I have always felt that my videos are just an extension of my photography work and is usually a conduit to my performances. Since 2008 I have focused more on my freelance & community work, however I’m extremely keen to revisit my video work in the future.
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Row Your Boat (2007)Length: 1:55
I believe that adoption is a continuing conversation about what a family is. My hope from the video is to get people to think about the moral, political, historical and other complex implications that can be attached to transracial/inter-country adoption and how that plays a part to an adoptee like myself. I originally made this video for the Exodus Shorts Film Festival. |
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My Life in the News (2006)Length: 5:08
I made this video to enter into the NOISE Festival 06-08 My Life in the News competition. They asked people to use old archive footage supplied by the BBC Creative Archive and remix it into a more personal lived experience. From the many clips I found footage of Vietnamese refugee boat people & the Hong Kong over which I have a personal connection with. I was honored to win a day of work experience at the BBC London. It was also specially arranged to have some of that time working in the BBC Vietnamese department. |
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Candles – clip (2006)Length: 2:43
For adoptees, birthdays can be a time of great contemplation, a tension between celebration and loss. This is only a sample of a much longer piece spanning 24 birthdays (as I was 24 at the time of making this film). |
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Her Mother’s Daughter – aka Hands (2007)Length: 10:34 As an adopted person, I’m am interested in the relationships between adoptive parent and adoptee. This is a sketch book piece where I was testing a quick idea looking at the simple act of holding hands with a parent. I am holding the hand of my (adoptive) mum. This turned out, unintentionally, a little too theatrical and low quality, but I hope to re-visit this piece in the future with many adoptive pairs in a more natural way. |
Origins - aka T-Shirts (2005)Length: 6:44 This piece was a direct response to how annoyed I felt one about feeling out yet another form asking my nationality, place of birth & ethnicity. I often feel that my British Hong Kong born Vietnamese adoptee identity was always at odds and that I could never quiet fit into my own skin. To see the photographic counter part go to the [Origins] page. |