Wildness, wu tsang, the tanks, tate modern, london the. Tai tsang profiles in chicago il, houston tx, and las. While set in the present, film stages a fictitious love story between. Here, they speak about tsangs practice, the artists collaboration with the performer boychild, trans legibility, and more.
A day in the life of bliss 2014 is a twochannel projection reflected onto two large mirrors, which likewise prompts a voyeuristic role. Wu tsang at michael benevento, mousse magazine, summer 20, issue 39, p. Andy tsang born 1958, commissioner of the hong kong police force. Wu tsang, at clifton benevento, is an artist to watch. Their unofficial love story stuck with me because, despite it being undefinable in modern terms, it was clearly transformative for both womenin a way that powerfully communicates across time. Devotional document of wu tsang art at nottingham contemporary. These individuals collectively are associated with 8 companies in chicago il, houston tx, and las vegas nv. Over the course of 201415, several related projects will be presented, including a live. Coming from a filmic background, tsang aims to collapse the boundaries between documentary and fiction, as a way to. Wu tsang eua usa, 2012, 74 documentario documentary enraizado no submundo. Wildness became an international destination for artists and djs, young and old, of all races, creeds, and gender identifications. Merging these artistic forms with grassroots activism and community organizing, he maintains a fluid, unfixed practice intent on questioning the role of the artist in relationship to certain. The 11th day of outfest screening of the documentary wildness featuring director wu tsang and producer cathy rifkin.
Swarovski series presents wu tsangs pay no attention to the man behind the curtain a commission for fiac paris 2015 a saywho production music by lori. A central theme of her work is the voice, which she deploys metaphorically to pose questions about representation, such as who is speaking for whom. Master tsang wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of. Wildness looks through a personal microscope at an. This new project takes as a point of departure the question of undergroundsub. This is wildness by wu tsang trailer by vdrome on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Tsang is an awardwinning filmmaker and performer who explores the relationship between self, identity, and the narratives that construct them. Wildness looks through a personal microscope at an underground scene, in a way that i hope is relatable. Activity wu tsang presents wildness macba museu dart. A handsome secret agent and his team of lgbtq superspies embark on extraordinary adventures. This critically acclaimed documentary described by variety magazine as simultaneously vital and undeniably eyeopening is tsang s first feature film. Wu tsang full body quotation new museum theater a feature film documenting this lush subterranean culture.
Artist, filmmaker and performer wu tsangs solo show under cinema explores issues of identity and connection through nontraditional filmmaking. With a magicalrealist flourish the bar itself becomes a character, narrating what happens when a weekly party organized by director wu tsang, djs nguzunguzu, and total freedom called wildness. Nottingham contemporary is pleased to announce details of the solo exhibition of wu tsang art, this summer. There are 8 individuals that go by the name of tai tsang. Its a twochannel, 20minute film called a day in the life of blisspart of a multifaceted project that im making in collaboration with a performer called boychild. The voice, after all, can be thrown or disguised, or used to imitate or channel. Wu tsang born 1982 is a filmmaker, artist and performer currently based between new york and berlin, whose work is concerned with hidden histories, marginalized narratives, and the act of performing itself. An artists monograph that tests the limits of language. With wildness i had to deal with a lot of stereotypes around trans people, people of color in general, queer communities and. Fred moten in conversation with wu tsang frontpage e. Her work interrogates themes of gender identity, social spaces, and the tension between film and art.
Moved by the motion is the first in a series of performances and works to premiere in houston by wu tsang. For how we perceived a life take 3 debuted at the new museum in 2012, emerging out of wu tsangs full body quotation practice, a series of choreographed performances in which collaborators are fed preexisting lines from an ear piece. Filmmaker, installation artist, activist, and performer wu tsang produces artwork that addresses issues in the transgender and lgbt community. Courtesy of the artist and media burn archive, chicago full gallery of images, videos, press release and link available after the jump. Wu tsang has always attended to the voice in its multiple valences, taking advantage of its ability to convey both an intimate, embodied presence and something more intricate and less authorial. But in the east coast you refer the cool people with chinese heritage as tsang. Wu tsang, you first came to china in 2005 to reconnect with your ethnic rootsyour father was born in chongqing. Someone with this last name usually has roots to hong kong or the guangdong province of china.
What does it mean to make a film about a marginalized community. Wu tsangs films are a part of a body of largely collaborative work produced in the form of performances, events, installations, films, and videos. Joan jett blakk, joan jett blakk announces candidacy for president, 1992, excerpt from footage shot by bill stamets. His projects include mishima in mexico, tied and true, shape of a right statement, damelo todo, breakdown, green room, for how we perceived a life take 3, full body quotation performance at performa 11, and p. Wu tsang born 1982 is a filmmaker, artist and performer currently based between new york. Emissary in the squat of gods, fondazione sandretto re rebaudengo, turin, italy real humans, with wu tsang, jordan wolfson, kunsthalle dusseldorf. Language, notes the filmmaker and artist wu tsang, is always present in my work. Pamela tsang wu advises clients in the natural gas, oil, and electric power industries before the federal energy regulatory commission ferc, the commodity futures trading commission cftc, and the pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration phmsa of the us department of transportation on rate, regulatory, and transaction matters. For 356 missions blog and on the occasion of their wu tsang exhibition, the artist speaks with writer fred moten, with whom tsang has collaborated in the past. German, english, spanish, simplified chinese, traditional chinese. The voice is translated, and its a mechanism for a sometimes faulty transcription, as tsang often plays with through full body quotation. Aaron kwok ti lung maggie cheung chienlien wu paul chun kenneth tsang.
Tsang is a chinese surname, particularly used by persons from hong kong. There are a couple of layers to it, but the main layer is a science fiction story set in the near future that i conceived and then cowrote with alexandro segade. The story deals with basic human problems of belonging and conflict, which are especially at stake in spaces that are rare and vital for oppressed communities. First you must prove yourself against my assistants. Join facebook to connect with wu tsang and others you may know. Nostalgia for more urgent times compelled artist and filmmaker wu tsang. Master tsang is a pandaren located at the peak of serenity in kunlai summit quotes. Tsang is an awardwinning filmmaker and performer, who explores the relationship between self, identity, and the narratives that construct them. Courtesy the artist and galerie isabella bortolozzi, berlin. Wildness 2012, the first feature film by transgender artist wu tsang, follows a group of queer young artists who establish a weekly party and. With a magicalrealist flourish the bar itself becomes a character in the film wildness captures the creativity and conflict that ensue when a group of young. It was there that you came across the historical figures of qiu jin and wu zhiying. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. I gravitated toward qiu and her relationship with another woman, wu zhiying, who was a calligrapher and publisher.
In this edition, the performers begin huddled together in a mass, their dialogue echoing the 1990 documentary paris is burning, as well as other audio. Wu tsangs films, installations, performances, and sculptures move fluidly between documentary, activism, and fiction. Wu tsangs artistic practice explores states of connectedness and inbetweenness. Wu tsang, devotional document part 2 may 27october 1, 2017.
The creativity and conflict that arises when queer avantgarde performance artists intersect with a community of transgender immigrant. Inspired by questions of cultural identity in hong kong and the genre of kung fu, tsangs new short film and installation duilian 2016 takes the narrative form of an illegitimate wild history. Wu tsangs wildness and the quest for queer utopia tsq. So often, the director becomes seen as a representative, an authority on these people in the story. Wu tsang has been featured in articles for the apollo, the art asia pacific and the art asia pacific.
Wu tsang is a filmmaker and performance artist who combines documentary and narrative techniques with fantastical detours into the imaginary in works that explore hidden histories, marginalized narratives, and the act of performing itself. Wildness was a tuesday night party that tsang and his friends ran at the bar from 200810. Both the artists who came as well as the queer clientele that had been there before wildness. Their work was featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the whitney museum of american art and the solomon r. Work commissioned by curator nadja argyropoulou for polyeco art initiative.
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