Am I the Pink Silly Putty?
Video Installation, 2022


I love playing with silly putty,
especially the pink ones.
I mix, I shape, I sculpt.
I learned them from my dad, my mom, and my teacher.
Mixing, mixing, mixing…
Making humans look like HUMANS.
One day, I looked in the mirror
and saw the silly putty I made…



Am I the Pink Silly Putty?,2022.
Director: Jinyan Zhao
Performer: He Lin
Video Installation, 5:24 mins
This film resembles the process of human intellectual, physical, and social development as a young girl. From her unconscious consumption of educational content to a conscious recognition of self-regulation. The film explores the notion of “female images” as a time-based, plastic medium.Through distorting, shaping, and moving the pink putty, my work magnifies how female bodies can be easily manipulated and falsely perceived in the patriarchal dominant space.