There are many things that don't mix-media isn't one of them. Ping Chong, a New York-based multi-media artist, has gained a substantial following for his forays into such diverse modes as choreography, theater and performance. Heavily influenced by another multi-media artist, Meredith Monk, with whom he would later collaborate, Chong has worked in several capacities on videoworks-from performer, to directorial adapter, to formal video artist. The three works in tonight's program chart Chong's progressive role within the electronic media. Paris, conceived and performed by Meredith Monk and Ping Chong, is a musical theater piece depicting an immigrant's journey. Through set design, choreography, song and a use of space not available to live theater, Chong and Monk extend this work into a seamless odyssey that evokes the mood of a place. Meredith Monk's Turtle Dreams marks Chong's first role as a video director. A stark background offsets four vocal performers (including Monk) who are engaged in a rather angular recitation. Images of slow-moving turtles intercede to create an immediate irony in this work about speed and apocalypse. Plage Concrète, one element in a larger installation, clearly illustrates Chong's direct interest in the moving image. Slow motion footage of well-kempt museums, taxidermed animals and framed mirrors describes a world where the present has been devalued and the past rarefied. The visual success of Plage Concrète proclaims an artist who mixes his media well. Steve Seid