ABOUT

Cheng Daoyuan is a Taipei-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans experimental sound, video, and installation. Through these media, he explores ambiguous imagery shaped by the coexistence of opposites.

His work has appeared across numerous international labels and platforms in the form of albums, compilation appearances, and remixes. He has also extended his sonic aesthetic into multichannel sound, mixed-media installation, and physical theatre; his works and performances have been presented at festivals and institutions in Taiwan and internationally.



鄭道元是來自台北的多領域藝術創作者,以實驗聲響、影像及裝置等媒材探尋對立共存的含混意象。

他透過專輯、合輯與混音等作品形式活躍於多個國際廠牌與平台。他亦將其聲響美學延伸至多聲道音場、複合媒材裝置與肢體劇場;其作品與演出已於多個國內外藝術節與機構發表。



CV

Awards

2024

  • Finalist for the 22nd Taishin Arts Award, Taiwan

Residencies

2022

  • C-LAB Creators: Sound-Off Project, Taiwan Sound Lab / Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei, Taiwan

Selected Exhibitions

2024

  • Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Planetarium, Melbourne, Australia
  • SAT Festival, Société des arts technologiques, Montréal, Canada

2022

  • Taiwan Art Biennial: Love and Death of Sentient Beings, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
  • Objet Sonore Deformation, The Cube Project Space, Taipei, Taiwan

2021

  • Future Vision Lab 2021, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Taipei, Taiwan

Selected Works

2026

  • 'DOOMAIN: se(l)ves'
    Phased research-creation project
    - supported by the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan

2023

  • 'Re-Fracture'
    interdisciplinary performance, co-created with Yeh Yuhsuan and Hsiao Yuli
    C-LAB Sound Festival, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab ArtSpace V, Taipei, Taiwan
    - supported by National Taichung Theater and Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab
    - finalist for the 22nd Taishin Arts Award

2022

  • 'DOOME: Null Gods'
    Site-specific mixed-media project, 49.4-channel audio, 3-channel video,
    Taiwan Sound Lab / Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei, Taiwan
    - developed through the C-LAB CREATORS: Sound-Off residency program

  • 'Where End Is Silent'
    Site-specific mixed-media installation, 4.1-channel audio, single-channel video
    Taiwan Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
    - commissioned by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts

2021

  • 'INNERSTAR 01: Reddening'
    Fulldome audiovisual work, co-created with Huang Wei
    Future Vision Lab, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei, Taiwan
    - selected for the Melbourne International Film Festival 2024 and SAT Fest 2024

Selected Lectures and Workshops

2025

  • Camping Asia "U>N>I>T>E>D": Posthuman Body Politics: Body, Sound, and Installation Workshop, 11F Studio 4, Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan

2023

  • TPadd assoc. 2023 Conference Nº47: Mutual Friends, Hyper Reality Landscapes: Contemporary Media as Anchors, Session 1: "Collision: Digital Technology in the Contemporary," online panel

2022

  • Taiwan Art Biennial Artist Talk, Session 3: "Sound / Noise," Auditorium, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

Selected Discography

2026

  • "DOOMAIN: se(l)ves"
    - project soundwork (digital), self-released (TW)
  • "Feeding Frowns For Fronted Froth"
    - EP (cassette/digital), SSSM (JP)

2025

  • "Eternal – A Chinese Noise and Industrial Music Compilation"
    - compilation appearance (CD), L.White (DE)
  • "Arrow from Morrow(OST)"
    - OST album (CD/digital), WV Sorcerer Productions (FR)

2024

  • "旣 Apeiron: Expanded Edition"
    - reissue album (double CD/digital), WV Sorcerer Productions (FR)

2023

  • "Consumed Leadens"
    - EP (cassette/digital), Absurd Trax & Mouhoi (HK)
  • "DOOME: Null Gods"
    - project soundwork (digital), self-released (TW)

2022

  • "5qmt"
    - compilation appearance (digital), Daddypower Records (HU)

2021

  • "Panopticon"
    - split (cassette/digital), Karma Detonation Tapes (TW)
  • "VALLEY001"
    - compilation appearance (digital), Valley (NL)

2020

  • HUH-"ID"
    - remix contribution (digital), Ochiai Soup (JP)

2019

  • "旣 Apeiron"
    - debut album (cassette/digital), Future Proof (TW)
  • "Unit I • Untranslatable Music"
    - compilation appearance (cassette/digital), The Spiritual Triangles (PT)

2018

  • "Zhonghu"
    - compilation appearance (digital), Future Proof (TW)
  • "Mental Maps"
    - compilation appearance (cassette/digital), Chinabot (UK)

Selected Performances

2026

  • 06.12|MIRA 新伝統 Taiwan tour, at Siusiu Lab, Taipei, TW

2025

  • 11.22|@tak: Live, Party, Dialogue, at Live House C (Taipei Music Center), Taipei, TW
  • 08.22|WVTHERING: WV Sorcerer Productions in Taipei w/ Ling Tzuning, at Revolver, Taipei, TW
  • 06.11|CHENG DAOYUAN: A DECADE OF SELF-PERPLEXATION|TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY LIVESTREAM SESSION (Live-Stream)
  • 04.23|Primal CHAOS - Dance × Sounds improvisation Season 9 w/ Wu Wentsui, at HORSE, New Taipei City, TW
  • 04.05|A Bunch Of Noise festival, at Bandai Namco, Shanghai, CN

2024

  • 12.17|Pan - Volition, at Revolver, Taipei, TW
  • 11.30|'Arrow from Morrow (reprise)' w/ Wu Wenyi & Chung Kaining, at Sonic Shaman - The Cube Forum Music Festival, JUT RS289, Taipei, TW

2023

  • 09.21|KarmacomaraK vol.III: Death to Hypocrities, at Revolver, Taipei, TW
  • 04.01|Duvet: Ambient & Drone Festival, at LNY Dunnan, Taipei, TW

2022

  • 12.10|Sonic Shaman - The Cube Forum Music Festival, at AUSPIC Paper, Taipei, TW (DJ Set)
  • 11.20|Sound Has Either Grief Nor Joy - It's Emotionless w/ Lee Chia-Ling, at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW
  • 10.15|'Polymorphism' w/ Huang Chiyen, at Wandering Festival, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) ArtSpace IV, Taipei, TW
  • 05.14|Deejay's Cut - Bur Buk Boon & Cheng Daoyuan (pre-rec), at Aléatronome, Saint-Étienne, FR
  • 05.14|Objet Sonore Deformation Opening, at The Cube Project Space, Taipei, TW
  • 03.17|Black Rain Bow 3 w/ Dutch E Germ, Tzu Ning, Huang Ching, at FINAL, Taipei, TW

2021

  • 03.19|Nullphase | Common Multiverse Initiative 2021 w/ Mong Tong (Live-Stream)
  • 03.09|K/A/T/O MASSACRE × META Flexing w/ A.P.R.A. (Live-Stream)
  • 01.29|Meta Flexing vol.5: DeathDiscoFever, at FINAL, Taipei, TW

2020

  • 10.18|T-Town No Punk, at Dazhi Bridge, Taipei, TW
  • 07.18|Outer Pulsation #14 w/ Daniel Ditlevson, at Zhonghua Overpass, Taipei, TW
  • 05.24|MUTEK × Currents.fm - Nexus Experience (Live-Stream)
  • 04.18|SOTU Festival: CYBERSOTU2020 (Live-Stream)
  • 02.29|Cheng Daoyuan - '旣 Apeiron' Release Party, at FatTone Studio, Taipei, TW

2019

  • 12.14|Contagious Orgasm Taiwan Tour, at Little Play, Taichung, TW
  • 10.27|Ultra Transmission Vol. 2 w/ Bei San Q Nan, at FatTone Studio, Taipei, TW
  • 10.18|Future Proof: 011668 & S280F w/ Cheng Daoyuan, Opal Beau (LIVE), at FINAL, Taipei, TW
  • 08.03|Yao Chung Han Solo Exhibition《I Feel the Space》, at B.B.Art, Tainan, TW
  • 05.31|Fusion Research, at Odd Institute, Taipei, TW
  • 01.29|Make Some Noise, at 立川 AA カンパニー, Tokyo, JP
  • 01.26|YXWS4 Opening, at SUBstore Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
  • 01.25|YXWS4 Preview, at Sound Studio DOM Koenji, Tokyo, JP

2018

  • 11.16|Mycelium Network Society at Taipei Biennial 2018 Mycelial Radio Activation - Opening night performance, at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, TW
  • 08.31|Deep Listening #08 Clansie Daoyuancheng w/ Chia-Chun Xu, at Little Play, Taichung, TW
  • 05.26|Future Proof × Customs present: Day Out, at TigerMountain, Taipei, TW
  • 03.31|Lacking Sound Festival Listen #106, at VENUE, Taipei, TW

2017

  • 12.15|Lafidki 'Chinabot' tour, at Little Play, Taichung, TW
  • 07.28|Pisitakun [Black Country] Experimental Music Tour (Tainan), at TCRC, Tainan, TW
  • 05.06|Spectacular Atrophy 萎縮するイメーシ w/ Wu Pinsheng and Yeh Tinghao, at RedRoom, Taipei, TW

2016

  • 10.08|Paradise Vol.1 後花園, at PongDing, Taipei, TW
  • 03.19|Lacking Sound Festival Listen #101 w/ Ruru Kuo, at Changee, Taipei, TW

2015

  • 12.25|WestEastMagazine THE DEBUTANTE GALA, at CTBC Financial Park, Taipei, TW
  • 06.11|the DUST, at Shih Chien University, Taipei, TW
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