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    Wontons

    • 2003
    • 00h 02m 00s
    • Garland Lam Turner
    • Rent $200
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    Synopsis

    Wontons is a video that has dialogue centred on being mistaken for a different race. The non-translated dialogue, spoken in Cantonese, may be mysterious to viewers. 

    Categories

    • Immigration,
    • Race + Ethnicity,
    • Canada,
    • Food,
    • Racism,
    • Short,
    • Works by Women

    Shooting Format

    • DVcam

    Languages

    • Cantonese

    Additional Details

    • Dialogue,
    • Colour,
    • Sound

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • British Columbia

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Garland Lam Turner

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

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    • 2013
    • Garland Lam Turner

    Inspired by the 8mm app, Garland's Quiet Steps is an instrumental music video of the artist's experience of living in Vancouver.

    Garland's Quiet Steps

    Singing with Teresa Teng

    • 2007
    • Garland Lam Turner

    "Singing with Teresa Teng" is a Chinese karaoke video that has been re-shot with a camera on a computer screen. This method creates a degraded blinking, in which the singing or pronunciation of words varies according to the singers’ familiarity with the song. A father - daughter duet to the father's favourite singer.

    Singing with Teresa Teng

    Documentary of My Father

    • 2004
    • Garland Lam Turner

    This documentary of the artist's father is in Cantonese with English subtitles. The visual image is expressed by a technique called stop-motion painting where each stroke is recorded for 2 to 3 seconds. The footage is sped up to create a fluid painting motion. Documentary of My Father is about Lam's father before she knew him personally, before she was born.

    Documentary of My Father

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