Video

Chinese Characters

Richard Fung

1986, 20:30 minutes, colour, English with closed captions

TAPECODE 183.01

Chinese Characters examines the ambiguous relationship between gay Asian men and white gay porn. Through fantasy voice overs, staged interviews and humourous re-enactments of scenes from Joe Gage porn classics, the tape forces viewers to question their own narrow definitions of what constitutes gay desire.

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Critical Writing

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by not specified. Ottawa Citizen, Aug. 12, 1988.
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by Martha Gever. Art in America, July 1987, v. 75, no. 7.
In His Own Image
by Karen Knights. Video Guide, 1987, v. 8, no. 5.
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by Phil Van Steenburgh. Cinema Canada, July 1986, no. 132.
Making privateness public in stunning art
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Habits:Five Video Premieres
by Varda Burstyn. Canadian Art, Fall 1986, v. 3, no. 3.
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by Unknown. Free Trade, Apr. 1986.
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