO Dialogue With The Ghosts, Get It Louder, Guangzhou, PRC Ritual For The Ghosts, Para/Site Art Space, Sheung Wan, HKSAR Reversing Horizons, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, PRC Restore, October Contemporary, To Kwa Wan, HKSAR 14QK, Para/site Art Space, Sheung Wan, HKSAR Overseas Exhibition: Video Programme, Kubus, Munich, GERMANY 2006 Fotanian 4, Wah-Luen Industrial Centre, Fo Tan, HKSAR Sleepover Psychedelia, Kapok, Tin Hau, HKSAR 2005 Community Theater, ArtSpace Annex, New Haven, Conn., USA MFA Thesis Exhibition, Holcombe T. Green Gallery, New Haven, Conn., USA Monstrously Tranquil, Ingalls and Associates Gallery, Miami, Fla., USA |
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| Future shows | |
| To Be Titled, H Gallery, Bangkok, THAILAND Super Art Team HK: Hooray, 1A Space, To Kwa Wan, HKSAR Emerging Chinese Sculpture, 1A Space, To Kwa Wan, HKSAR Place, Universitat Der Kunste, Berlin, GERMANY |
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