darren lee (dee) miller

Academic Major: Biology. 9” x 6,” Silver gelatin print from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Biology. 9” x 6,” Silver gelatin print from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Communication Arts (Video Production). 8” x 10,” Inkjet print from video still.

Academic Major: Environmental Studies. 7” x 5,” Silver gelatin print from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Economics. 6” x 9,” Silver gelatin print from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Studio Art. 8” x 10,” Inkjet print from digital capture.

Academic Major: Environmental Science. 6” x 9,” Silver gelatin print from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Physics. Triptych, 4” x 6 each,” monochrome C-prints from digital capture on board.

18” x 16,” silver gelatin print from medium format negative.

14” x 11,” silver gelatin print from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Studio Art. 22” x 17,” Inkjet print from camera-less “scan-gram.”

Academic Major: Studio Art. 20” x 16,” Silver Gelatin Print from large format negative.

Academic Major: Studio Art. 18” x 14,” Silver gelatin print from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Neuroscience. 11” x 14,” Silver gelatin print from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Studio Art. 10” x 10,” Accordion-fold book with writing, drawing, and silver gelatin prints from 35mm negatives.

Academic Major: Communication Arts. Stop-Motion animation, 3:02 minutes.
CLICK HERE TO SEE ANIMATION IN SEPARATE WINDOW

Academic Major: Studio Art. Dimensions Variable. Participatory performance project documented in a grid of Polaroid prints.

Academic Major: Studio Art. Dimensions Variable. Projections and backlit transparencies.

Academic Major: Studio Art, dimensions variable, gold-colored foil candy wrappers and tree

Academic Major: undecided, 10” approx, image transfer on ceramic plate, cutlery.

Academic Major: Studio Art, 18” x 24,” toothpaste, tea, and tar on paper.

Academic Major: Undeclared, 8” x 10” each, ink, collage, and acrylic on Bristol Board

Academic Major: undeclared, 3” x 4” each, collage and ink on photographs.

Academic Major: undeclared, 11” x 17”, acrylic, pastel, ink, and graphite on photocopied image

Academic Major: Communication Arts, 40” x 40,” archival inkjet print from medium format negative. Course: Advanced Color Photography

Academic Major: Studio Art, 20” x 16,” silver gelatin print from large format negative. Course: Advanced Black & White Photography

Academic Major: Art History, 20” x 20,” archival inkjet print from digital capture. Course: Advanced Color Photography

Academic Major: Art & Technology, 17” x 22,” Hand-reticulated inkjet print from digital capture.
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Academic Major: Art & Technology, 17” x 22,” Hand-reticulated inkjet print from digital capture.
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Academic Major: Biology, dimensions variable, inkjet prints on transparencies, hardware, wood.

Academic Major: Studio Art, 22” x 17,” Inkjet print and mixed media from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Studio Art, 22” x 17,” Inkjet print and mixed media from 35mm negative.

Academic Major: Studio Art, 16” x 20,” inkjet print from 4x5 negative, clips, pins.
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Academic Majors: Art & Technology and Studio Art, dimensions variable, tile, grout, wooden desk, burned sugar.
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Academic Major: Pre-Health Professions, dimensions variable, clay with image transfers

Academic Major: Environmental Science, 20” x 16,” framed etching with photo corners and fabric.
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Academic Major: Biochemistry, 15” x 15,” acrylic on canvas.

Academic Major: Environmental Science, 22” x 30,” graphite and colored pencil on paper.

Academic Major: Environmental Science, 9:10 minutes, animation and original music.
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Academic Major: Behavioral Economics, variable dimensions, sculptural installation and interactive technology.

Academic Major: Environmental Science, 20” x 10” x 12” approx., found objects and mixed media sculpture.

Academic Majors: Art & Technology and Communication Arts, 16” x 20,” duratrans on custom-built lightbox.
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Academic Majors: Art & Technology and Communication Arts, 16” x 20,” duratrans on custom-built lightbox.
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Academic Major: Studio Art, dimensions variable, reinforced concrete, light, sound.
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Academic Major: Studio Art, 41” x 14,” archival inkjet print, diptych.
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Academic Major: Studio Art, 66” x 15,” archival inkjet print, diptych.
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Academic Major: Studio Art, 30” x 89” x 79,” toothpicks, foam insulation, plywood.
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Academic Major: Studio Art, 30” x 89” x 79,” toothpicks, foam insulation, plywood (detail)
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Academic Major: Studio Art, room dimensions approx 22’5” x 12’5"” x 10,’ 2x4 boards, drywall, paint, light, sound.
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Academic Major: Studio Art, room dimensions approx 22’5” x 12’5"” x 10,’ 2x4 boards, drywall, paint, light, sound.
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Academic Major: Studio Art, room dimensions approx 22’5” x 12’5"” x 10,’ 2x4 boards, drywall, paint, light, sound.
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Academic Major: Studio Art, room dimensions approx 22’5” x 12’5"” x 10,’ 2x4 boards, drywall, paint, light, sound.
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Academic Major: Studio Art, 12'“ x 16,” camera-less silver gelatin print.

Academic Major: Studio Art, 12'“ x 16,” camera-less silver gelatin prints (installation view)

Academic Major: Art & Technology, 20“ x 16,” archival inkjet print.
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Academic Major: Art & Technology, 3” x 2,” liquid emulsion image on tree leaf.

Academic Major: Art & Technology, dimensions variable, face-mounted inkjet print on plexiglass, liquid emulsion image on stone, glass shelf.

Academic Major: Art & Technology, dimensions variable, mixed media installation.

Academic Major: Art & Technology, dimensions variable, mixed media installation (gallery view).

Academic Major: Studio Art, 8’ x 4’ each, carved King Starboard plastic plates with cast fiberglass resin sheets (gallery view).

Academic Majors: Spanish and Studio Art, 8’ x 4’, linoleum relief print.

Academic Major: Studio, 4’ x 8’ each, approx., spray paint and acrylic on particle board.
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Academic Major: Art & Technology, 24” x 18,” found objects and mixed media.

Academic Major: Art & Technology, 24” x 18,” acrylic on paper, mirror.

Academic Major: Masters Study in Speech Pathology, dimensions variable, photographs and metal chain.

Academic Major: Masters Study in Speech Pathology, dimensions variable, photographs and metal chain.

Academic Major: Art & Technology, dimensions variable, ink on paper.

Academic Major: Art & Technology, dimensions variable, ink on paper.

Academic Major: Environmental Design (architecture), 60” x 30” x 24”, acrylic and fiberglass on metal screen.

Academic Major: Environmental Design (architecture), 60” x 30” x 24”, acrylic and fiberglass on metal screen.

Academic Major: Undeclared, 12” x 20,” photographs, found objects, and paint on wood.

Academic Major: Undeclared, 12” x 20,” photographs, found objects, and paint on wood.

Academic Major: Painting and Sculpture, 100” x 48” x 36” approx., found objects and mixed media.

Academic Major: Painting and Sculpture, 100” x 48” x 36” approx., found objects and mixed media.

Academic Major: Photography, 48” x 60,” neckties and wire mesh.

Academic Major: Undeclared, dimensions variable, photograph and book pages.

Academic Major: Drawing, 2:00 minutes, video

Academic Major: Undeclared, 8” x 10” and 12” x 12,” acrylic on canvas.

Academic Major: Sculpture, 12” x 5,” found objects in wax.

Photograph

"sempre se ame em primeiro lugar…”
(always love yourself in the first place…)

Photograph

“O Estado está defendendo a gente de nós mesmos…”
(The State is defending us from ourselves…)

Video, 2:26 minutes, (CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO)

“Então, eu acho que assim, nunca foi dependência, mas o início foi meio que uma vontade por influência. Por exemplo a minha irmã mais velha usava maquiagem na época e a Nila sempre foi meu exemplo. Então eu falei “nossa! Quero ver como que é isso”. Aquela curiosidade de quem tem 10, 11 anos… como qualquer outra pessoa. Passou um tempo e foi mais necessidade de tipo “Ah! Eu tenho que tá com o rímel pra me sentir bem”. Aquela época da adolescência que a pele não tá tão bonita então você quer passar alguma coisa pra se sentir melhor sabe? Eu entendo que alí naquela época foi sim necessidade minha de tipo estar com a maquiagem pra me sentir bem. Mas com o passar dos anos e do tempo, eu fui vendo que não precisava daquilo. Você vai crescendo, vai amadurecendo… vai adquirindo a confiança em si, vai ganhando amor próprio e por exemplo, hoje em dia eu amo ficar sem maquiagem. Tem dias que eu olho e falo “É bom pra deixar a pele respirar, vou passar tal produto…” que inclusive é sempre a minha irmã que arranja os produtos porque ela é super antenada nisso, mas hoje em dia eu vejo a minha relação com a maquiagem mais como um ritual que eu tenho. Por exemplo, eu estudo de tarde na Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, então eu acordo, faço minhas coisas, treino, passeio com o cachorro né, e aí antes de sair pra ir pra aula, eu tenho o meu momento alí. O meu momento de cuidar de mim, de olhar, passar um rímel, passar uma coisa leve. Eu não uso maquiagem muito pesada, mas eu gosto de passar sabe, uma coisa que me faz bem por ser um ritual. No período da quarentena, eu percebi como é mais um ritual do que eu ainda imaginava porque assim, agora eu continuo acordando, continuo com a minha rotina e antes de ter aula eu gosto de preencher a minha sobrancelha, passar o corretivo e um blush e assim… Ninguém vai me ver, minha câmera não vai tá ligada na aula, mas eu gosto, por se tratar do ritual, por ser meu momento e a minha interação comigo mesma no dia.”

(It was never an addiction, but in the beginning it was because of her influence on me. For example, my older sister used to wear makeup and she was always my role model. I was like, “Wow! I want to see how this works.” That's the curiosity of a 10 or 11 years old, like any other kid. Time passed and it started to be more like a necessity, like “Oh, I need to wear mascara to feel good about myself.” It was a time in adolescence when my skin wasn't beautiful and I had to do something to feel better, you know? I think in that moment, yes it was a necessity, I needed to wear makeup to feel good. But over the years I started to see that I didn’t need that. You start to grow up, to mature… to acquire self reliance, self love, and nowadays I love going out without makeup. There are days when say “It is good to let the skin breathe, today I will take a pass on wearing makeup…” And it was always my sister who arranged the products because she was very attuned to it, but nowadays I see my relationship with makeup more like a ritual. For example, I study in the afternoons at Mackenzie Presbytarian University, so I wake up, do my things, work out, walk the dog, right, and before I leave for class I have my moment there. My time to take care of myself, to look, to apply mascara, to apply something light. I don't wear very heavy makeup, but I like to put on, you know, something that makes me feel good because it's a ritual. During the quarantine period I realized how much more of a ritual it is than I even imagined; because now, I keep waking up, continuing with my routine. Before I have class I like to fill my eyebrow, apply concealer and blush and so on. Nobody will see me, my camera won't be on during class, but I like it because it is a ritual, because it is my moment and my interaction with myself each day.)

Photographs (triptych)

“Ah, eu gostaria que soubessem que... A gente faz parte do que eles são. Tudo o que eles são eles devem à gente. Não "à gente" no sentido de obrigação, mas "devem" no sentido de eles estarem lá, porque a gente está aqui. Porque a gente tentou colaborar, fazer com que o mundo fosse melhor, com que nossos filhos e nossos netos fossem melhores, tivessem condições de vencerem na vida, no sentido de aprenderem muito mais, dentro do que fosse possível, do que eles fossem capazes e até ensinarem isso. Isso é importante...”

(Oh, I would like them to know that… We are part of what they are. Everything they are they owe to us. Not "to us" in terms of obligation, but "owe" in the meaning of they are alive because we were here. Because we tried to collaborate, to make the world better so our children and our grandchildren could be better (than us), to create conditions for them to have success in life, in the sense of learning much more, as much as possible, as they are capable of and so they can also pass it on. That's important…)

Video, 0:35 seconds, (CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO)

“Você acha que seres humanos devem algo uns aos outros?”

“Eu acho que tirando o respeito, quando a gente entende que o respeito compreende coisas como um bom diálogo, uma ética, e tudo isso, acho que a gente reconhece que não precisamos dever mais nada um pro outro além do respeito.”

(Do you think that human beings owe something to each other?)

(I think that apart from respect, when we understand that respect includes things like a good dialogue, ethics, and all that, I think that we will see that we don’t owe each other anything more than respect.)

“Nossa, o céu tá azulzinho, tá mó solzão, vai ser um dia incrível!”

"Principalmente pelo meu melhor amigo porque… muitos dos momentos em que eu estou extremamente confuso, é com a ajuda deles que eu me sinto melhor, assim.. São tipo um terapeuta que eu não pago, sabe?"

(Wow, the sky is blue, not a cloud in the sky, it will be an amazing day!)

(Especially by my best friend because… many times when I am extremely confused, it is with their help that I feel better… They are like a therapist that I don't pay, you know?)

“Eu tenho orgulho das minhas filhas, por elas serem como elas são mesmo não tendo muito espelho e elas seguirem com muita firmeza o que elas querem ser, isso me orgulha muito.”

(I'm proud of my daughters because they are like they are without having someone to look up to — like a mirror — and they have a strong sense of who they want be. That gives me so much pride.)

“Eu fiz essa foto em resposta a temas recorrentes nos diálogos dos alunos sobre como as tarefas diárias básicas às vezes parecem difíceis e sem sentido durante a pandemia. Originalmente, considerei fazer uma imagem em diálogo com a resposta de cada aluno, mas decidi contra isso porque não queria elevar minha interpretação e expressão sobre a deles.”

(I made this image in response to recurring themes in the student dialogues about how basic daily tasks sometimes feel difficult and pointless during the pandemic. Originally I’d considered making an image in dialogue to each student’s response, but decided against it because I did not want to elevate my interpretation and expression over theirs.)