Mire Lee
Untitled (motorised debris sculpture for Okayama shrine), 2025
Industrial debris, chain, steel, copper, motor controller, 12v DC motor, rusted steel plate, and other mixed media
Sculpture (Hanging):
82 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 17 3/4 in
210 x 60 x 45 cm
Metal Plate:
47 1/4 x 23 5/8 in
120 x 60 cm
82 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 17 3/4 in
210 x 60 x 45 cm
Metal Plate:
47 1/4 x 23 5/8 in
120 x 60 cm
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For the 2025 Okayama Summit, Mire Lee assembled this kinetic, rusted appendage from industrial waste, in reference to sci-fi horror film Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989). Known for her charged,...
For the 2025 Okayama Summit, Mire Lee assembled this kinetic, rusted appendage from industrial waste, in reference to sci-fi horror film Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989). Known for her charged, immersive installations, Lee explores the tension between mechanical systems and organic forms, violence and tenderness.
Her contribution to the Okayama Art Summit is a site-specific sculpture housed within the sacred Buddhist Okayama Shrine, an architectural space rich with history and ritual. Within this context, her materials take on a heightened sense of transformation: industrial trash becomes divine, delicate, and strangely vulnerable.
Her contribution to the Okayama Art Summit is a site-specific sculpture housed within the sacred Buddhist Okayama Shrine, an architectural space rich with history and ritual. Within this context, her materials take on a heightened sense of transformation: industrial trash becomes divine, delicate, and strangely vulnerable.
