A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made on

Dung’s playful and revealing collection offers a glimpse into late-1990s consumerism in Hong Kong, often featuring odes to technology like the Motorola Dual Band and the Sega Dreamcast. In the opener, “Agnes B.,” a man endures a breakup and gets into a car accident, which forces him to take the train. On the subway platform he notices a woman carrying an agnès b purse, and he develops a fantasy about the woman to alleviate his loneliness. “Hello Kitty” depicts a young girl who is given an English name by her mother. Dubbed “Kitty,” her friends associate her with Hello Kitty products well into her adulthood. “Photo Stickers” references popular photo booths that produce a sequence of snapshots on stickers with playful designs. And in “Windows 98,” two women become increasingly dependent on their computers for both social interactions and work. Dung imbues these well-rendered depictions with a dreamy nostalgia for a time when technology became more central to people’s lives. The result is fascinating and refreshing. (June)