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Ｍing Wong "Windows On The World (Part 1)"
Ota Fine Arts 7chome
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Ｍing Wong
Ota Fine Arts 7chome presents Ming Wong's video work "Windows On The World (Part 1)," a part of the installation with the same title.
"Windows On The World (Part 1)" was presented at the alternative art space Para Site in Hong Kong in 2014. The installation consists of a spaceship set reminiscent of a combination of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and a video of Wong in a spacesuit moving slowly through the ship with background music from a Cantonese opera aria. Just as in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, when the protagonist sees the planet's uncharted sea stirring from inside the ship, the female astronaut, played by Wong, peers out of the window with an uneasy look on her face. In a sci-fi set made of simple materials such as wood and cloth, a futuristic Cantonese opera is performed within an unsettling atmosphere. The scene may be described as a merging of the envisioning towards outer space for mankind’s progress and future with the formation of a subjective Chinese identity that is reflected in Cantonese opera.
"Windows On The World (Part 1)" was presented at the alternative art space Para Site in Hong Kong in 2014. The installation consists of a spaceship set reminiscent of a combination of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and a video of Wong in a spacesuit moving slowly through the ship with background music from a Cantonese opera aria. Just as in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, when the protagonist sees the planet's uncharted sea stirring from inside the ship, the female astronaut, played by Wong, peers out of the window with an uneasy look on her face. In a sci-fi set made of simple materials such as wood and cloth, a futuristic Cantonese opera is performed within an unsettling atmosphere. The scene may be described as a merging of the envisioning towards outer space for mankind’s progress and future with the formation of a subjective Chinese identity that is reflected in Cantonese opera.
Schedule | Sep 2 (Sat) 2023-Oct 21 (Sat) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.otafinearts.com/exhibitions/298-ming-wong-windows-on-the-world-ming-wong/ | ||||
| Venue | Ota Fine Arts 7chome https://www.otafinearts.com/ | ||||
| Location | 101 The Module Roppongi, 7-21-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 7 at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya or Toei Oedo line, 7 minute walk from exit 5 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||
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