'5' by Paul Wong

Events in Various Locations
February 13 - March 13, 2010

Five interdisciplinary art and media events were held at five sites in five zones, offering five journeys, five narratives, five links, five maps and five marks.

Vancouver artist Paul Wong and guest artists led viewers/participants on five extraordinary journeys that explore the five senses and five elements in virtual space as well as real, invented and imagined places.

“5: the 5 Olympic Rings, the 5 colours (red, yellow, black, green, blue), the 5 continents, the 5 senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, taste), the 5 elements (fire, earth, air, water + metal) , the 5 races (brown, black, white, red + yellow). Mapping + Marking is a context to take viewers/participants on extraordinary journeys in virtual space, in real, invented and imagined places in Vancouver.”

-- Paul Wong

 

Artist Biography

Paul Wong's work has been shown in exhibitions and festivals around the world, including at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada. Wong was instrumental in the founding of two artist-run centres in Vancouver: Satellite Video Exchange (Video In) in 1973 and On Edge in 1985 (www.onedge.tv ). He received the Bell Canada Award in Video Art in 1992 and the CHUM-NFB Expression Award, which celebrates diversity in the arts, in 2003.

 

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