Irene Nordli created the series The Pillars for the project Afterglow, a new Nordic porcelain forum, where a group of artists from Nordic countries investigated what was left of the porcelain industry in the Nordic countries. Several works in this series are now on display at the Clay Museum in Denmark and the Gustavsberg Porselinsmuseum in Sweden. With Mingshu Li as her assistant, she continued to create more sculptures in this series. These are now being exhibited for the first time at Format.