Mishima in Mexico (2012)

“Mishima in Mexico,” 2012, is based on the 1950 novel “Thirst for Love” by Yukio Mishima, a Japanese writer and film director whose creative works are iconic within queer literature. In Tsang’s video, he and his collaborator Alexandro Segade shift between the four characters that make up the story which experimentally narrates the attempts of a director and screenwriter to adapt Mishima’s book to film. The video is projected in a space lit with shifting LED lights that recall the atmosphere of a nightclub. “Mishima in Mexico” will be a key piece in the MCA’s upcoming fall exhibition “Body Doubles,” which opens on October 25.