The Story A child born of mainland China, Wong Kar-Wai escaped to British-ruled Hong Kong during the beginning of China’s Cultural Revolution. He spent his early youth in a new city, isolated from the culture around him. Voices resonate as incoherent speech. Words assembled from familiar yet indeterminable sounds. In a busy city where people […]
Inspirations
Cinema in an Ad-World
Advertisements pervades every aspect of our lives. It’s the driving force behind all things entertainment, from the shorts ran between our favorite shows to the internal ads delicately or indelicately placed into films. Ads often fade into the background of our everyday, considered to be a nuisance that should be ignored and habituated to. For […]
Inspirations: Lights by Hurt
Directed by: Dawn Shadforth Producers: Rachel Rumbold, Jonas Quant I needed to figure out how to edit a dance scene for my recent short film and luckily re-discovered this great music video by Hurts. Everything from it’s color, composition, to it’s storytelling is absolutely captivating.
A Never Ending Distance
I often go back to The GAP when I feel doubt in what I am pursuing. I often feel disparaged when I look at the work that inspires me. It’s difficult to persist because of the distance between where I want to be and where I am now. It’s helpful to know that being able to discern […]
Emotionality in Photography
Photography & Writing by: Hon Hoang Hon Hoang: Hong Kong Express, Mongkok, Hong Kong, 2017 Hon Hoang: A Lucid Dream for an Insomniac, Tokyo, Japan, 2016 Hon Hoang: Cherchez LA Femme, Los Angeles, California, 2015 The advent of digital photography and social media has given us the ability to capture and share photographs like never before. […]