Cinoo Christina Lee
Omg. I think I see a friend. Run towards him, come a little nearer, see that it is in fact a stranger. Error as incentive, energy. The heart grows fonder. Unification not from the collapse of boundaries between things but of things themselves. So much for syncretism. Sordid world. Despicable me. Images for are inseparable from images of. My celluloid scenes are torn at the seams. When you talk it’s like a movie and it’s making me crazy. Let my hold be strangling not. Let me keep all these things, pondering them in my heart. It is a curse. It is a miracle. It is all grace. It is infinite consolation. Break my fall. Crush you back. The beautiful takes our desire captive and empties it of its object, giving it an object which is present and thus forbidding it to fly off towards the future? Poor lepidopterist…
Cinoo Christina Lee, Cottingley Fairies (2) (detail), chromogenic print, aged paper, double eyelid tape, 2025.
Cinoo Christina Lee, Untitled (detail), lightbox, glasses, double eyelid tape sheets, ceramic angel figurine, 2025.
Cinoo Christina Lee, Ms. Squirrel (detail), flame effect heater, plastic tubing, ply, realistic squirrel figurine, false eyelashes, glass and acrylic diamonds, acrylic, 2025.
Cinoo Christina Lee, Disarmed, glass display cabinet, lightbox, chair, mirrors, polystyrene mannequin head, ply, acrylic, kraft paper tape, straw sunhat, chromogenic print, silver gelatine print, aged paper, false eyelashes, mirror tile, glass clip frames, polystyrene protective packaging, shredded paper filler, plastic bag, heart shaped cotton pads, inkjet print, plastic box, 2025.
Cinoo Christina Lee, Disarmed (detail), glass display cabinet, lightbox, chair, mirrors, polystyrene mannequin head, ply, acrylic, kraft paper tape, straw sunhat, chromogenic print, silver gelatine print, aged paper, false eyelashes, mirror tile, glass clip frames, polystyrene protective packaging, shredded paper filler, plastic bag, heart shaped cotton pads, inkjet print, plastic box, 2025.
Cinoo Christina Lee, Installation view, 2025. Image courtesy of the University of Melbourne. Photography by Lucy Foster.
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
University of Melbourne