PRESENTATION: Carl Cheng-Nature Never Lose
Often working under the pseudonym John Doe Co., Cheng has developed an idiosyncratic practice that merges sculpture, engineering, and environmental systems. His “nature machines” and pseudo-appliances—built from circuit boards, aquarium pumps, eroded rocks, and other found components—simulate natural processes, whirring, bubbling, and wearing down over time. Cheng first began to …