Rex (Youjian) Xiao is currently an MFA1 Film and Video student at CalArts. He is a writer, filmmaker, and photographer, with work ranging from experimental to narrative cinema, from formal poetry to cyanotype. His work often explores moments when communication fails in one way or another, whether it’s a circumstantial obstacle, an internal struggle to say what’s actually meant, or something more mystic that can’t be expressed in words. In general, he is interested in philosophy, psychology, and theology.