Mandy Woo is a composer, music producer, and performer hailing from Toronto, Canada, now based in Los Angeles. A classically trained musician with a master’s degree in Screen Scoring from Berklee College of Music, Mandy’s career spans composing for film, television, and immersive multimedia projects, as well as creating innovative soundscapes under her indie project, postmoderndisco.
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The Chinese characters for Hakka translate to “guest families.” These guest families travelled to many corners of the globe – Jamaica, Trinidad, Mauritius, India, Hong Kong, South Africa, and beyond. Today thousands of Hakka “guest families” call Tkaronto their home. In each new place the Hakka had to ask what it meant to be guests on others’ lands and how to preserve their own culture while respecting the culture of their hosts. These are urgent questions that Canadians are asking themselves as guests and uninvited settlers on Indigenous land.
In the Benevolence Hall you first encounter the Moon Gate video installation, which beckons visitors into the gallery and asks them to reflect on the lifecycle of a community. The Benevolence Hall also includes a reading room, which features reading materials on the Hakka and Chinese diaspora in Canada. The installation concludes with a short film (Benevolence, 2023) about Victoria B.C.’s Tam Kung Temple, Canada’s oldest Chinese temple, and the fight to keep its doors open.
Benevolence Hall
Created by Kevin Matthew Wong
Presented by Toronto History Museums
Produced by Broadleaf Creative with Why Not Theatre
Lead Artist, Concept, Production Design – Kevin Matthew Wong
Composer, Sound Design – Mandy Woo
Video Associate, Editor – Noel Pendawa
Production Manager – Crystal Lee
Exhibition Promotional Photography – Mary Anderson
This project is part of the Toronto History Museums’ Artist Mentorship Showcase: The Reset with Mentor Yung Yemi. Experience a range of art projects at 10 history museum sites.
ADMISSION DETAILS
In the Benevolence Hall you first encounter the Moon Gate video installation, which beckons visitors into the gallery and asks them to reflect on the lifecycle of a community. The Benevolence Hall also includes a reading room, which features reading materials on the Hakka and Chinese diaspora in Canada. The installation concludes with a short film (Benevolence, 2023) about Victoria B.C.’s Tam Kung Temple, Canada’s oldest Chinese temple, and the fight to keep its doors open.
Benevolence Hall
Created by Kevin Matthew Wong
Presented by Toronto History Museums
Produced by Broadleaf Creative with Why Not Theatre
Lead Artist, Concept, Production Design – Kevin Matthew Wong
Composer, Sound Design – Mandy Woo
Video Associate, Editor – Noel Pendawa
Production Manager – Crystal Lee
Exhibition Promotional Photography – Mary Anderson
This project is part of the Toronto History Museums’ Artist Mentorship Showcase: The Reset with Mentor Yung Yemi. Experience a range of art projects at 10 history museum sites.
ADMISSION DETAILS
- Ticket Info:Market Gallery 2nd Floor, St. Lawrence Market 95 Front Street East Telephone: 416-392-7604 Email: [email protected]
- Phone: (416) 392-7604
- For Tickets: (416) 392-7604
- Email: [email protected]
- More Info: • Hakka Artists Talk - evening of June 6, 2024 (time TBD) • "Benevolence" Play Reading, hosted with Tarragon Theatre - July 11, 2024 (time TBD)
Role: Music editor and musician
Role: Composer
Role: Composer
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Role: Music editor
Role: Composer
Role: Composer
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