darkroom print, aluminum, blackened steel
*A collaborative work by both Evan and Lizzie Yee
17 x 16 x 2
Evan Yee has is a metalworker and artist. Lizzie Brooks is a photographer and video editor. Together they recently repaired an old Hasselblad 500c, prompting Evan to try his hand at photography with the aid of Lizzie’s expertise. In a combined effort, their photography and metalworking mesh to create a unique piece especially for this show.
2019
Woven palm fronds, bamboo, wood, agave fibers and vine, this piece is composed entirely of foraged materials.
Made in residence at the Rauschenberg Residency
2019
Woven palm fronds, bamboo, wood, agave fibers and vine, this piece is composed entirely of foraged materials.
Made in residence at the Rauschenberg Residency
2019
Woven palm fronds, bamboo, wood, agave fibers and vine, this piece is composed entirely of foraged materials.
Made in residence at the Rauschenberg Residency
2015
aluminum, glass, LED’s, dc motor, printed vinyl, drywall
Fallen Cloud is the largest in a series of works based on Apple’s waiting cursor, the “Spinning Pizza of Death” (a.k.a. S.P.O.D., spinning pinwheel of death, pinwheel of death, S.P.O.D. etc.). Designed and created for Evan’s installation “The App Store”, Fallen cloud slowly spins to emulate the look of the original cursor.
2015
aluminum, glass, LED’s, dc motor, printed vinyl
S.P.O.D.2 is the mid-sized piece in a series of works based on Apple’s waiting cursor, the “Spinning Pizza of Death” (a.k.a. spinning pinwheel of death, pinwheel of death, S.P.O.D. etc.). Designed and created for Evan’s installation “The App Store”, Fallen cloud slowly spins to emulate the look of the original cursor.
2015
aluminum, glass, LED’s, dc motor, printed vinyl
S.P.O.D. is the smallest piece in a series of works based on Apple’s waiting cursor, the “Spinning Pizza of Death” (a.k.a. spinning pinwheel of death, pinwheel of death, S.P.O.D. etc.). Designed and created for Evan’s installation “The App Store”, Fallen cloud slowly spins to emulate the look of the original cursor.
2016
aluminum, blended iPhone, glass, cast resin, LED’s
Black powder sifted out from a blended iPhone housed in a mirror polished, water-jet cut aluminum and glass housing. When flipped, the black powder siphons downward like an hourglass, but does not determine a length of time. Shown in this image is a special edition proof of iFlip, which is mounted on an under-lit cast resin and aluminum display.
2016
aluminum, brass, mirror, glass, cast resin, LED’s
Originally designed for Evan’s installation “The App Store”, Kaleidogram is a cast brass iPhone accessory and necklace that kaleidoscopes the the iPhone’s camera app. Shown in this image is a special edition proof of Kaleidogram, which is mounted on an under-lit cast resin and aluminum display.
2011
steel, acrylic, concrete, resin, iPhone, coal, stone, dirt, sand, fern
Layers of concrete, dirt, resin, coal and sand allude to geological core samples. Embedded in a middle layer of the piece is an iPhone cast in resin.
2015
aluminum, acrylic, LEDs, Arduino
A water jet cut aluminum panel housing an Arduino chip and LEDs that spin to emulate the “shutdown symbol”.
Carbon Date: HS.2017
Nature of Specimen: telecommunications Device, wired audio attachment, Orthoptera: Acrididae: Acridinae, stone
An iPhone cast alongside a pair of headphones and real insects in amber dyed resin emulates real amber aged millions of years. The piece is displayed on a powder coated steel stand emerging from an under lit aluminum and acrylic pedestal.
Carbon Date: HS.2017
Nature of Specimen: kaleidoscopic accessory for media recording capability of telecommunications device, Coleoptera: Carabidae: Calosoma scrutator
A Kaleidogram cast alongside real insects in amber dyed resin and concrete emulates real amber aged millions of years. The piece is displayed on an under lit aluminum and acrylic pedestal.
Carbon Date: HS.2017
Nature of Specimen: exo-bio-monitoring device, Avena Sativa based foodstuffs
A FitBit cast alongside granola and real insects in amber dyed resin emulates real amber aged millions of years. The piece is displayed on an under lit aluminum and acrylic pedestal.
Carbon Date: HS.2017
Nature of Specimen: audio playback device, wired connection unit, plastic foodstuffs wrapper
An iPod Shuffle cast alongside granola and real insects in amber dyed resin emulates real amber aged millions of years. The piece is displayed on an under lit aluminum and acrylic pedestal.
Carbon Date: HS.2017
Nature of Specimen: energy transfer device, arenite, insect
Two prongs of a 110V household plug cast alongside real insects in resin and concrete emulates real amber aged millions of years.
2016
Cast Bronze, motors, pigeon
An assemblage of twigs cast in bronze resembles a popular consumer model of a drone. The bronze cast is hung from the ceiling and is wired with geared motors to spin twigs in place of propellors. Below, a taxidermy pigeon is placed on the floor.
2014
Acrylic on board, wooden frame, gold leaf
A painting of a QR code, that when scanned, brings you to the google image search for “Mona Lisa”.
2013
steel, acrylic, florescent lights, brass, nickel, ruby, sapphire, red and blue lenses
A double sided steel and acrylic light box houses both a vinyl print of a woman on a hammock on a beach, and a cruise ship. Also hanging from the ceiling are a pair of Ruby and Sapphire encrusted, Brass and Nickel Soldered, Ray-Ban glasses with 3-D lenses.
2013
steel, acrylic, florescent lights, brass, nickel, ruby, sapphire, red and blue lenses
A detail image of “I’m in the mood for caviar”, showing the ruby and sapphire encrusted, brass and nickel soldered model Ray-Bans.
2015
cast aluminum, glass, leather, iPhones (not shown here)
A virtual reality headset, modeled in cardboard and duct-tape then cast in aluminum, fits two iPhones. When worn over the head with two iPhones displaying their camera app, the glasses lenses welded into Nocuous Rift stereoscope the two iPhone screens to create a three dimensional image of what the cameras see.
2012
polished nickel, USB drives, leather, neodymium magnets
A polished nickel housing around a leather band houses 9 USB drives for a total of thirty-six gigabytes of memory.