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Is There Anything Specific You Want Me to Tell You About?
Yau Ching
1991, 12 min, color, sound
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Diasporama (Part 1): Dead Air
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Is There Anything Specific You Want Me to Tell You About?
June 30, 1997 (aka Celebrate What?)
Suet-Sin's Sisters
The Ideal Na(rra)tion
Video Letters
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Titles by Yau Ching
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Diasporama (Part 1): Dead Air
FLOW
Is There Anything Specific You Want Me to Tell You About?
June 30, 1997 (aka Celebrate What?)
Suet-Sin's Sisters
The Ideal Na(rra)tion
Video Letters
We Are Alive
Is There Anything Specific You Want Me to Tell You About?
Yau Ching
1991, 12 min, color, sound
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