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Interview with Ping Chong

Title
  1. Interview with Ping Chong [sound recording]
Published by
  1. 2002.
Author
  1. Chong, Ping

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Additional authors
  1. Moseley, Monica.
Description
  1. 3 sound cassettes (ca. 180 min.) +
Summary
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  1. National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
Series statement
  1. Meredith Monk Oral History Project.
Alternative title
  1. Undesirable elements/New York.
  2. Plage concrete.
  3. Obon: tales of rain and moonlight.
  4. Dance Oral History Project.
  5. Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  1. Chong, Ping
  2. Chong, Ping > Fear and loathing in Gotham
  3. Nuit blanche (Choreographic work : Chong)
  4. Chinoiserie (Theater piece : Chong)
  5. Needle-brain Lloyd and the systems kid (Choreographic work : Monk)
  6. Audiotapes > Chong, P
  7. Quarry (Choreographic work : Monk)
  8. Games (Choreographic work : Monk and Chong)
  9. Paris/Chacon/Venice/Milan (Choreographic work : Monk and Chong)
  10. Angels of Swedenborg (Choreographic work : Chong)
  11. Raw recital (Choreographic work : Monk and Preston)
  12. Deshima (Choreographic work : Chong)
  13. Monk, Meredith
  14. Race (Choreographic work : Chong)
  15. Artistic collaboration
  16. Humboldt's Current (Choreographic work : Chong)
  17. Vessel (Choreographic work : Monk)
  18. I will not be sad in this world (Choreographic work : Chong)
Call number
  1. *MGZTC 3-2373
Note
  1. 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.
  2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2373.
Access (note)
  1. Permission of the oral author, Ping Chong, required during his lifetime for access to the sound recording. Transcript is open.
  2. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Funding (note)
  1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
Author
  1. Chong, Ping, interviewee.
Title
  1. Interview with Ping Chong [sound recording]
Imprint
  1. 2002.
Series
  1. Meredith Monk Oral History Project.
Access
  1. Permission of the oral author, Ping Chong, required during his lifetime for access to the sound recording. Transcript is open.
Funding
  1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
Restricted access
  1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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Local subject
  1. Audiotapes -- Chong, P.
Added author
  1. Moseley, Monica. Interviewer
Added title
  1. Undesirable elements/New York.
  2. Plage concrete.
  3. Obon: tales of rain and moonlight.
Research call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-2373 [Transcript]
  2. *MGZTC 3-2373 [cassette]
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