Annastacia McDonald

製作費6万ドルという低予算作品ながら、世界中で記録的な大ヒットとなったホラー映画「ブレア・ウィッチ・プロジェクト」の17年ぶりとなる続編。大学生のヘザー、ジョシュ、マイクが、森に生息するという伝説の魔女「ブレア・ウィッチ」をテーマにしたドキュメンタリー映画製作のため、ブラック・ヒルズの森に分け入った。しかし3人はそのまま消息を絶ち、森に消えた。あの事件から20年後、ヘザーの弟ジェームズが姉らしき人物の映った映像をYouTube見つける。そして、ジェームズは仲間とともに、森の中へ足を踏み入れる。監督は「サプライズ」「ザ・ゲスト」などのホラー作品を手がけ、ハリウッド版「デスノート」の監督も務めるアダム・ウィンガード。

製作費6万ドルという低予算作品ながら、世界中で記録的な大ヒットとなったホラー映画「ブレア・ウィッチ・プロジェクト」の17年ぶりとなる続編。大学生のヘザー、ジョシュ、マイクが、森に生息するという伝説の魔女「ブレア・ウィッチ」をテーマにしたドキュメンタリー映画製作のため、ブラック・ヒルズの森に分け入った。しかし3人はそのまま消息を絶ち、森に消えた。あの事件から20年後、ヘザーの弟ジェームズが姉らしき人物の映った映像をYouTube見つける。そして、ジェームズは仲間とともに、森の中へ足を踏み入れる。監督は「サプライズ」「ザ・ゲスト」などのホラー作品を手がけ、ハリウッド版「デスノート」の監督も務めるアダム・ウィンガード。

MAINSTREETERS: Taking Advantage, 1972-1982 surveys the history of a gang of Vancouver artists who lived and worked together in drama, excess, friendship and grief. From 1972 until roughly 1982, they lived along Main Street, the traditional dividing line between the city's working-class immigrant eastside and its more affluent westside. Core members––Kenneth Fletcher, Deborah Fong, Carol Hackett, Marlene MacGregor, Annastacia McDonald, Charles Rea, Jeanette Reinhardt and Paul Wong––engaged in ambitious collaborative media and performance work that charts the rapidly shifting social terrain of the city.

’4′ originated as a collaborative performance by Deborah Fong, Carol Hackett, Annastacia McDonald and Jeanette Reinhardt as the S.S. Girls, following events and activities of the women’s daily lives on Main Street. The performance was produced by Paul Wong and co-sponsored by the Video Inn. ’4′ explores the lives and personalities of four women as described by one another in the style of a feuding dysfunctional family. ’4′ was developed as a multimedia performance, first staged at Western Front in 1980, then followed by a tour across Canada and into the USA. The scripted multimedia presentations were later adapted to a video work.

’4′ originated as a collaborative performance by Deborah Fong, Carol Hackett, Annastacia McDonald and Jeanette Reinhardt as the S.S. Girls, following events and activities of the women’s daily lives on Main Street. The performance was produced by Paul Wong and co-sponsored by the Video Inn. ’4′ explores the lives and personalities of four women as described by one another in the style of a feuding dysfunctional family. ’4′ was developed as a multimedia performance, first staged at Western Front in 1980, then followed by a tour across Canada and into the USA. The scripted multimedia presentations were later adapted to a video work.

"The VAG exhibition space was staged with a four walled cube, 8’X 8’ which was padded internally. The four walls and the open ceiling were monitored by video cameras. Wong entered the gallery, climbed a ladder and disappeared into the blue cube. Personally I was very uneasy about the work at this time. Knowing that [Kenneth] Fletcher was a close friend of Wong’s who had only months before committed suicide. I felt perhaps Wong would attempt his own cathartic self-mutilation as we all watched. As Wong’s slow pacing and wall assaulting became more intense the audience picked up the momentum of his energies. The intensity of the performance became overpowering. Not knowing how far Wong has planned his own movements, one began to wonder if he was indeed going to bash himself into unconsciousness as some observers had predicted." - Arthur Perry, Vanguard Magazine 1979

Early colour video recorded on ½ in. Part of The Mainstreet Tapes (1976-1980) a series of autobiographic tapes documenting Wong & friends “youth & angst”. 7 day Activity – 7 days of facial treatments for acne. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the vainest of them all. 1970′s body/art. Digitally Re-Mastered & Re-Edited in 2008, the process of restoring the picture & sound elements included shortening the work from the original length of 13 minutes to 8.5 minutes.