Black Sesame is a new space for art, design and visual culture located in an old boiler room of an old courtyard complex in Heizhima hutong, just off nanluoguxiang. It was set up as a joint spatial platform by the Institute For Provocation (IFP), Visual Anthropology Lab (VAL), Here & Now Studio and furniture brand WAM万物 with the aim to transcend the borders between disciplines and showcase new crossover projects. In the coming years Black Sesame will be a venue for high-quality projects, exhibitions, events and workshops.