Email: Lsaeyong@gmail.com

I produce videos and sounds to make collage – a technique that creates a third meaning by juxtaposing seemingly unrelated pieces of information. In the form of experimental film, video and sound installation, I edit recordings of personal memories, emotions and physical sensory experiences into a series of works in which reveals an East Asian perspective on spirituality based on Zen Buddhism. Through this process I forge self-awareness and determination as an artist living in a world of desire, thirst, dilemma, and taboos. By re-assembling complexities observed through digital media, I seek simplicity within chaos.

 

Sae Yong Lee is a multi-media artist born in Seoul, Korea, and is now based in Pasadena, CA. Lee has earned BA in Film, TV, and Interactive Media from Brandeis University and MFA in Filmmaking from San Francisco Art Institute. His works have been shown in public spaces, art galleries and film festivals in greater LA area, San Francisco, New York, Canada, Korea, and UAE. Alongside his artist career, Lee has built film streaming channels on YouTube which provide alternative distribution platforms for independent filmmakers from around the world. 

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