Unknown Ritual

Category: Performance, photography, film/video, installation

"Unknown Ritual" is a long-term intermedia art project composed of several "episodes" of films, which can be also shown in diverse ways such as installation, performance art/theatre. It focuses on site-specific art creation, meanwhile explores the subjects of rituals, improvised actions, attempts to create magical and unknown journeys that composed by performance and music. ALong with the tracks of Tan Tan's life, these journeys are being expanded to many places in the world, and to the inconspicuous spots around you...

"Unknown Ritual No.1" was undertaken in Wuhan, China, which is the city that Tan Tan loves and hates at the same time, her hometown.

Uknown Ritual No.2

The film was shot in a scenic spot in Hailar, Inner Mongolia. This is an encounter between human and the emptiness, which happened in an apple of Sodom, a theme park of massive scale. Meantime, this is a meeting between a natural spirit and a man-made ghost.

Category: experimental film, performance art