LET'S LOVE HONG KONG
HO YUKYau Ching, Cina, 2002, 87', 35 mm
Tre donne si cercano e si seducono a vicenda, nascondendosi in una Hong Kong del prossimo futuro. “Made in China” fa la spogliarellista in un gioco virtuale e soffre di emicrania. Nicole dipende da “Made in China” per poter entrare nel gioco. Zero non ha niente, ma sa esattamente quello che vuole ed è determinata nell’ottenerlo; lavora nel mercato di oggetti erotici di Temple Street e insegue Nicole. La sperimentazione narrativa della fiction intreccia reale e virtuale portandoci nei quartieri popolari di una città caotica e veloce, densa di immagini erotiche in cui sfumano le storie di questo microcosmo.
Three women chase, seduce, resist and fantasize about each other, set in Hong Kong in our near future. A Hong Kong that is as fake as real provides the perfect setting for their games, secrets, screams and tears.
"Made-in-China Chan" (in Chinese: Chan Kwok Chan) works as a stripper in cyberspace but she often has headaches. Her only solace is from her mother who is clueless about what her daughter does for a living nor what she is thinking. Nicole has money and power but she depends on "Made-in-China" to play with virtually at night in order to get some sleep. Zero does not have anything but she knows what she wants and is determined to get it. Three women meet in a Hong Kong somewhere in the future. How do their desires manifest themselves in this forbidden city? From totally different backgrounds, they look like they have very different problems but do they?
Yau Ching è nata a Hong Kong nel 1966, ha studiato Letterature comparate e Filosofia a Hong Kong, cinema e media a New York e Londra. Laureata al Whitney Independent Study Program a New York, attualmente vive e lavora a Hong Kong come filmmaker, artista multimediale, scrittrice e insegnante.
Yau Ching is a writer of experimental essays, poetry and fiction from Hong Kong, where she served as editor-in-chief for Film Biweekly and produced work in a variety of forms including installation, performance, and film. In 1990 she moved to New York to study at the New School for Social Research and the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, and has since worked as an independent videomaker.
Tekfestival ed. 2005, Finestra Chinese box - scatole cinesi
