Laozi's Furnace

Turning mind into matter, and matter back into mind. Centuries ago, in ancient China, Tang dynasty alchemists embarked upon a daring quest for immortality. In modern times, the compelling artists in Laozi's Furnace inherit their legacy by delving into material exploration. The artist's studio, like the alchemist's laboratory, becomes a crucible of experimentation. Pushing, pinching, cutting, and stitching—one shape metamorphoses into another, as if under a sorcerer's spell. Bringing alchemy into the 21st-century, our artists reveal the ways of turning mind into matter, and matter back into mind.