Candy Chang

Me + my first scroll, “Hexagram 48 (The Source)”. Features 120 dreams from visitors of past installations. Inspired by the I Ching: “The rope must go down all the way into the well if you want to draw fresh water.” In a group exhibit at the Riffe Gallery in Columbus, Oct 31, 2026—Jan 8, 2027.

“Before I die I want to… grow old with love, apologize to my husband, see the leaders wake up, collect many flowers, see the lighthouse again, plant an oak, see a peaceful sky,” from this lovely double-sided wall in Šiauliai, Lithuania, thanks to Gintautas Jazdauskas and Šiauliai Tech. ✨

Let us start a practice called Leaf Petting. Drop your robots and pet a leaf. Feel it like a palm reading. Hear its folk tales on suppleness, death, embodiment, basics. Thank it for this moment of private devotion. Seize the chance to train with a leaf!

Seated techno shows feel like their own kind of church. Fervent head-nodding in devotional pews. MUTEK Festival in Montreal.

But the real question is: Does God believe in Himself? A breakneck journey from ancient storm gods to the development of pantheons, monotheism, and alienation—and maybe we’re heading back to the zone of mystical imagination. Made with @martinessig.bsky.social.

Manicure

Ink transfer of 100+ dreams. Peeling back layers to expose our shadows frothing below.

Thirteenth expedition?

Mom’s hand is as beautiful as a Rembrandt. And the surgery was a success.

The bedroom is my ideal studio - make stuff, simmer on it in bed, repeat.

30,000 years ago someone carved this woman known as the Venus of Willendorf. Was it for fertility, desire, or by a lady looking down and sculpting herself? @jamesreeves.co and I visited Vienna to see her in person. In the modern style I also contemplate her via tank top + candle thanks to friends. ✨

From Taipei to Columbus: I can make my own hanging canvas scrolls now! Thanks to grants from Asian Cultural Council, Ohio Arts Council, Greater Columbus Arts Council, + scroll master Wu Ting Wei and woodworker Brian Banks. ✨

1,440 unique handwritten bits form a binary translation of Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi on the potentials and limitations of language. This is also how I obtained 3 months of back pain.

I was aiming for something that feels like sinking into the soft ground of a dream. When I played it for C, she made groovy far-out hand gestures. www.jamesreeves.co/dream-theory/

 Starring Pink Floyd, Mika Vainio, Spiritualized, a pair of Seefeel remixes, a dash of Springsteen, and murmuring.

Installation prototype or auspicious ritual

Has Saint Jerome ever been sexier? Catch me frisky for devotion. “Vision of Saint Jerome” by Guido Cagnacci, ~1659. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Arranging reflections on relationships into a permanent public artwork. Dedicated to fleeing from our lonely self-absorption vortexes and towards our edifying relations with others. Inspired by the natural forces at the heart of this neighborhood + the infinite wisdom of the I Ching, Hexagram 8. 😎

Paint Club + Dance Club! Enjoying communal rituals to loosen the body, loosen the mind.

Winding down with evening collage. The Judge.

1,500 handwritten bits of binary code

Asian papermaking at the Morgan Conservatory

Naoshima

Tokyo