In China there are small matriarchal societies which survived for thousands of years and whose culture is unknown by the majority of our modern world. One of them is the ancient culture of the Mosuo, an ethnic minority group living in the provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan, areas referred to in old Chinese historical records as “the empire of women”. After reading about this culture, Mathilde Heijne, a Berlin-based artist, started thinking about an art project that would focus on their social structures and began planning a trip to Lake Lugu — the home of the Mosuo. One of them is the ancient culture of the Mosuo, an ethnic minority group living in the provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan, areas referred to in old Chinese historical records as “the empire of women”. After reading about this culture, Mathilde Heijne, a Berlin-based artist, started thinking about an art project that would focus on their social structures and began planning a trip to Lake Lugu - the home of the Mosuo.