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| LIST OF VIDEO WORKS BY KAREN KEW | |
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THE INTERROGATION ROOM, 2006 9:00 video An interview with artist/activist Rabindranath Ramah looks at how a racialized identity is constructed against the backdrop of Canadian multiculturalism. more info |
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PEONY, 2005 7:00 video Made for Trinity Square Video's themed commissioning program, Affection, this short piece explores the lives of three sisters. more info |
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The Politics of Friendship/ the friendship of politics, 2004 17:00 video A collaborative video with writer and cultural producer, Rozena Maart that documents and ponders the nature of friendship. more info |
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subdivision, 2004 15:00 video Interwoven narratives unfold over the course of a day in suburban Toronto against a backdrop of half finished subdivisions and in spaces that are banal, hidden or intimate.more info |
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the life and times of erasure
foresight, 2004 4:00 video This short experimental video deconstructs notions around Canadian national identity through the construction of a fictional “everyman”, Erasure Foresight. more info |
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gold, 2002 6:00 video Gold explores cultural memory against the backdrop of a southern Ontario town and images of pre-revolution China. more info |
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eden, 2001 4:00 video A stolen trash TV sequence recounts the tale of Brittany, a teen bride confronted by her teen husband's sexual daliances. The titilating details and hidden surveillance footage are set to Tammy Wynette's classic, "Woman to Woman" |
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OHM, 1999 24:00 video A collaboration between Ed Sinclair and Karen Kew featuring Viv Moore in an experimental dance film. |
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FOREVER CAME TODAY, 1998 10:00 video Made for the "On the Fly Festival" in Toronto, this video is shot in a day and edited in a day. Tired of waiting for her bus, a girl decides to hitch a ride.... |
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Encounter, 1998 5:00 video This video deals with the tensions of living in a "mulitcultural" city and traces media representations of "Asianess", which have their roots in British colonialism. |
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FURNACE, 1997 10:00 video Shot in Sault Ste. Marie, this piece documents the nature of this Northern Ontario outpost. |
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OPEN MOUTH LAUGHS, 1996 3 :00 video A rough stop motion animation that reanimates a sequence of tai chi motions with texts that speak to the specificities of cultural identity. |
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DESDEMONA, 1996 15 :00 video A retelling and inversion of Shakespeare's Othello, where race and sexual politics play out against the backdrop of an urban landscape. |
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THE INTERNAL WORLD OF CHERRY
CHAN , 1995 15 :00 video Co-directed with Ed Sinclair and shot in super 8. |
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KUNG FU KARAOKE, 1995 20:00 video Co-directed with Ed Sinclair |
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DAUGHTER: ELOCUTION LESSON,
1994 2:00 video An exploration of language and its relationship to cultural identity. |
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CHASING THE DRAGON, 1993 20:00 video This experimental documentary explores notions around sexual identities and how they relate to "Asianess" |
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