EVENT The Taotie 2nd Annual Ritual Compton Verney

The Taotie Annual Ritual is a performative and participatory aspect of her work ‘The Taotie’ that she created in 2024, a diasporic ritual event that draws on the myth of the ancient Chinese devouring Taotie, the Ghost Festival in Medieval China, fire precessions in Scotland where she grew up, and research on the Chinese bronze and miniature portrait collections at Compton Verney. 

For the Annual Ritual Gayle Chong Kwan outlines and shares her research and work as Artist in Residence at Compton Verney and the development of her work in the major installation 'The Taotie' on show at Compton Verney, with an opportunity to touch the handling collection Bronze Chinese collection. She will invite participants to write offerings, a memory, something or someone that has passed to recall and remember and mark, which is read out in front of ‘The Taotie’, read out our offerings, accompanied by singer Kirsty Brewerton will perform a vocal ritual.

Event Details

15th June 2025

Compton Verney Art Gallery, UK

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