"In May of 2017 I travelled to Taipei to investigate 15 people I had found on the internet. We had no knowledge or any contact with each other, total strangers in fact but we had one thing in common; we’re all called Mike Ting.Between faith, certainty and doubt, these intimate strangers become strange intimates and reveal the subtle and sometimes ancient powers that shape their identities in a modern nation state, yet live in a country that lacks official recognition."
"In May of 2017 I travelled to Taipei to investigate 15 people I had found on the internet. We had no knowledge or any contact with each other, total strangers in fact but we had one thing in common; we’re all called Mike Ting.
Between faith, certainty and doubt, these intimate strangers become strange intimates and reveal the subtle and sometimes ancient powers that shape their identities in a modern nation state, yet live in a country that lacks official recognition."
Strange Intimate is a two screen installation, see part two (Freedom) here.
Installation view of Strange Intimate (2017) Mike Ting MEANWHILE GALLERY (2017)
In an industrial workshop the camera eye is deliberately scored and marked.
An exercise in collaborative formal abstraction, mark and sound making.
An essay on the anxieties of New Zealand masculinity.