KENNETH TIN-KIN HUNG

Official website of artist and designer Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung

One last chance you can vote for Dubya! Be Patriotic! Freedom is NOT Free! Perform your civic duty protect your civil rights! Haha, I signed the petition to rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant as the “George W. Bush Sewage Plant” too and I am so happy they make it on the ballot All you San Franciscan better vote for it in November, it sucks that I don’t live there no mo.

From the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco’s press release:

Officials at the Department of Elections announced today that the citizens’ initiative to rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant has qualified for the November 4th San Francisco ballot. Voters will decide on the measure in the general election alongside the presidential election, numerous statewide initiatives, and an expected 20 to 30 local measures.

Solo Show:

“Gas Zappers“, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley CA
October 30, 2008 - February 2009

Group Shows:

“Political Circus“, Florida Atlantic University Art Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
September 5 - November, 2008

“Empire and Its Discontents“, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA
September 11 - November 23, 2008

“Party Headquarters“, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Pratt Institute, Manhattan
September 26 - November 4, 2008, guest curated by Eleanor Heartney and Larry Litt

“Den Haag Sculptuur“, Hague, The Netherlands
June 23 - June 29

“Worlds on video - International video art“, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
September 19 - November 2, 2008

“State of The Art: New York“, Urbis, Manchester, United Kingdom
November 13 - Feburary 2009 (postponed to March 2009)

“Passport to the Arts“, organized by New Yorker magazine, New York
October 8, 2008

Screenings:

OUTFEST, Los Angeles, July 9-21 2008

Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, Texas, July 26- August 23 2008

Reykjavik Shorts & Docs Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 22-29 2008

Curtocircuito Short Film Festival, Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN, October 17-24 2008

I googled my name (hahah can’t resist) and this review written by Mr. Frank Pasquale shown up, very interesting topic comparing my works to Takashi Murakami, here’s a snippet:

“Murakami’s current work often feels weightless and unmoored, a natural consequence of his failure to emphasize the dark side of an increasingly marketized society. Some may dismiss that theme as excessively didactic or depressing, but they should take a look at Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung (whose video art appeared at another exhibit (Unmonumental) which Perl criticized). Hung’s Because Washington is Hollywood for Ugly People (still below) is frenetic, Rabelaisian, and profane–but strikes me as something (sans annoying soundtrack) that will be essential to those trying to understand contemporary culture and politics decades hence…

On a more inspiring note, Hung’s art/game Gas Zappers makes the fight against global warming seem fun while frankly and frivolously depicting the power and motives of those who stand in its way. Has any artist better reflected Stephen Duncombe’s ideas about the fantastic dimensions of politics?”

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

My short film “Because Washington Is Hollywood For Ugly People” is screening at the OUTFEST 2008! It is in the Platinum Shorts section. It is a very rare chance that you can see this on big screen so if you have time and live in the LaLaLand please check it out.

More Info:

http://outfest.org/fest2008/

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