Public Eye(i)

Yanti Peng

8 April - 24 May 2026

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In a polluted post-truth era, internet traffic and visibility are heavily intertwined with heightened emotions. Pulled in by our devices, we navigate a hyper-normalised world of mirrors and projection surfaces, orbiting around one another, never colliding. Unable to log off, we find connection through categories and avatars. Absentmindedly identifying with aesthetics, social capital, and the making or spending of money. Drama/spectator. Celebrity/follower. Fame/infamy. Social capital/attention economy.

Public Eye(i) asks what is scripted in our lives? Who gets to log off? Who is speaking through me? And who is speaking through you?

Yanti Peng, 彭妍缇, is a Hainanese-Australian interdisciplinary artist working across film, sculpture, photography, and 3D computer tools. Her practice examines power, truth, and consciousness within a media-saturated landscape, often through humour, absurdism, and magical realism. Peng has exhibited at galleries such as Firstdraft, Blindside Gallery, Cement Fondu and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. She has undertaken residencies at Organhaus (2024), Peacock Gallery (2025) and Woollahra Gallery (2026). She was a finalist in the Kudos Award (2022) and the Burwood Art Prize (2023), and is a board member and Digital Producer at Runway Journal.