Ching Ching Cheng

Breathe Through The Lingering Whispers

February 22nd 2025 - March 9 2025
Opening Reception Saturday, February 22nd, 7-10pm (also Bendix Night!)

Monte Vista Projects is pleased to present Breathe Through The Lingering Whispers, a solo exhibition by Ching Ching Cheng. 

Breathe Through The Lingering Whispers evokes the process of finding solace and strength in the faint remnants of a voice or an object of memory. It suggests a dance between presence and absence, where each breath carries the essence of a story not yet faded. These whispers, like soft echoes, entangle with the air around the objects, urging you to listen closely— to let them flow through your soul and draw ritual from the fragments of what once was.

This exhibition features an array of ceramic works, metal wire sculptures adorned with fence spears, and 3D-printed forms, including foo dogs cast from casts of the original, as well as rocks and branches the artist collected from nature. These objects serve as vessels for a hidden soundscape recorded in the artist’s yard in Altadena before the Eaton fire, capturing the calls of chickens, wild parrots, and other birds.

“Especially after the fire and the experience of displacement, the need to find or create new rituals—or modify existing ones—carries a profound weight in daily life. The process of searching raises questions about the very meaning of rituals.”

Ching Ching Cheng is an artist, art educator, and filmmaker who lives and works in Altadena, Los Angeles. 

https://www.chingchingcheng.com/

Image: Water Caltrop, 2024, ceramic, glaze, vinyl, epoxy putty