The collective is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and works in conjunction with creative individuals in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Whereas his own practice focuses on 'memory and its potential for political resistance', Nguyen's work with The Propeller Group explores 'the memory of the Cold War and its residual effects on how we perceive and how we relate to one another in the present day'.

[7][8] They make large-scale collaborative projects in new media, from online viral campaigns, international film productions, television commercials, to art installations, and everything in between, taking a special interest in multimedia and mass communication.

[3][9] The influence of graffiti is also present in Television Commercial for Communism (2011), drawing inspiration from the COST REVS tag, which mixes identity with advertising and branding and takes advantage of the public space.

[1] Phunam and Nguyen also co-founded the artist-run, non-profit, alternative space Sàn Art (Ho Chi Minh City) along with Dinh Q. Lê and Tiffany Chung in 2007.

[1][11] Lyon Biennial 3rd Guangzhou Triennial Independent Curators International[21] 54th Venice Biennale (presented by Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Garage Projects) Los Angeles Biennial[8][18][24][25] 4th Guangzhou Triennial Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative[10][14] Art Basel – Hong Kong[31] 56th Venice Biennale[32]