Cheung’s 
Actant Grounds & Chubby Landscape







Cheung Qin is a speculative sculptor who constructs actant instruments—inanimate objects or machines that harbor stories of resilience by performing autonomously. Qin attempts to make these objects transcend their static nature and surveys the fleeting affective moments of a speculative future past. The term "actant" originates from Actor-Network Theory (ANT), a sociological framework developed by Bruno Latour and others, which suggests that both human and non-human entities (or "actants") possess the capacity to influence a network or system. Drawing from this concept, Qin's practice positions inanimate objects as active participants, not mere passive tools, within a larger network of interactions.


Actant Grounds

Instruments
  1. The Dust Between Our Nails and Fingertips
  2. Meander Elsewhere
  3. Digital Ritual
  4. Thousand Temples in Tibet

Grounds
  1. Pilgrimage to the West
  2. Fishnet for the Sky
  3. The King Under the Mountain

Chubby landscape

Chubby Dancers
  1. Kiss, Hug, Lay, Pat pat
  2. Field from Mother’s Mother
  3. Take Care

Contact
  1. chengqin.work@gmail.com
  2. @chubby_landscape

Archive
  1. https://vimeo.com/user148302200
  2. https://www.are.na/cheung-qin/channels
  3. CV https://architecture.mit.edu/sites/default/files/cv-uploads/Cheung%20Qin%20Resume%202024%20Fall.pdf

On View
  1. Dutch Design Week 2024 SENSES https://ddw.nl/en/programme/13159/the-dust-between-our-nails-and-fingertips?preview=true