Hye Rim Lee

2 August – 23 November 2025

An immersive, dreamlike digital reinterpretation of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet.

Shimmering swans glide across a rippling, dreamlike lake, opening a luminous world of transformation and transcendence. Exploring themes of healing and eternity, Hye Rim Lee’s resplendent new large-scale animation offers a richly layered narrative of memory, identity and spiritual journey.

Hye Rim Lee is an acclaimed Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based digital artist with over two decades of international practice. She was born in Seoul, South Korea, into a family immersed in the performing arts. Her transformative reimagining of the ballet resonates with emotional complexity and visual splendour, bringing forth a world of mesmerising spectacle and performance.