Fueled by the boom of Taiwan's music industry and cross-cultural exchanges across Asia, the genre of Mandarin Pop—an amalgam of traditional Chinese musical elements with R&B and synth-pop—peaked in the 1990s as a pan-Asian phenomenon before extending across the global Chinese diaspora. Its influence evolved as the industry shifted toward mainland China in the late 1990s and 2000s, but Mandarin Pop's echoes resonate in Peng Zuqiang's video Autocorrects (2023). Here, the artist presents a selection of photographs of objects that informed the work, offering insight into its sources of inspiration and methodological frameworks.

Peng Zuqiang works with film, video and installations. Recent solo presentations include Vestiges, Fondazione Sandretto (2023); Kevin Space (2023); Sideways Looking, Cell Project Space (2022); Souvenirs of Frictions, E-Flux screening room (2022). Group exhibitions and screenings include videobrasil, UCCA Beijing, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Times Museum, Eye Film Museum, IDFA, 25FPS, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival. He is a recipient of the Present Future prize at Artissima (2022), and the Dialog Award at EMAF (2023). He completed residencies and fellowship from Rijksakademie, Art Explora, Skowhegan, and the Core Program. He lives and works in between Amsterdam and Paris.

All images courtesy the artist.