Mengnan Gao

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Future Living Traditions

London-based independent artist reimagining Chinese living traditions through narrative space, material experimentation, performance and digital media.

Researching how Chinese traditional crafts can become living, evolving contemporary cultural systems — rather than static objects of preservation.

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Future Face-Changing Theatre — live performance poster

Future Face-Changing Theatre

A female-led bio-digital theatre system reimagining Sichuan Opera face-changing.

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Material Origins — jewellery archive

Material Origins

Jewellery, Gemology & the Body

Jewellery design and gemology are the origin of a material lineage that runs from millimetre-scale objects to theatre-scale space.

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In ProgressOngoing Research — not yet built.

FoundationSelected Professional Work — not yet built,see Work →

About

Mengnan Gao (Mona) is a designer and artist creating speculative narrative environments through performance, spatial storytelling and emerging technologies.

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