The Via Combusta, which scooped the third Jimei x Arles Curatorial Award for Photography and Moving Image in December 2023, kicked off on Friday at the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing.

Co-curated by Gan Yingying and Zhou Yichen, who are also photographers, the exhibition debuted at Fotografiska Shanghai in March with the support of the award, founded in 2021 in collaboration with the art center and French fashion house Chanel.

The exhibition's title is an astrological term meaning "the way of fire", a segment of the zodiac where neither the sun nor the moon shines and numerous malefic fixed stars are located, making planets that fall into this part vicious and destructive.