From her Los Angeles studio to museums and galleries worldwide, artist Candice Lin creates works of art that steam and bubble, emit pungent odors, and invite touch and embodied exploration. Through multi-sensory sculptural installations, the artist crafts fantastical fictions that are grounded in rigorous research of materials involved in complex histories of trade, labor, exploitation, and desire. This documentary short follows the artist down the myriad rabbit holes of her practice, revealing how she incorporates materials with deep historical resonances to complicate official narratives.

Director Biography - Stephanie Wang-Breal

Stephanie Wang-Breal is a writer and director who uses film as a tool to subvert the narrative. Her work explores institutions and the people who reside at the core of these institutions.

Stephanie’s feature films include Wo Ai Ni Mommy (2010), Tough Love (2014), and Blowin’ Up (2018). Wo Ai Ni Mommy was awarded the SilverDocs Grand Jury Prize, the SFIAAFF Best Documentary Award, as well as an Emmy nomination. Blowin’ Up was a New York Times’ critics pick and received the Society of Authors Award at the Film Des Femmes Festival in Paris, France. Each of her films were broadcast on PBS’ POV.

Stephanie’s work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, the Ford Foundation, NYSCA, NBC Diversity Fellows, Asian Women’s Giving Circle and the Jerome Foundation. She is the recipient of a 2019 Chicken & Egg Artist Award, as well as a 2020 Creative Capital Artist Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2024, she was a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in the Film and Video category.