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Multimedia artist.  Member of avante-garde collective the Mainstreeters, and known for merging queer and Chinese-Canadian cultural perspectives in his work.  Pieces he’s produced include a series of anti-racism TV Public Service Announcements titled' Refugee Class of 2000', and the 1996 documentary 'Blending Milk and Water: Sex in the New World' that plays off the genre of the AIDS educational video by asking a diverse cast of people to offer their candid views on sex. He drew controversy in 1984 with his video installation project 'Confused: Sexual Views'.  Co-founding member of On The Cutting Edge Productions Society.  Awarded the Bell Canada Award in Video Art (1992), and a Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts (2005).  Inaugural winner of the Trailblazer Expressions Award (2003).   
 
Multimedia artist.  Member of avante-garde collective the Mainstreeters, and known for merging queer and Chinese-Canadian cultural perspectives in his work.  Pieces he’s produced include a series of anti-racism TV Public Service Announcements titled' Refugee Class of 2000', and the 1996 documentary 'Blending Milk and Water: Sex in the New World' that plays off the genre of the AIDS educational video by asking a diverse cast of people to offer their candid views on sex. He drew controversy in 1984 with his video installation project 'Confused: Sexual Views'.  Co-founding member of On The Cutting Edge Productions Society.  Awarded the Bell Canada Award in Video Art (1992), and a Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts (2005).  Inaugural winner of the Trailblazer Expressions Award (2003).   
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==See Also==
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* [[Documentary Filmmakers From the LGBTQ Community]]
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* [[Race Activists in the LGBTQ Community]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

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Paul Wong

Country

Canada

Birth - Death

1954 -

Occupation

Artist

Description

Multimedia artist. Member of avante-garde collective the Mainstreeters, and known for merging queer and Chinese-Canadian cultural perspectives in his work. Pieces he’s produced include a series of anti-racism TV Public Service Announcements titled' Refugee Class of 2000', and the 1996 documentary 'Blending Milk and Water: Sex in the New World' that plays off the genre of the AIDS educational video by asking a diverse cast of people to offer their candid views on sex. He drew controversy in 1984 with his video installation project 'Confused: Sexual Views'. Co-founding member of On The Cutting Edge Productions Society. Awarded the Bell Canada Award in Video Art (1992), and a Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts (2005). Inaugural winner of the Trailblazer Expressions Award (2003).

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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