As the only child growing up without any siblings, my playmates were always ordinary objects. Then I found my little predilection about human beings and non-human beings after I grew up. I love to observe them when they are thinking, interacting, mumbling, or just simply being quiet. After going to Chicago, I found more interesting relationships between objects and humans.

The themes of my practice include personal expression, self-exploration, emotional research, social problems,  culture differences, the relationship between human and non-human beings, reality and virtuality. I am also exploring different mediums, like sculpture, performance, photography, video, animation, poetry, and so on. Writing is also playing an important role in my practice. I am a human being who has lots of non-human being friends.

——Yifan Jin