The camera was probably set up on a bridge, filming the evening traffic as it races along an expressway. For many minutes, the viewer does not see much more than blinding headlights, and cannot make out any of the drivers.

One of the most important and innovative artists in contemporary China, Zhang Huan (b.1965) brought the burgeoning Chinese art scene to international attention in the 1990s with a series of taboo-breaking performances.