"Working across sculpture, installation, craft, and design, the artist draws on what he describes as "ancient and gradually forgotten oriental culture," translating traditional motifs and methods into new works that nod to the continuum of East Asian art and ingenuity. One might even position his practice within the realm of storytelling, tapping into collective cultural memories and overlapping histories. In his installation "Sailing Castle" in Tainan,"
"Called Formosa in the mid-1600s, Taiwan was under colonial rule by the Dutch, whose trade interests centered predominantly around Chinese silks imported to Europe, where they were prized for their luxury and highly sought after. Situated at the Anping Shipyard historical site, amid the canals of the West Central District, Feng wraps the area's maritime heritage and four-centuries-long legacy of shipping into "Sailing Castle.""
Cheng-Tsung Feng creates sculptures, installations, craft, and design that adapt ancient oriental techniques into contemporary forms. His work translates traditional motifs and methods into objects that reference the continuum of East Asian art and collective cultural memory. Practice functions as storytelling that taps overlapping histories. The installation Sailing Castle in Tainan uses beams, wood, and canvas to evoke sails of wooden ships as a metaphor for the urban landscape, where clusters of buildings resemble vessels. The project draws on local landmarks such as the Confucius Temple, Fort Zeelandia, and Chihkan Tower, and embeds four centuries of maritime and colonial trade legacy at the Anping Shipyard site.
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