“The problem of the individual… is to relate herself to a fluid, apparently incoherent, universe. It is in a sense a mythological voyage of the twenty” first “century”   - Maya Deren

A mysterious woman is found washed up on the shores of Shekou. Who is she? Someone’s mother? A lost daughter? A migrant worker? A factory girl from the past? Or a robot from the future? She is all of them and more for she is Nvwa, Shekou’s patron goddess. What would happen if Nvwa visited our city of the 21st century? What if she walked among us? Inspired by the 1944 film At Land by avant garde film director Maya Deren and the role of women in Shekou’s past, present and future the Shenzhen Women’s Artist Collective invites you to pop-ups, screening, and an immersive performance installation entitled At Land At Sea.

Cast and crew

Produced by
Shenzhen Women Artists Collective

Performed by
Valentina Polkovnikova
Sheilah Grace Murthy
Ziyin Liu
Patrizia Kauffmann
Karina Mukhortova