Kai-Oi Jay Yung, ‘Still from ‘New World”, Video, 2010. Photo: Kai-Oi Jay Yung. Courtesy: Kai-Oi Jay Yung. One of eleven video works as part of ‘Interval; A Narrative Psychosis’.
‘New World’ 3 minutes 59 seconds
‘New World’ contemplates man?s hopes and aspirations pitted against reality and our limitations. The red curtain and costumed Alice showcase a journey about to begin; dreamy lyrics offer hope of ?a whole new world? as we glide across the South China Sea and scan the hopeful faces on an Ocean Park escalator. We are reminded of the impermanence of such elation with the constant backdrop of themed Disneyland and a young boy?s inability to separate the obvious gap between what is real and artificial.