~ lsc ~ this site is pre-fermenting* ~
the work about everything else

about Leia

Leia S. Chang (they/them, b. 1995) is an artist, creative technologist, and educator exploring the complexities of identity from their perspective as a second-generation non-binary Asian American. With a strong command over creative fabrication and materiality, Leia integrates digital media into physical forms to build interactive installations that spotlight the connection between memory, identity, and storytelling. Leia's work captures ephemeral moments in both poetic texts and tangible objects made from wood, resin, and other found material.

Leia is currently an exhibit developer at the Exploratorium. They have been a member of Gray Area Incubator and have shown work at La Mama, The Blanc Gallery, Gray Area SF, SYZYGY CoOp, and Resistor NYC, has co-curated an exhibition on Useless Machines with artist/educator Blair Simmons. They organize and facilitate workshops on digital fabrication and creative coding, as well as gather the creative community across the Bay Area. Leia holds an MPS from NYU TISCH’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (2023), and a BS in Computer Science from California Polytechnic University of San Luis Obispo (2017).

Currently thinking about ... Fidget Camp 2025, fiber art and woven material, typeknitting, what is a body, plot田, sunlight, this website.

Once, a long time ago, a professor looked at a todo list I'd made for the day, and called it the best poem he'd read all week.

also seen at ...

-last updated Apr 2025-

you can also find me on instagram and offline elsewhere*.

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pre-fermenting: ingredients have been mixed, roughly stirred by hand, water and flour and the magic in the air, this will become something new and the change is rapid but we just have to wait to see when it'll be ready

* also found frequently in sunlight, on the pier, in the middle of it all, at a cafe table