ASI 2005

Through this video poem Laiwan investiges phenomena of sound, music, bodily being, being-machines, improvisation and chance.

Meesoo's parents are unimpressed with his "Canadian" hairstyle during a recent visit with them in Korea. This tape documents the bizarre half hour contest-of -wills that will determine his future hair style.

An invitation to discover Beijing.

Call Me A Paki gives a glimpse of the filmmaker's personal growth brought about by his first experience with racism upon returning to Canada after living in Pakistan for 17 years. The realization that he was not accepted in this society quickly lead to the abandonment of the cultural and spiritual values and practices that were once an integral part of his life. It took the hauntingly insightful words of a virtual stranger on the streets of Northern Pakistan to make Huda realize all he had given up.

Nostalgic vision of Tokyo accompanying the music of Pawa Up First.

The Shiva project is a collaboration between composer Jan Pienkowski and media designer Nokami. The visual and sound content originates from the Indian graphic universe (politics, commercial endeavour, religion and mythology). Modifying and rearranging this universe into various visual and sound frames, Jan and Nokami will compose a new media spectrum illustrating the contemporary faces of India.

Unfolding + unknown * ancient enigmas/antique wrist-watches + impermeable = Large Injury.

Invisible Son is about a young man's struggle to come to terms with his cultural heritage and sexuality. A brutally truthful letter to his immigrant parents, he gives voice to his previously unspoken thoughts, emotions, and experiences. This documentary is part photos, interviews, and narration, and addresses the universal need for love, acceptance and belonging; through one individual's unique path of discovery.

Salty Wet will take you through a sexy and humorous language experience about interpretations of queer Cantonese and English slang. Ten Cantonese-English speakers are asked to explain the meanings of queer words in English and Cantonese. Unlike English, Cantonese words are made up of existing Chinese Characters. Often, new words are constructed by putting two characters (words) together. Thus, the two words, "salty" and "wet" when put together actually someone who is "horny" or a "sex maniac".

Screen test is a wry day-in-life of a Canadian actor and the convoluted process of "becoming Asian" during a casting session. The video exposes the exoticization of actors of colour from the performer's point of view. By exaggerating her own Asian-ness, she performs in "yellow face", subverting the process through exploiting and mocking the ignorance of those who get to define and direct the "other".

Caught between the reality and the fiction, the reason and the madness, a young woman faces the brittleness of the existence

Viseth is a documentary over one banal day in the life of a 17 years old Cambodian. Living through two worlds, he jungles between his home environment and that of his friends. From Asia to occident, the line is thin, it becomes rather a multiple reality which becomes his. However, this complexity remains quite ordinary for this immigrant's son who was born in Montreal.