Psychogeography 43

"Psychogeographies" is made up of six sculptures composed of glass encasements that enclose intricate 3-D collages in the shape of humans. These artworks were displayed in a public courtyard on the 15th of October 2015, close to Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles as part of a permanent outdoor exhibition (Nast 2015).

Yellin approached "Psychogeographies" as a study on how desire impacts the urban. An expanding catalogue of symbols, thirsts, desires and even horrors solidify as real, humanoid figures is how Psychogeographies can be described. Instead of the mundane streets and paths of everyday life, each work creates a network of image puzzle allegories that connect our brains and bodies to the world and back again.

"Psychogeographies" refer to the Terracotta Army, a large collection of life-size clay tomb figures buried with Emperor Qin Shi Huang's. While these ancient figures were intended to serve their leader in the afterlife, the "Psychogeographies" invites viewers to engage with the reality of their own consciousness and relies on emotions, as well as that of our shared society and its systems. Yellin frequently teases that paper itself may soon disappear, and also comments that these works may become artificial fossils trapping and preserving the material (Winston Wachter Fine Arts [sa.]).