Born in 1971 in Singapore, Ming Wong lives and works in Singapore and Berlin. Wong, whose practice explores the performative veneers of language and identity through the moving image, often plays a mélange of roles for the camera, donning the plural personas of actors, actresses and their screen parts, at other times assuming the director’s chair. Wong who has had solo exhibitions in Berlin, Singapore and Sydney, has exhibited at the Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2009) and participated in group exhibitions at several international biennales.‘In Love for the Mood’ represents a cinema billboard designed by Wong and hand-painted by Neo Chon Teck, Singapore’s last surviving billboard painter. This work references Hong Kong director, Wong Kar Wai’s film, ‘In the Mood for Love’ (2000). Wong remakes a pivotal scene by casting actors of different ethnic backgrounds, including himself, to explore the performance of speech and gesture; and expose cultural mistranslation and connection.
