Celebrated avant-garde artist Wang Jianwei takes the reader through his philosophical musings on object-oriented ontology, a school of thought that positions humans and objects on an equal footing. Wang incorporates this thinking into his creative works, giving each object an intrinsic value and, in the process, revealing its infinite potential.

Wang Jianwei, born in 1958 in Sichuan, southwestern China, is a pioneer in contemporary Chinese art. Since the 1990s, he has been exploring the impact of interdisciplinary and comprehensive knowledge on contemporary art. Wang attempts to create new artistic languages using methods from various disciplines. He is particularly well known for drawing from his studies of philosophy, sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, and science to highlight his interest in the contact between art and social reality.