Mire Lee (*1988) is known for her visceral, kinetic installations that probe the tension between eroticism, vulnerability and decay. Informed by her background in sculpture and influences from body horror, fetish culture and poetry, she experiments with an eclectic combination of industrial materials – including silicone, concrete, PVC tubing, lubricants, machinery, electric motors and pumps – to create works that teeter between growth and collapse. Her environments ooze, throb and rumble, evoking both bodily and mechanical functions and resembling living organisms that conjure a sense of the grotesque that is as seductive as it is unsettling.
Once Within a Time: 12th SITE SANTA FE International
Group Exhibition with Louise Lawler, Mire Lee and Nora Turato
Curated by Cecilia Alemani
SITE SANTA FE
Through January 12, 2026
Once Within a Time takes its title from the most recent film by Godfrey Reggio, the legendary experimental filmmaker who has long resided in Santa Fe. Reggio’s Once Within a Time (2022) intertwines fairytale atmospheres with apocalyptic landscapes, pursuing a form of storytelling that blends the fantastical and the mundane in a moving portrait of the existential condition. Inspired by the film’s circular narratives, the 12th International places storytelling at its heart, exploring New Mexico’s multilayered histories through the lens of more than ninety participants.
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