Jia-yue Ding (b.1998) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and cultural organizer based in Shanghai. She received her bachelor's degrees in Sociology and Art History from UCLA in 2021.
Jia’s practice centers on Spiritual Activism, exploring the intersection of transcendental awareness, body politics, and social action. Through memories and research on near-death experiences, she examines the structural oppression and spiritual liberation coexisting within the homophones of “失身” (shi shen)-“losing the body” ,and “失声” (shi sheng)-“losing the sound”. Her work spans socially engaged art, performance, writing, and lens-based media, challenging entrenched systems with playful, otherworldly perspectives. Jia views collaboration as the smallest unit of revolution, and initiates decentralized and inclusive spaces for connection and co-creation.
Her past projects have been shown in TANK Shanghai, Beijing Riverside Art Museum, Shanghai Himalaya Museum, DuoLun Museum of Modern Art, Vice China, Jiazazhi, Arnaya Art Center etc. She is also a co-founder of art practice groups 沉洞泉Cenote Cosmos, 透明的下午Transparent Afternoon, and the Deaf-friendly club label BassBath.
胖丁（丁佳悦）1998年出生于杭州，现居上海，是一名游走于艺术、文字、社群实践和神秘学的跨学科创作者，她于2021年获得加州大学洛杉矶分校社会学和艺术史双学位。
胖丁探索内在超验经历与外在社会行动的交汇。她关注灵性行动主义（Spiritual Activism）和身体政治，并通过对濒死体验的记忆和研究，交织“失身”/“失声”状态中共存的结构压迫与精神解脱。 她结合参与性艺术、行为剧场、影像、文字等媒介，时常灵魂出体般化作 波纹、星星、或是一碗汤，用日常轻盈的社会介入方式，亦或梦幻的异世界观，融化既有的规则，游走于维度的边境。同时，她将合作看作关怀和互助的实践，与多元伙伴共同实验去中心化与无障碍的场域。
她是艺术实践项目“沉洞泉”、“透明的下午”和聋人友好派对厂牌“BassBath低音浴“的创始成员。她过去的项目实施于上海喜马拉雅美术馆，多伦美术馆、北京山水美术馆，油罐艺术中心、Imaginary Z、阿那亚、Bie别的、System、Graphite Journal、无墙幼儿园、武汉馨润康精神病院等。她的摄影作品集曾由假杂志出版。