In this piece, the sun has already set on the glum scene. As our eyes adjust to the darkness, a construction site comes into view. A herd of sheep meanders among bare pillars of poured concrete, appearing out of place and lost. Here, Wang Gongxin bears witness to the rapid transformation of his hometown, Beijing, following the late ’80s and early ’90s reforms. Wang blurs boundaries between old and new, urban and rural, reality and memory.

© Wang Gongxin, photo: Maurice Aeschimann, Geneva