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Candy Chang is a Taiwanese-American artist whose work uncovers the psychological layers within communities. Merging the civic and the sacred, her practice includes installations, paintings, and videos generated from thousands of handwritten reflections from the public.
Candy Chang is an artist, designer, and urban planner who explores making cities more comfortable and contemplative places. She believes in the potential of introspection and collective wisdom in public space to improve our communities and help us lead better lives.
After the death of someone she loved, Chang painted an abandoned house in her New Orleans neighborhood with chalkboard paint and stenciled it with the prompt, “Before I die I want to ___” as a way to restore perspective and find consolation with her neighbors.
Lizabeth Chang (Chinese: 張慧雯), born in November 10, 1989 in Hong Kong, won Miss Chinese Toronto in 2009, and Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 second runner-up. She was a TVB actress. Due to her cheerful and outgoing personality, and the fact that she is multilingual, she was first assigned to host several programs.
In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: "Before I die I want to ___." Her neighbors' answers -- surprising, poignant, funny -- became an unexpected mirror for the community.
Before I Die is a global art project that invites people to reflect on death and share their personal aspirations in public. Originally created by Candy Chang in New Orleans after the death of a loved one, there are now over 5,000 walls around the world. Explore the walls.
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In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: "Before I die I want to ___." Her ...
Artist Candy Chang shares the story of how the Before I Die project came to be. Before I Die reimagines how the walls of our cities can help us grapple with mortality and meaning as a community today—and I never expected it to go beyond my neighborhood.
Candy Chang is a Taiwanese-American artist whose work uncovers the psychological layers within communities. Merging the civic and the sacred, her practice includes installations, paintings, and videos generated from thousands of handwritten reflections from the public.
