Korean-Canadian artist Zadie Xa (b.1983) brings together new sculptures, textiles and paintings in an immersive installation. Drawing on her own lived experiences,Xa explores a multiplicity of hybrid and diasporic identities in her work. Korean mythology and folklore provide the narrative framework for her investigations into systems of power, home and belonging.

In the exhibition, Xa pays deference to funerary and worship practices in Korean shamanism, and creates a journey through the space led by different guides: deities, spirits and animals.

Upon entering, the viewer is confronted by the first guide: a suspended cloak representing the deity Princess Bari or Bari Gongiu (translating as 'throwaway' or 'abandoned princess who leads souls to the underworld after death.

The marionettes on either side are haetae: horned beasts that resemble both lions and goats. In East Asian mythology, they are protectors that help society distinguish between right and wrong. Many other animal figures in the artworks, such as the orca, fox and dog, are also drawn from folktales. The artist perceives animals as 'avatars*: embodiments of ecological, political and cultural shifts within our world.

Designed in collaboration with the artist Benito Mayor Vallejo, the large central structure is inspired by Korean domestic architecture and contains artworks that represent household deities who offer protection and good fortune. Through choreographed lighting that evokes the transition from day to night, and audio comprised of sounds from nature, percussion and voiceover, Xa traces a ghostly presence, pointing to the passing of time and a journey into another state of consciousness.