Plant the Flag: A performance by Sun Yuan & Pengyu

 Sun Yuan (b. 1972, Beijing) & Peng Yu (b. 1974, Beijing) both studied oil painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. After participating in groundbreaking exhibitions in China, they rose to prominence as independent artists in the late 1990s and formed a collaborative partnership in 2000. Since then, they have incorporated unconventional, organic materials into their practice, which crosses mediums and challenges systems of political and social authority. Their large installations, which often include technological components, comment critically on the contemporary understanding and exercise of political constructs like the nation state, sovereign territory, freedom, and democracy. Sun Yuan & Peng Yu have had solo exhibitions at Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille (2013); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2012–2013); Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (2012); and Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing (2009). They have participated in numerous group exhibitions, including: 58th Venice Biennale (2019); Biennale of Sydney (2010); Liverpool Biennial (2006); Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern (2005); Gwangju Biennale (2004); and Lyon Biennale (2000). They live and work in Beijing.

Konstantin Dasov (b. 1985, Tashkent) grew up in a family of circus performers. He graduated from the College of Circus and Performance Art in Tashkent (1997). Dasov works as an equilibrist in the circus, while also specializing in contortionism and extreme magic. He lives in Perm.