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          11. – 22. March 2026

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              The Lost Golden Lotus

              The Lost Golden Lotus

              Chisato Minamimura / United Kingdom & China / Film installation / 2025 / 14 min

              'The Lost Golden Lotus' reimages China’s foot-binding legacy through multisensory art and Deaf-led performance, connecting historical beauty ideals to today’s exacting body standards.

              Artist statement

              ‘The Lost Golden Lotus’ is a powerful new immersive film installation created through a unique international collaboration between Chisato Minamimura (UK/Japan) and Alice Hu Xiaoshu (China). Bringing together their artistic perspectives and research, they explore and reimagine the legacy of China’s historical practice of foot binding.

              This collaborative project invites audiences into a world shaped by beauty and pain, where projected film, scent, taste, and tactile soundscapes converge to unearth the hidden histories of the “three-inch golden lotus”, once a symbol of femininity and social status, now a site of reflection, resistance, and cultural contemplation.

              At the heart of the film is Visual Vernacular, a Deaf-led performance language rooted in gesture, movement, and sign. This approach fosters a shared space where both Deaf and hearing audiences can experience the narrative equally, opening space for conversations about beauty standards, past, present, and future, alongside questions of identity, autonomy, and cultural legacy.

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              ‘The Lost Golden Lotus’ was commissioned through an Unlimited International Open Award 2024, supported by the British Council. It premiered in the UK at Tara Theatre as part of Liberty Festival 2025. It has since toured to Shanghai where it had its China premiere at the S.Prakash Art Space. The project has been made possible thanks to additional support from CRIPtic Arts, Wandsworth London Borough of Culture, Camden Chinese Cultural Centre, and The Place.

              Artistic Director, Scriptwriter and Choreographer
              Chisato Minamimura

              Creative Collaborator
              Alice Hu Xiaoshu

              Performers
              Zoë McWhinney, Li Danfeng and Alice Hu Xiaoshu

              Production
              Tom Curteis and Stanley Zhang Qianfan

              Film Editor
              Offset Films

              Filmmakers
              Laurence Scott and Shoman Cao

              Animation
              Kam Tang

              Sound Design
              Dominic Kennedy

              Dramaturgical Consultancy
              Sarah Pickthall

              VV Expert
              Jianhua Yang

              Stylist
              Lorne

              Audio / Visual Description
              Michael Achtman, Sarah Pickthall and Yuyu Rau

              With thanks to
              Polly Cuthbert, Michael Kitchin, Yuying Jiang