Zur Vorbereitung auf seinen ersten Deutschlandaufenthalt arbeitete Ming Wong aus Singapur 2007 an einer großartigen Videoinstallation. Es berührt eine ganzes Spektrum von Themen um Identität, Individualität und Kreativität. Grundlage seines Werkes ist eine zehnminütige Szene aus Rainer Werner Fassbinders filmische[m] Lesben-Drama "Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant" (1972). Verlassen von ihrer Geliebten, dem Modell Karin Thimm (Hanna Schygulla) bricht die erfolgreiche Modeschöpferin Petra von Kant (Margrit Carstensen) zusammen - zu sehen und hören ist ihr Monolog: eine Mischung aus Hasstirade und Selbstmitleid. [art-magazin.de]

At art academy in Singapore I studied traditional Chinese art: calligraphy, ink painting, seal carving. I was interested in getting a foundation in traditional arts while it was still an option, since I was already planning to go abroad for further studies. But traditional Chinese art was such a strict discipline that I got restless and started working outside the academy as a playwright in Singapore's English-language theater scene. That's when I started exploring language, one of my other loves. [Art It]

The process of learning an unfamiliar language and repeating it and the failures that are involved in that process are all part of the work. There's this mimicry, this parroting or imitation, which is a basic activity of forming your own identity. Actually it's not just in language but also applies to behavior, when people copy what they see on TV or in popular culture. This mimicry affects how we speak and how we carry ourselves. Language is just one particularly strong aspect of it. [Art It]