The narrow inside space, multiplied and complicated by mirrors, evoke a sensation of sublime terror, an alteration referring to a puzzling infinity itself created to destabilize conventional spatial habits. Mirrors become an instrument to create illusion and, at the same time, to unmask it. Since the public can easily see themselves reflected in a false infinite – thus discovering the illusion – the problem becomes the latency of perception.

Commonly regarded as China's foremost feminist poet, Zhai Yongming is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Nüren ("Woman"), Zai yiqie meigui zhi shang ("Above all the roses"), and Zhai Yongming shiji ("Selected poems"). Andrea Lingenfelter received her Ph.D. in Asian Languages and Literature from the University of Washington in 1998. Her translations include Candy by Mian Mian and Farewell My Concubine by Lilian Lee.