Yelin lee

emotion perception and the brain

Art as Ecosystem: Pierre Huyghe and the Living Exhibition

Huyghe shows how art can function as a living system, not just a display. This supports my own push toward artworks that breathe, respond, and dissolve—mirroring the emotional volatility of our overstimulated, fragmented realities.

Claire Bishop – “Installation Art and Affective Engagement,” 2012

Claire Bishop’s writings on affective installation art have been central to how I frame audience experience in my practice. In particular, her analysis of immersive works that create emotional resonance—not through storytelling, but through spatial and sensory presence—helped me re-evaluate how my own artworks interact with viewers.

Emotions Are Built, Not Found: Lisa Feldman Barrett and the Constructed Mind

Barrett’s work supports my belief that emotions are not universal truths but shaped encounters—making sensory art a fitting vehicle to explore them.

Memory and Loss: Felix Gonzalez-Torres – Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) (1991)

This piece shows how small, gentle actions in art can talk about big feelings. It taught me how to use materials to connect people through shared emotions.