sewn (2025)

sewn is an immersive guzheng and embodied mark-making performance developed for Auckland Pride Festival 2025. The work examines how a racialised, gender-nonconforming migrant body is held, constrained and sustained through sound, duration, and material action. Made with support from the Pride Empowerment programme. Created in collaboration with cinematographer Nick Willoughby and photographer Karen Ishiguro. Live soundscape by Jefferson Chen (Goodspace), with movement coaching by Zoe White.

Zed Xu 榛子瞬 photographed by Karen Ishiguro
Zed Xu 榛子瞬 photographed by Karen Ishiguro
Zed Xu 榛子瞬 photographed by Karen Ishiguro

Credits & Awards

Credits

  • Creator & Performer

    Zed Xu 榛子瞬

  • Director of Photography

    Nick Willoughby

  • Live Soundscape

    Jefferson Chen (Goodspace)

  • Costume Designer

    Sophelia Shizune

  • Spatial Designer

    Mathilde Polmard

  • Still photography

    Karen Ishiguro

  • Lighting

    Cody Len

  • 1st AC

    Bailey Era

  • Art Assistant

    Kaakatarau Te Pou Kohere, Finn Hunter, Latamai Katoa

  • Makeup Designer & Editor

    Zed Xu 榛子瞬

Awards

  • Receiver of the Empowerment Grant 2025

    Auckland Pride