The Joke Project is a conceptual allegory about contemporary art, performance, exhibitions and their manufacturing system. Through exhibiting, recording and documenting, this exhibition presents both the visible product and invisible process of art. The work is divided into two sections: the first section is the “illustrated joke,” which is composed of images on the left side and text on the right side; neither of which correspond to the other and therefore this challenges the usual practice of logically matched images and text in capitalist media. The second section is process documentation. I have carefully collected and made documents to present the process from artistic conception to application for grants, arranging the exhibition venue, artwork production, advertising, securing a critic, setting the exhibition and the conclusion and verification of the project. This project emphasizes the power relationship between the individual and the system. It presents the interactive context between the artist, his work, medium and art system, so the viewer can read and interpret the work. The work also hints at the function and consumption of contemporary cultural and art programs, which is exactly like a joke: see it, hear it, have a laugh and then forget it.