8 Hours

Places like 798 actually have very few people who truly understand 「art」. You transformed in a 「temple」 into an 「abbot」, brewed tea, and waited for everyone to come and chat. Drank for 「eight hours」, talked for hours, and in the end 「stripping」 became the theme.

「Are you going to strip or not」?

Meng Chunsheng's first performance experiment after taking ordination, at 798 Space Station's 「Ananda Temple」. Visitors entered alone, the temple door locked, drinking tea and confiding — ultimately 「stripping」 became the theme: the body became the ultimate language. The 2003 Kunming origin: eight hours was a desire-saturation gifted to his Scottish girlfriend; in 2014 the same body, with abstinence as ground, tested the boundary of desire. Three months later, the 「three-year retreat」 began. 「8 Hours」 was the last glance before turning away — the first public dialogue after the conjoined twins split.