In a series of sculptural works, videos displayed on screens within small brass and jade containers contain scenes of everyday life as shared on the social media app WeChat between the artist’s relatives in Tibet and those in the US, allowing for mediated access to the autonomous region. The series was prompted by the 2020 ban on WeChat in the US, which effectively prevented the artist and his family from communicating with their relatives during that time and until the app’s reinstatement in August 2021.
A joyful moment of a child dancing to a contemporary Tibetan song in a Tibetan dwelling. The boy, all the while making lively dance moves, looks straight at the camera—for which he is seemingly performing—humorously and charmingly.
by Tenzin Phuntsog USA 2022 Tibetan 1’ Colour, Videoinstallation Event International premiere

Crew

DirectorTenzin Phuntsog
EditingTenzin Phuntsog
ProducersTenzin Phuntsog, Andrea Monti

Produced by

Plateaux Films

California, USA

Microscope Gallery

New York, USA

Tenzin Phuntsog

Tenzin Phuntsog is a Tibetan-American artist and filmmaker who works across moving image, film, and installation. His personal practice touches into themes of presence and belonging as well as landscape and language. He studied Media Arts at the University of California and holds an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University. His works have been exhibited and screened at renowned galleries, museums, and festivals including Videobrasil, São Paulo; IFFR Rotterdam; Anthology Film Archives, New York; Microscope Gallery, New York; and The Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam.

Filmography

2010 Four Rivers; 67 min. 2014 A Singing Blade; 15 min. 2018 Rituals of Resistance; 63 min. 2019 The Day the Sun Died; 17 min. 2022 Dreams · Pala Amala (Father Mother) · Achala · Dancing Boy · Summer Grass 2023 Mother Tongue · Next Life

Dates

An Atypical Orbit

Opening: Wednesday, February 15, 6pm | Opening hours: February 16 - 26, daily 11am - 9pm | February 27 - March 5, Mon - Fri 2pm - 7pm, Sat - Sun 11am - 9pm.

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