AustLit

'In the '70s and '80s, photographer William Yang captured Sydney's emerging artistic, literary, theatrical and queer circles, as well as his friendships with artists, writers and fashion designers such as Brett Whiteley, Patrick White,Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee. With myriad images and his trademark candid narration, Yang leads us through this beguilingly decadent and creative era.' (Source: Screen Australia website)

''My Generation' is a work incorporating spoken word, image projection and live music. [It] is a reflection on William's experience and documentation of the artistic, bohemian, and underground social scenes in Sydney in the late 1970s and early 1980s. 'My Generation' recalls the glamour of Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson's fashion events, the strengthening of the Sydney gay and lesbian community and the flowering of the Sydney Mardi Gras, and the theatrical circle of Jim Sharman, Kate Fitzpatrick and Patrick White.'

Source: National Portrait Gallery website, http://www.portrait.gov.au/
Sighted: 24/11/2008

'Through video and photos, Yang takes audiences from the streets of Beijing, where electronics superstores jostle with echoes of the Cultural Revolution and the Ming Dynasty, to the sacred mountain Huang Shan, a must-climb for every Chinese pilgrim-tourist; from a wild night in a Mongolian herdsman's hut, to the apartments of ordinary Chinese, a few months after the Tiananmen incident. His wryly sensitive perspective, eye for detail and arresting images come together with Nicholas Ng's haunting live score for the erhu (Chinese violin) and pipa (Chinese lute), in an unforgettable theatrical experience.

'China' is Yang's ninth monologue performance, in a career that has seen him become Australia's most toured performing artist. As always, Yang's work is part social documentary and part personal observation, creating a meditative space and a journey of reflection for performer and audience alike. With 'China', Yang explores the personal story of an Australian-born Chinese who is a stranger in his homeland, while at the same time asking big questions about the meaning of culture, of heritage and of belonging.' Source: www.melbournefestival.com.au/2007_program/ (Sighted 02/10/2007).

'Monologues with slides - part social documentary, part personal observation, Shadows presents a moving account of two communities haunted by the shadows of history: Aboriginal people in outback Enngonia, and German migrants to South Australia, interned during the World Wars. In Shadows, Yang combines his own photography with found images stowed away by families for generations, to take us on a journey of dispossession and reconciliation.'

Source: http://www.jwcoca.qld.gov.au/02_whats_on/details.asp?e_id=349 (Sighted 02/06/06)