Reel Asian is honoured to be a part of the 30th anniversary of the Images Festival with two inspiring co-presentations. Vancouver-based artist Karilynn Ming Ho presents her exhibition and artist talk, FOR THE LEFT HAND ALONE, and Reel Asian almuna Stephanie Comilang shows her performative documentary, LUMAPIT SA AKIN, PARAISO.
FOR THE LEFT HAND ALONE (Artist Talk)
Saturday April 22nd • 12PM • Trinity Square Video
(401 Richmond Street West, Suite 121)
Free Admission
FOR THE LEFT HAND ALONE (Exhibition)
Now until April 29th • 12PM-6PM (Tue-Sat) • Trinity Square Video
(401 Richmond Street West, Suite 121)
Created by Karilynn Ming Ho
In an experience of a phantom limb, a person is haunted by what once was: a limb, now amputated, continues to aggravate the mind like an uncatchable itch. The phenomenon is considered to be a neurological condition—a hallucination rather than a fiction—a set of disconnected feelings that no longer correspond to a material reality.
Set to the musical commissions of Paul Wittgenstein (a one-handed pianist), For the Left Hand Alone, created by Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist Karilynn Ming Ho, frames phantom pain as an unrequited longing, an incomplete figure, and the feeling of uncertainty in an increasingly disembodied world.
LUMAPIT SA AKIN, PARAISO / COME TO ME, PARADISE
Sunday April 23rd • 7PM • Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Ave)
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Director: Stephanie Comilang
Canada/Philippines/Hong Kong • Trailer
Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso (Come to Me, Paradise) examines the exploitation and trafficking of Filipina labourers working in Hong Kong. Using drone footage, unidentified selfies, and performative interludes, Stephanie Comilang’s unique experimental and documentary techniques shares the stories of these individuals – their past, families and what is means to belong. Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso is one of four pieces shown in the “Meet You More Than Half-Way: The Toronto We Know” program.
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