In Afterlives, Kevin follows the unexpected journey of a single film image as it travels across the internet, reappearing in new contexts and acquiring new meanings along the way. What begins as a moment from a commercial film becomes a case study in how images are extracted, remixed, and weaponized within online ecosystems. Combining essayistic narration, screen captures, and investigative storytelling, the work reveals how digital circulation can transform cinematic fragments into tools of propaganda, conspiracy, or collective imagination. Afterlives unfolds like a forensic analysis of the contemporary image economy, tracing the second lives that images lead once they escape their original frame.
Kevin B. Lee is an artist and filmmaker whose work explores how images circulate, mutate, and shape contemporary perception. Working at the intersection of cinema, research, and digital culture, he is widely known for pioneering the video essay as both a critical and artistic form. His practice investigates the politics of images in the age of platforms, algorithms, and online archives, often using found footage, screen recordings, and essayistic narration to trace hidden connections between media, power, and collective memory.
