In The Ventriloquism of the Flag, the artist uses thermosensitive fabric to create a black flag lying on the gallery floor. Combined with a heat source device under the floor, the flag slowly reveals the fluorescent green text of the classic slogan “Join, or Die” from Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 political cartoon. Ding Shiwei explores the contemporary implications of this slogan in the context of modern technology, using the collapsed flag as the medium for ventriloquism, creating a chaotic scene of revolutionary remnants.