{"id":9170,"date":"2021-04-12T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=9170"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:44:22","slug":"wong-ping-digital-fables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2021\/04\/12\/wong-ping-digital-fables\/","title":{"rendered":"Wong Ping: Digital Fables"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, April 12\u2013Sunday, April 18<\/strong><\/em>
\nGene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema<\/p>\n

Six films by the Hong Kong based artist and animator Wong Ping. Presented in partnership with the\u00a0Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n

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Wong Ping, Jungle of Desire, 2016. Wong Ping. Courtesy the artist and Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong – Shanghai; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York \/Los Angeles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Self-described as \u201clow-tech, stand-up comedies,\u201d Wong Ping\u2019s animations and installations combine ribald humor with nuanced social commentary. Wong\u2019s singular digital-pop imagery, scintillating sexual themes, and lucid depictions of contemporary social relations have garnered both international acclaim and honors like the Ammodo Tiger Short Award at the 2019\u00a0International Film Festival Rotterdam. When once asked about the explicit nature of his work, Wong replied, \u201cmost of my works are in fact not about sexual desires; they are more like parables exploring the suppressed emotions of people living in Hong Kong, a city facing serious population and land issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

In these six films, Wong Ping holds an acid-hued mirror to contemporary life in Hong Kong and the world beyond. His assorted characters, including a player who cares for the offspring of a hookup gone awry; a sex worker who entertains a corrupt cop; and a tree with an insect phobia, face trials and tribulations ranging from the erotic to the existential. Program includes\u00a0International Film Festival Rotterdam Ammado Tiger winner\u00a0Wong Ping\u2019s Fables 1\u00a0<\/em>(2018)\u00a0<\/em>as well as\u00a0Wong Ping\u2019s Fables 2\u00a0<\/em>(2019),\u00a0The Modern Way to Shower\u00a0<\/em>(2020),\u00a0Who\u2019s the Daddy<\/em>\u00a0(2017),\u00a0Jungle of Desire<\/em>\u00a0(2016), and\u00a0An Emo Nose<\/em>\u00a0(2014).<\/p>\n

Wong Ping, 2014-2018, Hong Kong, ca 63 minutes, Cantonese with English subtitles<\/p>\n

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RELATED EVENT<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Wong Ping Lecture and Conversation<\/strong>
\nThursday, April 15, 7:00 p.m. CT
\nGene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema
\nLive captions available.<\/em><\/p>\n

Join Hong Kong artist and animator Wong Ping and Orianna Cacchione, curator of global contemporary art at the Smart Museum of Art, for a wide-ranging look at the ideas and approaches that inform Wong’s\u00a0practice.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Wong Ping was born in Hong Kong and received his BA from Curtin University in Perth, Australia in 2005. In 2018, he was the recipient of the inaugural Camden Art Centre\u2019s Emerging Artist Prize, and in 2019, he was one of the winners of the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition at the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam. Wong has completed a residency at the Centre for Chinese \u00adContemporary Art (2015). Solo exhibitions include\u00a0Heart Digger,<\/em>\u00a0Camden Arts Centre, London (2019);\u00a0Golden Shower<\/em>, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2019);\u00a0Who\u2019s the Daddy<\/em>, CAPRI, Germany; and\u00a0Jungle of Desire,<\/em>\u00a0Things That Can Happen, Hong Kong.\u00a0His work has been featured in important group exhibitions such as\u00a0One Hand Clapping<\/em>, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2018);\u00a02018 Triennial: Songs for Sabotage<\/em>, New Museum, New York (2018);\u00a0XO State Dark: Aristophanes,<\/em>\u00a0Arts Centre Melbourne (2017);\u00a0RareKind China,<\/em>\u00a0Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester (2016);\u00a0Mobile M+: Moving Images<\/em>, M+, Hong Kong (2015); and\u00a0Essential Matters<\/em>, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul (2015). Wong\u2019s animation films have been presented at numerous international festivals in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Australia. Wong\u2019s work is held in several permanent collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; M+, Hong Kong; KADIST, Paris\/San Francisco; and Fosun Foundation, Shanghai, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday, April 12\u2013Sunday, April 18 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Six films by the Hong Kong based artist and animator Wong Ping. Presented in partnership with the\u00a0Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. Self-described as \u201clow-tech, stand-up comedies,\u201d Wong Ping\u2019s animations and installations combine ribald humor with […]<\/p>\n

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