Mike Ting

PERSONAL GROWTH (2017)

7 min 58 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

"DIY is often conflated with masculinity and competence, but to ironically paraphrase Simone de Beauvoir's maxim that, "One is not born, but rather becomes, a man", this work taps into the anxieties that form the identities of New Zealand 'blokes'"

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 busy car garage with scrap metal lying on all surfaces.
    Mike Ting

    CUTTER (2008)

    In an industrial workshop the camera eye is deliberately scored and marked.

    CUTTER
    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
    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

    CIRCUIT is the
    leading voice
    for artist moving image
    practice
    in Aotearoa New Zealand,
    distributing works,
    critical review and
    dialogues
    which reflect our unique, contemporary
    South Pacific context.