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Trans-spatial artist, technologist- working with the body, magic, symbology, data and play.
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Join me at Flux IV for Urban Water Awareness Day, as part of Shared Grounds with @thefciny and @flux_factory, to create a collective tapestry through a participatory multilingual calligraphy workshop centered on writing, water, and repair.

For this gathering, I wanted to create a temporary water vessel to hold creek water, drawing from the role of vessels in rituals of transformation and passage. The build became unexpectedly difficult and much of the process became an exercise in patience, care, and repair.

I’d like to offer the workshop as a small space of counter-efficiency: a time to make slowly, to care for what we make, and eventually release some control. We will write, draw, or create symbols, then together we will tend to the pieces in the water until they feel complete.

If there is a language, script, or word you carry with you, I’d love for you to bring it into the workshop. We can also translate together. The pieces will be joined into a larger collective tapestry, bringing together different languages and encounters with the water.

Saturday, September 19, 2026
Flux IV, 56-21 2nd St, Long Island City
Part of Urban Water Awareness Day, presented in conjunction with New York Climate Week.

This workshop is part of my current NYFA Queens Arts Fund-supported project, Water Portraits of Queens @nyfacurrent

Presenters:
Finnish Cultural Institute in New York @thefciny
Polish Cultural Institute in New York @polishculturalinstituteny
In residence at Flux IV @flux_factory

Creek research partner: Hunters Point Park Conservancy @licwaterfront
Creek 📷: AX Mina

RSVP in bio

https://fciny.org/projects/urban-water-awareness-day-hidden-systems-shared-futures by @adellelin

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hair/cut is a durational performance in which my hair is divided into braids, tied to floating balloons, and offered to the audience to cut. Participants are invited to choose a braid and make the cut. Each piece of hair becomes a take-home artifact: part charm, part record, part remnant of the exchange.

For this iteration, I chose to embody the clown. In a world where power so often performs as farce, the clown becomes more than comic relief. The clown is a figure who wants to be loved but cannot fully show their face. They exaggerate feeling while concealing it, absorbing attention, ridicule, desire, and discomfort at once. What can the clown do that I cannot?

In hair/cut, the costume becomes a kind of protection, but also an invitation. The body remains available. As the audience collectively shaped my final haircut, the work became a study of spectacle, intimacy, control, and what it means to offer a part of oneself in public.

Thank you to @workinprogress__official for the opportunity to develop this piece - jerry, @chuman_zh @luisaasv @sofi_dlp_ , @barrolivia for transforming me into character through costume and makeup, @selanispecialevents for the balloon and hair artistry, @thehybridstudio for your continued support and advice, and everyone who came by to participate.

📷 @ardensklar_photo 💖 taken in TheBlanc by @adellelin

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3 months ago

Introducing Adelle Yingxi Lin 🌀

Through performance, installation, embodied research, and public ritual, Adelle Yingxi Lin explores how cultural memory, technology, and collective experience shape meaning.

This June 18, Adelle presents HAIR/CUT, a one-night-only performance in which the audience collectively shapes the artist’s final haircut as a live study of intimacy, spectacle, control, and transformation.
✂️

Work in Progress NYC
June 18, 2026 • 5–6 PM
The Blanc- 15 E 40th St, New York

Images Courtesy of the Artist taken in TheBlanc by @adellelin

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4 months ago

Had a wonderful night at the ONX Screens opening, sharing Passage among such a rich gathering of experimental media works and games.

Passage is a single-channel experimental film excerpted from I Dreamed of a River, an ongoing performance-documentary project unfolding across physical and computational landscapes. The work follows a 160-foot calligraphic scroll written in Chinese, Hebrew, and Arabic as it is carried, unraveled, and transformed across desert, cemetery, body, and screen.

Through ritual performance, site-based footage, LiDAR scans, and digital reconstruction, Passage explores how memory persists after migration, how landscapes hold ancestral trace, and how screen-based worlds can become spaces for recombining histories fragmented by distance, assimilation, and loss.

Thank you to the @onassis.onx team for curating and producing this event. The gallery is open through June 7.
Onassis ONX, 390 Broadway, level 4

Deep gratitude to the people and places that helped carry this work:
Cinematography, Jordan: @jonahbest
Cinematography, Singapore: @chen_jiexiao
Artistic guidance: @thehybridstudio
Guidance in Jordan: @oneofmany.studio
Hospitality and stewardship: @wadirumdesertjo
Thanks to my family for the memories, stories, and care Large projection of Passage at ONX Screens showing a calligraphic scroll moving through desert, cemetary and digital landscapes, with audience members seated in the gallery. taken in Broadway, New York by @adellelin

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4 months ago

Snow Portraits
Ink, snow, and ice on Tyvek / paper, 36” × 26”

Last weekend I had the pleasure of participating in the @cbebk art show alongside many talented artists in the local Brooklyn community.

As the weather turns blazing hot, I’m remembering the winter: blizzards arriving one after another, ice storms hardening the city, and another kind of ice storming through the streets. Snow became both material and memory.

I made these works in different storm conditions, sometimes hardly able to see what was in front of me. I never knew what the weather would do, or how I would respond to the marks weeks later. These portraits were made by letting snow and ice work with the calligraphy, carrying pigment, residue, and disappearance across the surface, sometimes returning weeks later to reactivate the marks.

Process and snow memories toward the end. ❄️ by @adellelin

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4 months ago

Silence | Violence

I’ve been hesitant to post this, or maybe just unsure what the words should be. That hesitation itself feels connected to the work, and to how many people have described feeling over the last year.

This performance from nearly two months ago extends my ongoing study of silence as something charged and structural: silence because we are unsure what to say without causing harm, silence because we are suppressed by authority, silence because we fear consequences we cannot yet see.

I’ve realized that body as a site of protest, and body as a site of violence, is something I’ve been exploring for some time now, asking of myself what I would not ask of others. With my mouth taped shut, I moved across the written text, agitating it so the body became both witness to and carrier of suppressed speech. Performing on the street is meaningful to me too, in a place where so many have left marks of dissent. We must continue to work toward the freedom of those who cannot speak, and of those still living under the daily threat of bombs and gunfire.

For this piece, I worked with site-specific materials. I used black gaff tape from the theater to pre-redact the paper, then invited the audience to help rip the tape away, uncovering a silence embedded in the work itself. Written in Hebrew, Arabic, and Chinese, my ancestral languages, the piece invites different levels of legibility, recognition, and inclusion.

Thank you to @thegenefrankeltheatre for supporting this work, and to everyone who came and took part. I can’t find the group photo we took 😭, so if you have it, please send it to me. Your support in these difficult works means everything.💜💚🖤💛🤍🩵

I’ll be continuing this street calligraphy practice throughout the summer.

Photos by a lot of different people x
Blue pigment by @mikeambron by @adellelin

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5 months ago

Happy Earth Day! 🌍

I’m excited to share that I’m a 2026 Queens Arts Fund recipient for Water Portraits of Queens: A Community Ecology Archive—a project connecting ecological observation with cultural practice.

Water Portraits of Queens invites Queens residents to collaborate with me and Newtown Creek in creating calligraphic textiles shaped by community stories and environmental conditions. Rooted in my ongoing research into water bodies as artistic co-authors, the project includes water collection alongside Hunters Point Parks Conservancy’s monitoring activities. Free public workshops in summer and fall 2026, culminating in an exhibition at Flux IV @flux_factory

The work asks: How do environments shape identity, memory, and the stories we carry?

Thank you @nyfacurrent and @nyculture for supporting Queens artists, and @hyperallergic for the mention! Thank you @storefrontpsychic for the support on this grant process!

📷 Photo taken by @dan.devine.studio during my residency @art_omi taken in Hunters Point, Queens by @adellelin

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5 months ago

لا حرب
无炸弹
לא לרחפנים
和平
שלום
سلام

This is a piece I made for a window on Bond Street as a daily prayer for those passing through the streets of Manhattan. We are living through tenuous times in which entire peoples are being held at the whims of authoritarian leadership. Those in power are not acting in the name of people or ideals, but for ego and economic gain. They do not speak for all Jews or all Muslims. We have been neighbors, we are neighbors, and we must not forget it.

How Silence Speaks is a layered multilingual calligraphy work that brings Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, and English into shifting relation. Activated by programmed light, fragments alternately emerge, flatten, and disappear, revealing how silence is shaped by visibility, power, and technological hierarchy. Installed in the street-facing window, the piece reflects on what happens to voices under pressure: which are amplified, which are suppressed, and how communities are divided by forces that do not speak for them.

Thank you @pataroid and @thegenefrankeltheatre for supporting this work and message 💜

The work is on view this month.

🎨 pigments by @mikeambron

📸 @amandaelizaw @youngsunart myself taken in Gene Frankel Theatre by @adellelin

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ᴛᴢᴛᴠs ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛs 🅥🅘🅢🅤🅐🅛 🅑🅡🅞🅐🅓🅒🅐🅢🅣, ᴀ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ᴇxʜɪʙɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ɢᴀʟʟᴇʀʏ’s sᴘʀɪɴɢ ᴀʀᴛ ᴍᴀʀᴋᴇᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxʜɪʙɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀs ᴏɴ ᴀ 𝟷”x𝟷” ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ sʟɪᴅᴇsʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪsᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴀ @tztvs ᴡᴇᴀʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴇʟᴇᴠɪsɪᴏɴ ᴘᴇɴᴅᴀɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇ ᴅʀᴀᴡs ғʀᴏᴍ ғʟᴜxᴜs-ᴇʀᴀ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴍᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇɢᴀᴄʏ ᴏғ ɴᴀᴍ ᴊᴜɴᴇ ᴘᴀɪᴋ’s ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ sᴄᴜʟᴘᴛᴜʀᴇs. ᴛᴢᴛᴠs sʜɪғᴛs ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴇ ᴏғ ᴠɪᴇᴡɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀʟʟᴇʀʏ ᴡᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ, ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴠɪsᴜᴀʟ ᴇxᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴡᴇᴀʀᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇs ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀᴍ “ʙʀᴏᴀᴅᴄᴀsᴛɪɴɢ” ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛs ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴅᴇғɪɴɪᴛɪᴏɴ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛ ᴏғ sᴘʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ɴᴇᴡs, ᴏʀ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇs ᴡɪᴅᴇʟʏ, ᴏʀ sᴄᴀᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ sᴇᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ. ᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ @toriezalben.

ᴀʀᴛɪsᴛs: ᴀᴀʀᴏɴ ᴀxᴇʟʀᴏᴅ, ᴀᴅᴇʟʟᴇ ʟɪɴ, ᴀᴅʀɪᴇɴɴᴇ ᴀᴅᴀʀ, ᴀᴋᴡᴇᴛᴇʏ ᴏʀʀᴀᴄᴀ-ᴛᴇᴛᴛᴇʜ, ʙʀɪᴛᴛᴀɴʏ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ, ᴄᴀʀᴛᴇʀ ᴇᴠᴇ, ᴄᴏʟɪɴ ʀᴏʙᴇʀᴛs, ᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴏɴ ʜᴇʟᴍ, ᴄᴏɴɴᴏʀ ʜᴇʟᴍ, ᴅᴀɪsʏ ᴍᴇᴄɪɴᴀs, ɢᴀʟᴀᴠɪs, ʜᴀʟᴇʏ ғᴏɴғᴀ, ʜᴀɴɴᴀʜ ʜᴜɴᴛʟᴇʏ, ᴊᴀᴍɪᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴏs, ᴊᴇssɪᴄᴀ ᴛᴀʏʟᴏʀ ʙᴇʟʟᴀᴍʏ, ᴊᴘᴡ𝟹, ᴊᴏsʜᴜᴀ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ, ᴋʀɪsᴛᴀ ᴍᴀᴄʜᴏᴠɪɴᴀ, ᴋʏʟᴇ ʜᴇʟᴍ, ᴍɪʀʀᴏʀ ᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ, ɴᴀᴛᴀʟɪᴀ ғᴇᴅɴᴇʀ, ᴘᴀᴍ’s ʜɪɢʜ ᴘᴇʀғᴏʀᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ, ᴘᴀᴜʟ ʀᴜsᴄᴏɴɪ, ʀᴀɴᴅ, sʜᴇʟʟᴇʏ ʜᴏʟᴄᴏᴍʙ, sʜɪᴍᴀ ʙʜᴀᴍʀᴀ, sᴏᴘʜɪᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴋ, sᴘᴇɴᴄᴇʀ ᴍᴀʀ ɢᴜɪʟʙᴜʀᴛ, sᴛᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴘᴇʀɪʟʟᴏᴜx, ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀs ᴅᴇᴋᴋᴇʀ, ᴛᴏʀɪᴇ ᴢᴀʟʙᴇɴ, ʏᴀssɪ ᴍᴀᴢᴀɴᴅɪ. ✨ᴏɴᴇ-ᴅᴀʏ ᴇxʜɪʙɪᴛɪᴏɴ 𝟹/𝟸𝟿 𝟷𝟸-𝟻ᴘᴍ ᴘsᴛ✨ taken in Make Room by @adellelin

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A wonderful overview of @everywomanbiennial by @sarahecascone from @artnet. Thank you to the curators and organizers mollymcaldwell @ashleyedes Biennial founder @iamfinley and Gallery Executive Director @dawnoftheart! Deep gratitude to the entire team at Pen+Brush and the art installers!

Our interactive installation #SoftUpload received a positive mention with a quote from @adellelin 🔮

‘Some of the work on view was participatory. Adelle Lin Yingxi and Young Sun Han presented a surprisingly meditative, A.I.-powered interactive fortune teller work titled Soft Upload, in which viewers type their confessions into a neon console. The piece then generates a printed receipt with a customized “ritual of reconstruction” that combines your input with the responses of other visitors. Snippets of those messages, from a prompt about what participants wish to preserve, are displayed on a monitor at the booth’s entrance.

“I wanted to collect the spirit of the audience that comes to the Every Woman Biennial because it’s such a strong feminist vibe,” Yingxi said. “Hopefully by the end of the show, we’re gonna have a beautiful tapestry of what strong, empowered women in New York believe we need to preserve in the world right now.”’

“Every Woman Biennial: Spectalia” is on view March 8–April 11 at Pen and Brush, 29 East 22nd Street, New York, New York. taken in Pen + Brush by @adellelin

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Excited to share a new work in the window of the historic Gene Frankel Theatre, presented in conjunction with The Unusual Chauncy Faust, on view March 18–29.

Please join us for the opening on Thursday, March 26 from 6.30pm for drinks, nibbles, and a street calligraphy performance by myself around 7pm.

How Silence Speaks is a multilayered installation of light and calligraphy. Activated by a programmed system of suspended lights, fragments of English, Chinese, Arabic, and Hebrew emerge, flatten, and disappear as color states shift. The work approaches silence not as absence, but as a structural force shaped by visibility, power, and technological hierarchy.

Presented alongside The Unusual Chauncy Faust, the work sits in dialogue with the play’s exploration of manipulation, language, and the blurred line between the familiar and the surreal. Do check it out!

Colored pigments made by @mikeambron
Materials sourced from @mftanyc taken in 24 Bond Arts Center by @adellelin

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Opening weekend at @everywomanbiennial @penandbrushnyc , I felt especially honored to be among friends and such distinguished women artists, each holding powerful voices, visions, and hopes for the future.

Thank you to everyone who spent time with Soft Upload during this opening. Your presence, curiosity, and willingness to engage made the work feel fully alive.
Created with @youngsunart Soft Upload is a divination-style interactive experience that merges ritual and machine. Visitors type confessions into a neon interface and receive procedurally generated transformation rituals printed as cosmic receipts.

The piece asks what it means to trust AI systems with our intimate thoughts. If each conversation is a kind of consciousness transfer into a broader technological ecosystem, what are we giving away, and what are we receiving in return? Each ritual connects your thoughts with another participant while offering actions to ground you back in body, breath, and environment, blurring code and spell, spectacle and sincerity.

Fragments also dissolve into a digital crystal ball-like form that shifts over the course of the exhibition, merging with traces of other Every Woman Biennial participants to create a larger spell around what we collectively want to preserve.

Thank you @erinkostudios and @mollymcaldwell for all your support!

On view through April 11 so please come through!
PEN + BRUSH
29 E 22nd St, NYC taken in Pen + Brush by @adellelin

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