Wu Tsang – interview | Madrid | 21 February 2023

‘I’m drawn to stories that have messy politics’

Tsang trains a postcolonial lens on Herman Melville’s 19th-century novel Moby-Dick for her immersive video installation Of Whales and beguiling silent film MOBY DICK; or, The Whale. She talks about the works, staged by TBA21, now on show at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.

Wu Tsang: Of Whales
Staged by TBA21 at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
21 February – 11 June 2023

The feature-length film MOBY DICK; or, The Whale, directed by Wu Tsang, will be screened on Tuesdays and Saturdays during the duration of the exhibition.

Interview by ELIZABETH FULLERTON
Filmed and edited by MARTIN KENNEDY