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Loosely Based on Professionalism: The Skate Video and Experimental Cinema

In conjunction with MoMI’s exhibition Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos, the New York–based artist/filmmaker Simon Liu will present a performative lecture reflecting on his years growing up as a skateboarder and videographer in Hong Kong and how that period still impacts his wide-ranging filmmaking practice. The talk will be accompanied by screenings of skateboarding video parts (or “clips”) that he watched on repeat as a teenager, excerpts from his recent short films and video installations, and clips from EXIT, a Hong Kong scene skate video that Liu released in high school in collaboration with Owen Yu and Toby Tommerup. Reflecting on idiosyncrasies in form and approach within both local filmmaking and skateboarding scenes, Liu will present images and ideas surrounding chance encounters, building friendships, camera choreography, failure as an inherent element of the artistic process, and acts of defiance within public space. 

Ticket price includes admission to the Museum. Come early to see Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos before the program. 











When: Fri., Dec. 6, 2024 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Where: Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave.
718-777-6888
Price: $15
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In conjunction with MoMI’s exhibition Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos, the New York–based artist/filmmaker Simon Liu will present a performative lecture reflecting on his years growing up as a skateboarder and videographer in Hong Kong and how that period still impacts his wide-ranging filmmaking practice. The talk will be accompanied by screenings of skateboarding video parts (or “clips”) that he watched on repeat as a teenager, excerpts from his recent short films and video installations, and clips from EXIT, a Hong Kong scene skate video that Liu released in high school in collaboration with Owen Yu and Toby Tommerup. Reflecting on idiosyncrasies in form and approach within both local filmmaking and skateboarding scenes, Liu will present images and ideas surrounding chance encounters, building friendships, camera choreography, failure as an inherent element of the artistic process, and acts of defiance within public space. 

Ticket price includes admission to the Museum. Come early to see Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos before the program. 

Buy tickets/get more info now