Hye Rim Lee: Swan Lake

Christchurch Art Gallery

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

Shimmering swans glide across a misty, dreamlike sapphire lake in this shifting, immersive reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky’s nineteenth-century ballet by Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based artist Hye Rim Lee.

But when a menacing player emerges to shatter the lovers’ bond, their too-brief reverie dissolves into whirling disarray.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, into a family steeped in music and the performing arts, Lee draws on more than two decades of international experience in the creation of this emotionally resonant new work.

Her distinctive choreographic animation becomes a tale of longing, loss and renewal – a multisensory celebration of performance and evocative digital storytelling.

Hye Rim Lee Swan Lake (still) 2025. 3D animation by Human Name Studio (Steven Stringer) and Vertigo Motion (Jacki Parry, Joe Hunter, Sylvia C. Pérez); sound by Pablo C. Pérez. Courtesy of the artist and DMC Deborah McCormick Consulting

2 August – 23 November 2025

Curator: Ken Hall




Times: 10am – 5pm Wednesday 10am – 9pm



 Christchurch Art Gallery | Te Puna o Waiwhetū View Venue
 Corner Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street Christchurch New Zealand  Map

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