This features a film entitled No Waiting, written and directed by Britta Stockle.

'No Waiting is the story of some of Hong Kong's most talented artists, who are trying to shape the new situation - with drive and imagination. "The party's over, it's time to find out who we are and what we have to say. We've got a lot to learn." But all of them are keenly aware of what has changed since the handover. In the megalopolis Hong Kong, as elsewhere, the economic impact of the Asian crisis has left a lasting sense of insecurity, of a kind never experienced by the sheltered, affluent generation of the "30-so-methings". We see the artists in the most absurd and wittiest, but also the finest moments that Hong Kong's everyday chaos has to offer.' - excerpt from the description on the back of the case

This film features:

1) Kacey Wong, artist - he talks about his piece Confusion, what he wants to say is that 'everything seems normal, and yet everything has changed'. He uses old music boxes as raw materials and play four tunes simultaneously. By mixing the tunes, a new song is created. He claims that the mixed tune triggers the unsettling feeling which simulates busy city life.

2) Sara Wong, artist - she talks about her work where she divides and pastes maps of Hong Kong onto four spinning wheels, so as to question where the power and concentration should be. She also explains her installation work, Li-Chang Tomb, a video of changing landscape in the neighborhood is projected onto the walls of the tomb.

3) Shots of ArtSuperMarket at Para/site Art Space

4) Ellen Pau, video artist - she explains that initially she makes art in order to escape from reality, where she can seek the perfect signal, colour and technology. 'Hong Kong squeezes my work out,' she claims.

5) Creation of the theatrical performance Magic Flute by ZUNI. Interview with Mathias Wu, technical director of Magic Flute.

6) Yu Lik-Wai, film director - travelling on the train, he finds ways to escape, to go on an adventure.

7) Warren Leung, artist - he talks about his work with street intersections using his handmade pin-hole camera, and recreating the image in different ways.

8) Hung Keung, video artist
Access level

Onsite

Location code
CD.001051
Language

English

Keywords
Publication/Creation date

1999

Running time

00:90:00

Video format

DVD

No of copies

1

Content type

documentary

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No Waiting - a film by Britta Stockle