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Tucker enjoying the last #dogdaysofsummer on the

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Occupying Chinatown book now available at select b

Occupying Chinatown book now available at select bookstores. To buy online, see link in class=

@audainprize Audain Prize winner @paulwongprojects

@audainprize Audain Prize winner @paulwongprojects is perhaps most well-known for his pioneering of the new media art landscape in Canada. His video piece “Chinese Only Television Bumpers” (2019) intersects video art, language, and history, reclaiming place and cultural identity.
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Paul Wong’s “Chinese Only Television Bumpers” is a series of six 10-second television bumpers designed to be displayed between artist videos on the Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen, a public video art installation operated by @gruntgallery at the intersection of Broadway and Kingsway in Vancouver. Each bumper incorporates the Chinese characters 限 and 华, which can be translated as “Chinese Only” or “Chinese Exclusion” and were used in Canada from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century in signage at establishments enforcing state policies of exclusion toward Chinese immigrants. Conceived by Wong as a reclamation of phrases that were previously used as tools of systemic oppression, “Chinese Only Television Bumpers” returns these messages to the public sphere, uncovering the impacts of historic discrimination through the medium of urban video installation.

“限华/ Chinese Only Television Bumpers,” 2019
Series of six 10-seconds television bumpers
Screenshots courtesy of the artist

To view this artwork, visit: https://paulwongprojects.com/portfolio/%E9%99%90%E5%8D%8E-chinese-only-television-bumper/

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Thanks to everyone for coming to celebrate the rel

Thanks to everyone for coming to celebrate the release of Occupying Chinatown and to all the contributors . Books available at on main gallery.ca shop and at select bookstores in Vancouver and Canada. We will publish a full list of the bookstores in coming days …. “.Paul Wong’s Occupying Chinatown is deeply moving and subtly shocking. The life of Paul’s mother Suk-Fong is a kind of pilgrim’s progress of one young Chinese woman through a 20th century journey of deep despair and strange fulfillment. Her story focuses the life of a Chinatown, of alienation, of exclusion – all told in the context of one family’s struggle to communicate and make its bonds mean something, I am so glad that this book commemorates an exhibition which laid bare the eternal bonds of family, the personal cost of alienation and the salvation of identity.”
– The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson

Due to the overwhelmingly positive feedback that w

Due to the overwhelmingly positive feedback that we have received about @paulwongprojects Occupying Chinatown Book Launch next September 11th, we are pleased to announce that we have opened a 1pm-2pm timed ticket.

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“Paul Wong’s Occupying Chinatown is deeply moving and subtly shocking. The life of Paul’s mother Suk-Fong is a kind of pilgrim’s progress of one young Chinese woman through a 20th century journey of deep despair and strange fulfillment. I am so glad that this book commemorates an exhibition which laid bare the eternal bonds of family, the personal cost of alienation and the salvation of identity.”– The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson

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Occupying Chinatown book launches Sep 11th, 2021,

Occupying Chinatown book launches Sep 11th, 2021, at Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden.

This beautifully detailed, 180 page, limited edition hardcover book, fully bilingual in English and Simplified Chinese, focuses on several major artworks exploring Chinese-Canadian identity and engagement with Vancouver’s Chinese communities.

“Paul Wong’s Occupying Chinatown is deeply moving and subtly shocking. The life of Paul’s mother Suk-Fong is a kind of pilgrim’s progress of one young Chinese woman through a 20th century journey of deep despair and strange fulfillment. Her story focuses the life of a Chinatown, of alienation, of exclusion – all told in the context of one family’s struggle to communicate and make its bonds mean something, I am so glad that this book commemorates an exhibition which laid bare the eternal bonds of family, the personal cost of alienation and the salvation of identity.” – The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson

"Occupying Chinatown has provided a conceptual frame for inspiring a prolific outpouring of artworks combining fragments of memory, language, and ephemeral histories. It has continued and will continue to allow me to look at everyday things as anything but ordinary." — Paul Wong

Guests can purchase the book for the special launch price of $60 (regular $80)

Link in bio for free book launch tickets & online shop

@ballistico @traumanovelle #music #performance #

@ballistico @traumanovelle #music #performance #cabaret #singer #dancer new single class=

Everyday Things , 3rd in the series ‘Human Parts

Everyday Things , 3rd in the series ‘Human Parts’ #backlitphoto , #collage #publicart @vanculturebc @vancouverchinesegarden
@paulwongprojects 2021 #Chinese #English #visualart #language

I have several works in this exhibition including

I have several works in this exhibition including Club Cafe , Chinese Only and Mother’s Cupboard . The exhibition has been extended to April 2022 @museumofvan Have you visited A Seat at the Table at @museumofvan yet?

With its sister exhibition at the @ccmuseumbc - A Seat at the Table is one of the largest museum projects on Chinese Canadian history and culture in Canada!

🎥: @christianzanephotography

#museumofvancouver #aseatatthetablebc #AtMOV #chinesecanadianhistory #chinesecanadians #localartists #communitycuration #veryvancouver #vancitylife #yvr #chinatown #museumseh #explorebc.

#clocktower new #copper #slate @heritagehallvanco

#clocktower new #copper #slate @heritagehallvancouver thanks for the tour @scottandscottca #scaffolding #slateroof class=

#tugboat #river #estuary #flow

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William Kentridge “What Will Come (Has Already C

William Kentridge “What Will Come (Has Already Come) 2007, anamorphic projection onto tabletop class=

@sdholman @queerarts #rooftop #party

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@onibana.taiko Ceremony for Rebel Spirits @queera

@onibana.taiko Ceremony for Rebel Spirits @queerarts @alvinerasgat Bravo brilliant coming together of context, content, form, site and community . Coal miners Dance class=

Posted @withregram • @on.main Thanks for bringin

Posted @withregram • @on.main Thanks for bringing all your smiles to the Pride in Chinatown Garden Party and to DJs @normiecorp @hainafromchina @fagofcolour & @yusu_suyu for setting the vibe. 🥰

📸 : @fatsjaffer & @paulwongprojects #queering #chinatown

And we gathered together and danced . Thank-you fo

And we gathered together and danced .
Thank-you for all for coming to Pride In Chinatown Garden Party and bringing your best ! @alternativepride2021 @vancouverchinesegarden

#prideinchinatown host @lyyyyyyle celebrating #q

#prideinchinatown host @lyyyyyyle celebrating #queer #asian #sexuality visibility in the heart of #vancouver #chinatown thank-you @lyyyyyyle for dancing and @linkleisure for the class=

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