Peggy Cheng
Work Details
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What if the city has always been speaking, but our attention has been pulled elsewhere?
All Walks of Life is an interactive sound installation about walking, listening and noticing the city differently. The project began from my daily walks through New York City and the small presences I kept passing by: pigeons, rats, steam vents, traffic lights, scaffolding, subway lamps, food trucks, trees, and street signs.
The project is inspired by more-than-human thinking, which asks us to see the city as more than a place made only for people. Animals, objects, infrastructure, materials, weather, and sound are also part of how the city feels and moves. Drawing from Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway, and Stephanie Springgay and Sarah E. Truman, I began to think of walking as a way to sense these relationships more closely.
In the installation, familiar city objects and creatures are translated into handmade ceramic sculptures. When visitors interact with them, they trigger layered sounds I collected while walking through the city. Through touch, sound, and movement, All Walks of Life invites visitors to slow down and listen again. It asks what we might notice if walking were not only a way to get somewhere, but a way to feel the many temporal presences moving beside us.
Artist Bio
Peggy Cheng is a Taiwanese new media artist whose work begins with small acts of noticing. Everything in this world is interactive: a flickering streetlamp in the dark, an elevator beeping from one floor to another, a body moving before language, or a small object quietly carrying memory. Through interactive installation, sound, handmade ceramics, sensors, and creative coding, she turns overlooked everyday presences into tactile and listening experiences. Her work often begins with walking, listening, and paying attention to things that are usually treated as background. Working across art, design, and technology, Peggy creates installations that invite people to slow down and enter into a more intimate relationship with their surroundings. Her practice grows from her experience moving between Taiwan and New York, and from a long-standing interest in how culture, body, memory, and environment shape the way we notice the world.
Mediums
Ceramics & Pottery, Installation & Public Art, N/A