Cheng Daoyuan is a multidisciplinary creator devoted to the examination of the concomitance and rivalry between the self and the nature of existence through experimental sound, visual, and installation works. This examination has been at the core of Cheng’s art practice, which involves a philosophical exercise that he describes by saying “completeness is nothingness, and the end is the beginning.”
Cheng has been active in Taiwan's experimental sound scene since 2015. In 2019, he performed in Tokyo (Japan) and released his debut physical album. His sound works have been released on various labels and platforms in the form of compilations, remixes, collaboration and programs. In 2020, he was invited to perform at MUTEK: Nexus Experience. In recent years, he focused on the development of multi-channel sound works, which have been presented in National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab.
In 2022, he was selected as the resident of the Sound-Off Project in Taiwan Sound Lab, C-LAB, presented the 49.4-channel multimedia work DOOME: Null Gods. In the same year, he participated in the Taiwan Biennial with a new installation work Where End Is Silent.
His collaborative work Re-Fracture was nominated for the finalist of 22nd Taishin Arts Award in 2023.
Residency
2022-
C-LAB Crestors: Sound-Off Project, Taiwan Sound Lab, C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
Awards
2024- Finalist, 22nd Taishin Arts Awards, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Exhibitions
2024- Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Planetarium, Melbourne, Australia
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SAT Festival, Société des arts technologiques, Montréal, Canada
- Taiwan Creative Expo (Future Vision Lab), C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
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Future Vision Lab at Hualien, Cultural and Creative Industries Park, Hualien, Taiwan
- Taiwan Art Biennial: Love and Death of Sentient Beings, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
- Objet Sonore Deformation, TheCube Project Space, Taipei, Taiwan
- Synergy Festival Virtual Gallery, Online Exhibition
- Taiwan Lantern Festival (Future Vision Lab), National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2021
- Future Vision Lab 2021, C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
- /’fu:bar/ Expo 2021, Institut français de CroatieZagreb and URL exhibition
Discography
2025- Arrow from Morrow(OST), OST album, WV Sorcerer Productions, France
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旣 Apeiron: Double cd Edition, reissue album, WV Sorcerer Productions, France
- Consumed Leadens, EPs, Absurd Trax & Mouhoi, Hong Kong
- DOOME: Null Gods, EPs, self-released, Taiwan
2022
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5qmt, compilation, Daddypower Records, Hungary
- Panopticon, split, Karma Detonation Tapes, Taiwan
- VALLEY001, compilation, Valley, Netherland
- HKCR Fundraiser, compilation, HKCR, Hong Kong
2020
- Are We Just An Angel From The Pantry, OST EPs, self-released, Taiwan
- HUH - ID, remix, Ochiai Soup, Japan
- 旣 Apeiron, debut album, Future Proof, Taiwan
2019
- Untranslatable Music, compilation, The Spiritual Triangles, Portugal
- 囚犯入門02, OST EPs, self-released, Taiwan
2018
- Zhonghu, compilation, Future Proof, Taiwan
- Mental Maps, compilation, Chinabot, UK
- Waiting Room’s Theme & Remix, remix, Mong Tong, Taiwan
Selected Performances
full performances archive2025
- 0423｜
Primal CHAOS - Dance X Sounds improvisation Season 9, HORSE, Taipei, Taiwan - 0405｜A Bunch of Noise Festival, Bandai Namco, Shanghai, China
2024
- 1130｜Arrow from Morrow (reprise): Sonic Shaman - The Cube Fourm Music Festival, JUT RS289, Taipei, Taiwan
2023
- 1201｜Future Vision Party, C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0921｜KarmacomaraK vol.III: Death to Hypocrities, Revolver, Taipei, Taiwan
2022
- 1210｜Sonic Shaman - The Cube Forum Music Festival (DJ Set), AUSPIC Paper, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1120｜Sound Has Either Grief Nor Joy - It’s Emotionless w/ Lee Chia-Ling, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
- 1015｜POLYMORPHISM w/ Huang Chiyen, Wandering Festival- ArtSapce IV, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0514｜Deejay's Cut - Bur Buk Boon & Cheng Daoyuan (pre-rec), Aléatronome, Saint-Étienne, France
- 0514｜Objet Sonore Deformation Opening, The Cube Project Space, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0317｜Black Rain Bow 3 w/ Dutch E Germ, Tzu Ning, Huang Ching, FINAL, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
- 0319｜虛相Nullphase｜Common Multiverse Initiative 2021 w/ Mong Tong, Live-Stream
- 0309｜K/A/T/O MASSACRE × META Flexing w/ A.P.R.A., Live-Stream
- 0129｜Meta Flexing vol.5: DeathDiscoFever, FINAL, Taipei, Taiwan
2020
- 1024｜Soundmarks Closing Performance, The Art Space by the Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1018｜T-Town No Punk, Dazhi Bridge, Taipei Taiwan
- 0718｜Outer Pulsation #14 w/ Daniel Ditlevson, Zhonghua Overpass, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0524｜MUTEK x Currents.fm - Nexus Experience, Live-Stream
- 0418｜SOTU Festival : CYBERSOTU2020, Live-Stream
- 0229｜Cheng Daoyuan - “旣 Apeiron” Release Party, FatTone Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
- 1214｜Contagious Orgasm Taiwan Tour, Little Play, Taichung, Taiwan
- 1027｜Ultra Transmission Vol. 2 w/ Bei San Q Nan, FatTone Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1018｜Future Proof: 011668 & S280F w/ Cheng Daoyuan, Opal Beau (LIVE), FINAL, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0906｜Yao Chung Han Solo Exhibition《 I Feel the Space 》, B.B.Art, Tainan, Taiwan
- 0639｜NOIZE DJ Mahōjin vol. 1 w/ Luu.Qoo, (Z)erpent, C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0531｜FUSION RESEARCH, Odd Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0129｜Make Some Noise, 立川 AA カンパニー, Tokyo, Japan
- 0126｜YXWS4 Opening, SUBstore Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 0125｜YXWS4 Preview, Sound Studio DOM Koenji, Tokyo, Japan
2018
- 1116｜Taipei Biennale 2018: Mycelial Radio Activation - Opening night performance, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0831｜Deep Listening #08 Clansie Daoyuancheng w/ Chia-Chun Xu, Little Play, Taichung, Taiwan
- 0526｜Future Proof X Customs present : Day Out, TigerMountain, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0331｜Lacking Sound Festival Listen #106, VENUE, Taipei, Taiwan
2017
- 1215｜Lafidki "Chinabot" tour-Taichung with The Pen Test and Clansie Cheng, Little Play, Taichung, Taiwan
- 1111｜ArchiChang solo exhibition [EVENT MYSTERIOUS], VENUE, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1028｜ʍǝNʞɔɐqǝɯoƆ｜ComeBackNew, FatTone Studio, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0728｜Pisitakun [Black Country] Experimental Music Tour, TCRC, Tainan, Taiwan
- 0506｜Spectacular Atrophy w/ Wu Pinshen, Yeh Tinghao, RedRoom, Taipei, Taiwan
2016
- 1008｜Paradise Vol.1, PongDing, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0319｜Lacking Sound Festival Listen #101, Changee, Taipei, Taiwan
2015
- 1225｜WestEastMagizne THE DEBUTANTE GALA, CTBC Financial Park, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0611｜the DUST, Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan