Scenes from a Repatriation

'All of human history? It's basically people taking things from each other.'

A thousand-year-old statue of the Bodhisattva Guanyin lives in the British Museum. When it emerges that the statue was stolen from its original home, the museum attempts to deflect both the public response and controversial repatriation claims from the Chinese government.

As statesmen scheme and grease their palms, beneath the statue, witches dance, a cleaner prays, and spirits weep.

(Source: Scenes from a Repatriation blurb)