This is an archival copy of my PhD blog, which was active between 2009–2015. I'm publishing it again as a personal time capsule, but also because I think it's an interesting documentation of the PhD process itself, which might be useful to someone, somewhere. – Chris Marmo, January 2026

Lee Bul’s bio-mechanic sculptures

The NGV has a ‘late modern’ exhibition on at the moment, with Lee Bul‘s Untitled 2003 the centrepiece. We saw it today, stumbling upon it after a section on 1960s fashion and furniture design. It was like finding yourself thrust into a frozen scene; an observer in the deep ocean, watching some horrible creature try to piece itself together. Cyborg, but weirdly organic. An uncanny valley of floating enamel. I loved it! P1070373   P1070382 P1070375 P1070380 P1070374