Mike Ting

CUTTER (2008)

2 min 52 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

"Cutting is a phenomenon where the sufferer is experiencing so much anxiety that self-harm is actually a release from the pain their experiencing, and is an extreme form of narcissism. Here the viewer moves from being a passive member of the audience to become the actual subject of the video."

Artist statement

    Other works by Mike Ting

    A close up of text describing the sublime.
    Mike Ting

    Overnight Sublime 2006 (2006)

    Overnight Sublime 2006
    A person walks back and forth drawing thin blue lines on a white wall.
    Mike Ting

    KIND OF BLUE (2016)

    An exercise in collaborative formal abstraction, mark and sound making.

    KIND OF BLUE
    A topless person opens a can of expanding foam.
    Mike Ting

    PERSONAL GROWTH (2017)

    An essay on the anxieties of New Zealand masculinity.

    PERSONAL GROWTH
    An empty restaurant in Taipei, there are chopsticks and condiments on each table. A glossy black car drives past.
    Mike Ting

    Strange Intimate (Faith) (2017)

    The artist meets fifteen people with the same name as themself.

    Strange Intimate (Faith)
    Mike Ting on CIRCUIT

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