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    Singing with Teresa Teng

    • 2007
    • 00h 05m 00s
    • Garland Lam Turner
    • Rent $200
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    Synopsis

    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.

    Categories

    • Experimental,
    • Culture,
    • Families,
    • Performance,
    • Short,
    • Works by Women

    Shooting Format

    • Video

    Languages

    • Mandarin

    Additional Details

    • Music,
    • Colour

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Manitoba

    Screening Formats

    • DVD,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Artist: Garland Lam Turner

    Provided By

    • Video Pool Media Arts Centre

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    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

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    • 2010
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    All Those Years They Were Here First

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    • 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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