Exhibition Opening | 'Public Eye(i)'

Yanti Peng’s 'Public Eye(i)' exhibition opening, activated by live performance 'Metabolised by the Metaverse' with Sy Dyson and Kade Power

Join us on to celebrate the opening of Yanti Peng’s Public Eye(i). The exhibition will be activated by a performance work, Metabolised by the Metaverse, directed by the artist and featuring Sy Dyson and Kade Power.

About the Exhibition:
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.⠀⠀⠀

Exhibition on view until Sunday 24 May 2026.

Performance:
Metabolised by the metaverse, Sy Dyson and Kade Power activate Public Eye(i) in a performance piece directed by Yanti Peng. Live-streamed through Meta Glasses on Power, Dyson plays the piano, only able to watch the stream, as Power traverses through the Gallery.

Light refreshments provided.

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For more information head to woollahragallery.com.au

When | Saturday 11April, 3.00- 5.00PM

Where | Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf

Cost | Free

Transport and parking | The Gallery can be reached via public transport (buses 324, 325 or 326, or walk from Edgecliff Station or Double Bay Wharf). Parking is available at Council Chambers (536 New South Head Rd, Double Bay NSW 2028). If you are arriving via UBER or Taxi please request a drop-off or collection at the Council Chambers.

Image credit | Yanti Peng.