To produce his large-scale ink-based maps and diagrams, Chinese artist Qiu Zhije (born 1969) explores political and historical narratives, from Confucianism to the Enlightenment. This book includes his new "Map of the Third World," presented at the 2015 Moscow Biennale.

Qiu Zhijie (born 1969) is a contemporary Chinese artist who works primarily in video and photography.
Defne Ayas (b.1976) is the Director and Curator of the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam.
Charles Esche is Director of the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and served as Curator of the 31st Sao Paulo Biennial 2014.
Chus Martínez is Head of the Institute of Art at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, Switzerland.
Bik Van Der Pol is the artists duo Liesbeth Bik (born 1959) and Jos van der Pol (born 1961), who have worked together since 1994 as conceptual and installation artists.
Eugene Wang is the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University.