Acme Studios — Ming Wong

Supporting Artists since 1972


Ming Wong

Fire Station Residency
2005-10

Ming Wong is a Singaporean video and performance who engages with the history of cinema and popular entertainment. His work includes re-interpretations of iconic films and performances from world cinema in his video installations, often featuring "miscastings" of himself in roles of varied identities.

Ming's recent exhibitions include A beast, a god and a line at Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, 2018, A beast, a god and a line at Para Site, Hong Kong, 2018, Remastered – Die Kunst der Aneignung Kunsthalle Krems, Austria 2017, Cinerama: Art & the Moving Image in Southeast Asia Singapore Art Museum, 2017, Shanghai Galaxy II Yuz Musuem, Shanghai, 2017, and Next Year in Marienbad at Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, 2017.

Fire Station Residency 2005-10

Acme's residency at the Fire Station is one of the most directly supportive schemes for artists in the United Kingdom, providing combined studio and living space at low rents, as well as a half rent residency for a deaf or disabled artist. This five year fixed-term residency scheme is intended to allow artists more time to concentrate on the development of their work and professional careers, and less time working to survive. 2005 - 10 artists were selected by artists Hayley Newman, Erika Tan and Julie Umerle, art consultant Tessa Jackson, and Acme's founder and former Chief Executive Jonathan Harvey.