LEE YIP (B. 1982) IS A MIXED–RACE ARTIST (ENGLISH–CHINESE) BASED IN SEOUL.
HIS WORK BLENDS PHOTOGRAPHY AND SPOKEN WORD TO EXPLORE THEMES OF EMOTION, PERCEPTION, AND CONNECTION. LIVING WITH CPTSD SHAPES HIS EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD, SHARPENING HIS ATTENTION TO SUBTLE AND OFTEN OVERLOOKED DETAILS.

DRAWN INTO THE CITY AFTER DARK, LEE SEEKS OUT FLOWERS AS LIVING METAPHORS FOR EMOTION. HE EXPLORES THEM MEDITATIVELY, USING DIRECT FLASH TO DRAW THEM OUT FROM THE DARKNESS, THEIR FRAGILE FORMS SUSPENDED BETWEEN VISIBILITY AND DISAPPEARANCE. AT TIMES THEY APPEAR SHARP AND LUMINOUS, ALMOST CONFRONTATIONAL; AT OTHERS, THEY BLUR, FADE, OR DISSOLVE ENTIRELY.

THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YIP EXPLORES HOW EMOTION SHIFTS AND RESHAPES ITSELF, HOW CLARITY CAN SUDDENLY COLLAPSE INTO CONFUSION, AND HOW BOTH ARE PART OF THE SAME MOVEMENT TOWARD HEALING.

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