Touch the Moon
4' 49"
Mini DV PAL
2014

To materialize light

Phoebe Man's work
Sound by Choi Sai Ho

 


¡§Wash¡¨
9'
Mini DV PAL
2005

¡§Wash¡¨ combined image and text which are created by 2 different sets of rule. Altogether it shows an ambiguous emotion. It belongs to a city, a female, Hong Kong or it belongs to everything yet nothing, or it is merely an expression of an individual.

Game itself is both the means and the end. The attitude of ¡§just for fun¡¨ can free oneself from the reality. Using a self-defined and non- pragmatic rule to develop a work is more likely an inspiration than a restriction. Game is also a tough exercise to work against one¡¦s weakness, fear, skepticism and non-attentiveness.

The rules of ¡§Wash¡¨ are:
1. to materialize the light
2. to write down one happy thing each day
3. to combine the unrelated 1 (image) and 2 (text) into a unified whole.

Excerpt of Phoebe Man's video "Wash", 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2hei2znyO0
Washing the Light Trio by Phoebe Chingying Man, 2008

Venue: Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., HarborView Place, Hong Kong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79XTXyLjOo&feature=youtu.be

2014 Touch the Moon

2015 POWFest, The Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon, USA.
2015 Over View, CINEMA ZAWYA, CAIRO, EGPYPT

2015 Over View, Groupe Walaha Université de Vacances, Ségou, MALI
2015
Over View, Workshop: Mujer – Sociedad, San José, Costa Rica
2015 Over View, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica

2015 Over View, ASIAN EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL, CMC GALLERY, RUN RUN SHAW CREATIVE MEDIA CENTRE, Hong Kong.
2014 “The First Time” Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film and Video Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2014 Over View, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA.
2014 Over View, Cultureel terras de Kaaij, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

2014 Biennial Edition of VIDEOFOCUS, Stigmart10 Videobiennale, Autumn speical issue.



2014 Washing the Light 2
2014 cutlog NY contemporary art fair, EXSE: Video Works from East and Southeast Asia, New York
2008 Washing the Light Trio
2008 Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., HarborView Place, Hong Kong

2005 Wash
2006 Playground, Kao Yuan Art Center, Kao Yuan University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2005 PLAY > An Experimental Video/Game Project, Agnes b. CINEMA! Hong Kong Arts Centre
2003 Washing the Light

2004 Shanghai Biennale 2004, Shanghai Museum of Art Shanghai, PRC

2004 Island Film & Video Festival, 2004 Prenelle Gallery London, UK

2003 Cheng Ming in All Directions: 40 Years of Art at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Organiser: Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Arts Centre @ Hong Kong Arts Centre

2003 NIGHTVISION Window Video Projections  

Organiser: Sunset - Sunrise Gallery, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, the Asian Australian Artists Association inc. @ Asia-Australia Arts Centre Sydney, Australia