Yutian Pit Firing

January 2015, Yutian Lake, Jingdezhen. The artist Lao Mu, using humanity's most ancient pit-firing technique, placed two self-portrait sculptures into the fire. A night of scorching — broken, headless, crumbling to powder. In this uncontrollable destruction, 「Meng Chunsheng」 was born at the threshold of ashes and dream — the younger of conjoined twin brothers, gone west into chaos, the moon glowing in the dark. Eleven years have passed; Lao Mu and Meng Chunsheng still stand opposed.