Candy Chang Confessions
Candy Chang, an American artist, thinks that the public life of a person comes out from his inner world. Moreover, those fears and anxieties existing there are the reason of trust and comprehension absence. And this is what brings to the most psychological aggressions (if those remain unexpressed) or social conflicts (if a person is brave enough to express those). In order not to be afraid of being honest and vulnerable in relationships one needs a safe environment.
Candy Chang is activating many public places of different countries in the world. Through her projects, she creates a situation of friendly communication and empathy, where an individual obtains a possibility to be united with the community.
Her “Confessions” interactive installation is a similar project. It is aimed to free people from their anxieties, worries and emotions hidden inside. This personal and unnamed environment is the first step of being open to society that can form a more sensitive, understanding and trusting, harmonious society.
For the participants of the project, obtaining unnamed like-minded people can be transformed into a specific consolation and trust that he is not alone.
I would like express my thanks to Nazareth Karoyan, Tereza Davtyan, Armenak Grigoryan, and David Paruyryan for their help during the implementation of the project, to Martin Adoyan, director of Moscow Cinema, for hosting it. Of course, special thanks to Candy Chang who has given me the opportunity to have this experience. I cannot do not mention my friends, Anna, Tigran and Vardan, who have disappointed me and, at the same time, hoped me with their questions and notices.
Lilit Antonyan
Biography of Artist
Candy Chang is contemporary US artist, born in Taiwan. She got her M.S. Urban Planning, at Columbia University, New York, NY, her B.S. Architecture and B.F.A. Graphic Design, at University of Michigan.
Her work has been exhibited in the Venice Architecture Biennale, New Museum, Tate Modern, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. She was named one of the Top 100 Leaders in Public Interest Design by Impact Design Hub, a “Live Your Best Life” Local Hero by Oprah Magazine, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. She has been a speaker at TED, the Creativity World Forum, the World Education Congress, Google, and many events around the world.