2024
Film, color

After retiring from the People's Liberation Army in China, an officer relocates to a Buddhist monastery. There, he is tasked with managing the temple’s thousands of keys—but matching them seems impossible. Leveraging his computer science expertise, he attempts to establish a perfect key management system. Meanwhile, his daughter films his silhouette. The two exist in close proximity, yet every opportunity for communication remains unspoken.





2023
Archival pigment print, set of three





ongoing

"Floating Gardens" follows the journey of a garden across the ocean to become the Orient to European architects, a utopia to lesbian writers, and a gift to the political landscape. I spent my summer retracing this voyage.

FILM CLIP







2018
Video, no sound, 48 mins

I follow my father and record him running in a loop in the Beijing Olympic Forest Park. The way he moves manifests the pride of a military officer.








2021
Silkscreen print, inkjet sticker



This series juxtaposes the labels collected from art auction houses with gardens built in private art museums across Europe.







© Kanthy Peng 2022