about
Hello Kitty is Dead Productions aim to create video projects that are relevant to female issues and identity. HKID is comprised of three Asian American women working in various fields of new media art.


producers
Ann Poochareon
Geraldine Chung
Vivian Wenli Lin


contact
kitties [at] hellokittyisdead [dot] com
projects

Hello Kitty Is Dead is a 7-minute short video addressing the "exotic asian woman" stereotype that continues to be celebrated in the mainstream media. This project was a grant recipient of the "-ISM" project funded by OASIS, office for African American, Latino, and Asian American students at NYU. Premiered at the "-ISM" gala in April of 2003, Hello Kitty is Dead has been screened at various location around the country.

April 2003. DVD.


Holler! is an interactive video installation that explores the cultural constructs of street harrassment by simulating the experience of being hollered at, while also offering the user to access documentaries and stories about sexual abuse on the streets of New York.

December 2003. Installation.


Fortunes for Cookies: A Video Diary. This project was a 10-week long video workshop in which seven Asian American highschool teen girls participated in learning how to use digital video as a medium for expressions. We covered basic techniques from storyboarding to shooting and editing. Each student contributed a 2-minute short to the diary, which was output to a DVD.

October 2003 - January 2004. DVD.


Pretty in Pain This video looks at the seductivity of beauty and the mentality that gets trapped behind it.

Click here to view video [8 minutes; 28 MB; quicktime]

April 2004. DV.