Life and Death in Venice / Ming Wong / 2010

Bibliographic Record

Access Point

MA.WM.42a

Title and Statement of Responsiblity

Life and Death in Venice = Leben und Tod in Venedig; = Vita e Morte a Venezia / Produced, directed, performed by Ming Wong, Created with the support of the Fondation d'enterprise Hermes for Third Floor Hermes Gallery - Singapore 2010.

Summarization of Content

DVD containing Ming Wong’s 3-screen video installation, Life and Death in Venice (2010). Also contains a documentation slideshow, video excerpts and full video preview.

Inspired by the 1971 film, Death in Venice, the work presented two screens featuring Ming Wong performing the roles of both the ageing composer/writer Gustav von Aschenbach as well as Tadzio, the adolescent boy whose uncorrupted youth and beauty mirrors the older man’s state of crisis and impending death. The work was created by the artist while he was presenting work at the Singapore Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale and was shot in several of the same locations of the original film it was based on. 
 

Publication/Production/Distribution Information

: Ming Wong , 2010

Extent

1 DVD ; Video clips (4mins 43s) ; Video preview (16mins 8s)

Content Form and Media Type

two-dimensional moving image : digital video

Location

esea contemporary Library CollectionOn RequestArtists publications

Access and Use

Conditions on Access

This publication is available by request in the esea ResearchLab for non-commercial private research use.

Related Information

People and Organisations

Wong, Ming, (b.1971), artist

Places

Venice

Keywords & Terms

video ; polychrome ; Sound ; Illustrations ; two-dimensional moving images ; On site ; video art ; DVDs ; films (visual work) ; video art ; digital video ; La Biennale di Venezia (1895-)

Descriptive Note

Note

Formerly numbered M.024

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