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Interview with Ping Chong
- Title
- Interview with Ping Chong [sound recording]
- Author
- Chong, Ping
- Publication
- 2002.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | transcript | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZMT 3-2373 transcript | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | cassette 1 | Audio | Permit needed | *MGZTC 3-2373 cassette 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | cassette 2 | Audio | Permit needed | *MGZTC 3-2373 cassette 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | cassette 3 | Audio | Permit needed | *MGZTC 3-2373 cassette 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Moseley, Monica.
- Description
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 180 min.) +
- Summary
- Cassette 1 (ca. 80 min.) 8/23/02. Ping Chong speaks about his family background; growing up in Chinatown; first meeting Meredith Monk and the group of artists with whom she was working; Monk's Needle-brain Lloyd and the systems kid and Vessel; the beginnings of his own work and the themes in which he was interested; various pieces of his including Fear and loathing in Gotham; the progression of major themes in his work; people with whom he worked; film and other influences on his art; the piece Paris/Chacon/Venice/Milan [Monk and Chong]; memories from travelling in Europe; the piece Raw recital [Monk and Preston]; more on Vessel; his issues with being in someone else's work or collaborating; collaborating with Monk on Games [Monk and Chong]; Monk's attitude toward her own creative process; the piece the Race and more on Games.
- Cassette 2 (ca. 90 min.) 8/24/02. Remembers tour experiences when performing Quarry; his favorite works by Monk; his own work including Nuit blanche and Humboldt's Current and the themes that run through them; how he teaches his works; his first installation piece and his subsequent experiences in the visual art world; his Angels of Swedenborg; his changing philosophy of art particularly in respect to the conflict between East and West; briefly discusses Deshima and Chinoiserie; his use of dramaturges; his piece, Undesirable elements; the theme of "otherness" in his work; his relationship to his own Chinese heritage; his works for video, Plage concrete and I will not be sad in this world; his interest in and reservations about working in film; his piece Edda that was performed in the Faroe Islands; his experiences creating Obon.
- Cassette 3. (ca. 10 min.) 8/24/02, cont. The stories in Obon; a few thoughts on the economic difficulties of creating his work.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Series Statement
- Meredith Monk Oral History Project.
- Alternative Title
- Undesirable elements/New York.
- Plage concrete.
- Obon: tales of rain and moonlight.
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Nuit blanche (Choreographic work : Chong)
- Chinoiserie (Theater piece : Chong)
- Needle-brain Lloyd and the systems kid (Choreographic work : Monk)
- Audiotapes > Chong, P
- Quarry (Choreographic work : Monk)
- Games (Choreographic work : Monk and Chong)
- Paris/Chacon/Venice/Milan (Choreographic work : Monk and Chong)
- Angels of Swedenborg (Choreographic work : Chong)
- Raw recital (Choreographic work : Monk and Preston)
- Deshima (Choreographic work : Chong)
- Monk, Meredith
- Race (Choreographic work : Chong)
- Artistic collaboration
- Humboldt's Current (Choreographic work : Chong)
- Chong, Ping
- Fear and loathing in Gotham (Choreographic work : Chong)
- Vessel (Choreographic work : Monk)
- I will not be sad in this world (Choreographic work : Chong)
- Note
- Interview conducted by Monica Moseley at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Aug. 23 and 24, 2002.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2373.
- Access (note)
- Permission of the oral author, Ping Chong, required during his lifetime for access to the sound recording. Transcript is open.
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-2373
- OCLC
- NYPY03-R13
- Author
- Chong, Ping, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Ping Chong [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 2002.
- Series
- Meredith Monk Oral History Project.
- Access
- Permission of the oral author, Ping Chong, required during his lifetime for access to the sound recording. Transcript is open.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Chong, P.
- Added Author
- Moseley, Monica. Interviewer
- Added Title
- Undesirable elements/New York.Plage concrete.Obon: tales of rain and moonlight.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2373 [Transcript]*MGZTC 3-2373 [cassette]