Cheng Daoyuan is a Taipei-based interdisciplinary creator whose practice spans experimental sound, video, and installation, exploring ambiguous images of opposing forces in coexistence.
Through albums, compilations, and remixes, his works have appeared across various international labels and platforms. In recent years, Cheng has extended his sonic aesthetics into multichannel sound fields, mixed-media installation, and physical theatre. His works and performances have been presented at various art festivals and institutions in Taiwan and internationally.
Residency
2022-
C-LAB Creators: Sound-Off Project, Taiwan Sound Lab, C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
Awards
2024- Finalist of the 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
2022
- 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
2021
- Future Vision Lab 2021, C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
- /’fu:bar/ Expo 2021, Institut français de CroatieZagreb and URL exhibition
Works
2023- ‘Re-Fracture’ (co-created with Yeh Yuhsuan and Hsiao Yuli), C-LAB Sound Festival, C-LAB Art Space V, Taipei, Taiwan (Finalist of the 22nd Taishin Arts Awards)
2022
- ‘DOOME: Null Gods’, Taiwan Sound Lab (C-LAB), Taipei, Taiwan (as the Sound-Off Project)
- ‘Where End Is Silent’, Taiwan Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung Taiwan
2021
- ‘INNERSTAR 01: Reddening’ (co-created with Huang Wei), Future Vision Lab, C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
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
2025- Kae Takahashi & Jaw Surgery - Paranoia Survive / remix, Cruel Nature Recordings (US)
- Eternal – A Chinese Noise and Industrial Music Compilation / compilation, L.White (DE)
- Arrow from Morrow(OST) / OST album, WV Sorcerer Productions (FR)
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旣 Apeiron: Double CD Edition / reissue album, WV Sorcerer Productions (FR)
- Consumed Leadens / EPs, Absurd Trax & Mouhoi (HK)
- DOOME: Null Gods / EPs, self-released (TW)
2022
-
5qmt / compilation, Daddypower Records (HU)
- Panopticon / split, Karma Detonation Tapes (TW)
- VALLEY001 / compilation, Valley (NL)
2020
- HUH - ID / remix, Ochiai Soup (JP)
- 旣 Apeiron / debut album, Future Proof (TW)
2019
- Untranslatable Music / compilation, The Spiritual Triangles (PT)
2018
- Zhonghu / compilation, Future Proof (TW)
- Mental Maps / compilation, Chinabot (UK)
Selected Performances
2025- 1122｜@tak: Live, Party, Dialogue, at Live House C (Taipei Music Center), Taipei, Taiwan
- 0928｜Interface 21, at Tomar Caffee, Taichung Taiwan
- 0822｜WVTHERING: WV Sorcerer Productions in Taipei w/ Ling Tzuning, at Revolver, Taipei, Taiwan
- 0611｜CHENG DAOYUAN: A DECADE OF SELF-PERPLEXATION｜TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY LIVESTREAM SESSION (Live-Stream)
- 0423｜
Primal CHAOS - Dance × Sounds improvisation Season 9 w/ Wu Wentsui, HORSE, Taipei, Taiwan - 0405｜A Bunch of Noise Festival, Bandai Namco, Shanghai, China
2024
- 1130｜’Arrow from Morrow (reprise)’ w/ Wu Wenyi & Chung Kaining at 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 (C-LAB), 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
- 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
- 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
- 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