Ye Funa (she/her) is an artist and researcher based between London and Beijing. Funa’s politically charged practice employs pastiche, satire and digital participation to critique systems of authority and cultural uniformity. Recent works include the internet-based projects Exhibitionist: Curated Nail and Smart Master, alongside exhibitions at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney; Nottingham Contemporary; Museum für Fotografie, Berlin; and esea contemporary, Manchester. A committed self-publisher, Funa co-founded MondayOFF and edits artist books such as Shamate Zine and Fire Golden Flowers. She teaches at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, and the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.
Ye Funa was the 2024 Asymmetry Librarian-in-Residence.
Lu Williams (they/them) is an artist based in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Their interdisciplinary practice spans sculpture, video, print, social and public art, through the lenses of queerness, neurodivergence and working classness. They are interested in paraphernalia, souvenirs, cultural offcuts, ephemera and zines. In 2015, they founded Grrrl Zine Fair, an event and platform for art, music and culture surrounding feminist publishing. In 2017, Lu created the Grrrl Zine Library, a portable installation and collection. GZL holds 1000+ queer and feminist zines at The Old Waterworks (TOW) artists’ studios in Southend-on-Sea, UK, and has been exhibited at Whitechapel Gallery, V&A Museum, Oxford University’s Bodleian Library, BFI and Mead Gallery. Its online archive launched in May 2024 supported by Arts Council and Everyday Heritage. Mixing publishing with public art, Lu has been commissioned by Cement Fields, Offset Projects, Tate and is part of Care Contractors Collective. They are working on a public sculpture with Focal Point Gallery and will be City Of London Artist In Residence 2025. Lu attended Central St Martin’s (2012–13), Ruskin School of Art, Oxford (2013–16) and The Other MA in Southend-on-Sea (2019–21).