Mark of a Woman

Chisato Minamimura
No Limits Festival
Thu 25 Sep
Thu 25 Sep 2025

Using Visual Vernacular, digital animation, kinetic projection and Woojer™ (haptic feedback) technology, this is an exciting, accessible new exploration into women's social, cultural and historical relationships to body marking.

A performance about women and tattooing cultures using Visual Vernacular, animation and haptic feedback technology

Mark of a Woman is a live performance project by Chisato Minamimura, celebrating and exploring personal histories & authentic accounts of the undertold relationships between women and tattooing cultures.

Toegankelijkheid

De voorstelling wordt gespeeld in Britse Gebarentaal met een Engelse voiceover. Er is Nederlandse boventiteling.

Dit is een relaxed performance – bezoekers mogen de zaal verlaten wanneer ze overprikkeld zijn en daarna weer terugkomen.

De voorstelling bevat verwijzingen naar kolonialisme, ontvoering, seksueel misbruik en (lichte) marteling. Ook behandeling van kanker en mastectomie komen aan bod.

Chisato Minamimura

Chisato Minamimura is a Deaf performance artist, choreographer and BSL art guide born in Japan and now based in London. Chisato approaches choreography and performance making from her unique perspective as a Deaf artist, experimenting with and exploring the visualization of sound and music. By using dance and digital technology, Chisato aims to share her experiences of sensory perception and human encounters.

Credits

artistic director, performer Chisato Minamimura | producer Michael Kitchin | production manager, lighting designer Jon Armstrong | projection designer Mark Morreau | sound designer Dominic Kennedy | animator Dan Chambers | dramaturgical support Sarah Pickthall, Orrow Bell | costume designer Sophie Donaldson | videographer Caroline Smith | interviewees Sonia Zambakides, Shuko Fujita | BSL Translator Fifi Garfield | Visual Vernacular expert Giuseppe Giuranna | BSL/Visual Language consultant Ramesh Meyyappan | tattoo consultants Stewart O'Callaghan, Nikole Lowe | photography Mark Pickthall

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