Lei Feng Coal Dust was an installation performed at Black Space in ShangYuan, Beijing, the end of October, 2015.  Lei Feng was singled out (post mortem) by no less than Mao Zedong as a model comrade.  His good deeds and service to the communist ideal are legendary in China.  Using a large stencil, an iconic portrait of Comrade Lei Feng was made using coal dust, while the spectators wore dust masks, referencing both the not too distant past of revolutionary rhetoric and the very real current problem of severe air pollution.  Unscripted and spontaneously viewers became active participants helping with the application of coal dust.  A few of the older generation in the crowd sang revolutionary songs about Lei Feng from their childhood. The cynicism which usually surrounds Lei Feng as a product of the propaganda department dissolved and a more communal and energised spirit emerged, surprising everyone.... including me.