New Yorkers used to their city’s relentless noise and movement will find a familiar urban pace and intensity reflected in the works of Hong Kong video artist Ellen Pau.At the video pioneer’s first North American survey, now on view at New York’s SculptureCenter, her poignant exploration of unfulfilled pledges also has resonance amid mounting cynicism about politics in the US and beyond.“She Moves”, curated by Freya Chou, features 15 major works dating from 1988 to the present, and charts how Pau documents everyday urban life and Hong Kong’s shifting political and cultural landscape through an ambiguous yet poetic lens.The 65-year-old artist’s stateside debut – accompanied by the screening of major works and a talk at the Museum of Modern Art in May – is long overdue. Born in British Hong Kong in 1961, Pau has been a tireless champion of the city’s experimental video art scene for decades, and continues to do so long after the 1997 handover to China.Hong Kong artist Ellen Pau (right) and curator Freya Chou during their talk about Pau’s practice at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on May 18, 2026. Photo: courtesy of Ellen PauA largely self-taught artist who produced her first Super 8 film in 1984, she co-founded Videotage, a pioneering media art collective, in 1986, and later established the Microwave International New Media Arts Festival in 1996. Alongside her prolific art career, she worked as a radiographer at Queen Mary Hospital for nearly 40 years. This background in medical imaging fundamentally shaped her sensitivity towards capturing, manipulating and interpreting electronic images.