Katie Lee

Dr. Katie Lee holds dual roles at Deakin University:

• Lecturer in Creative Arts and Expanded Performance
• Research Fellow at Deakin Motion Lab

Her research investigates how meaning becomes embedded within forms, habits and social constructs through spatiotemporal arts practice. Using anthropological, psychological and embodied cognition frameworks, she creates sculptural installations, video works, performances and sound pieces that challenge perceptions of stability. Dr. Lee's work operates on the premise that everything exists in constant motion, yet human perception filters this dynamism into static interpretations due to biological and social factors. She develops methodologies to trigger 'active perception' that acknowledges environmental flux.

Notable work includes the 2019 performance-installation 'Set Elements' at Abbotsford Convent, which used set theory to demonstrate how rearrangement reveals changing object affordances. Her research spans embodied cognition, perception studies and cross-disciplinary arts practice, examining both the societal implications of stability-seeking behavior and techniques to cultivate awareness of constant change in ordinary objects and environments.