Description: Lawrence Lek 陆明龙 is a London-based artist, filmmaker, and musician known for creating open-world simulations and multimedia installations, often within a Sinofuturist cinematic universe. Recent works include the CGI feature film 'AIDOL', the AI coming-of-age story ‘Geomancer’, the video essay ‘Sinofuturism (1839-2046 AD)’, the open-world game ‘2065’, and ‘Nøtel’, a collaboration with Kode9. Lek is represented by Sadie Coles HQ, London. Recent soundtrack releases include ‘Temple OST’ (The Vinyl Factory) and
Lawrence Lek is a London-based artist and filmmaker who unites virtual architecture, video game design, and electronic music into a continuously expanding cinematic universe. He is best known for his immersive installations and films that explore spiritual and existential themes through the lens of science fiction. Often rendered from the point of view of nonhuman characters, his works are noted for their dreamlike narratives and long takes, evocative visual imagery, and preoccupation with technology and me
"In his ongoing fictional universe, begun in 2016 with his seminal video essay Sinofuturism (1839–2046 AD), Lek explores how the complex interplay between geopolitics and technology shapes a vision of the coming world that conflates China and its diaspora with artificial intelligence. In this and other works, the artist imagines how agency may be restored to the Other: a satellite in Geomancer (2017) wishes to become an artist, while AIDOL (2019) centers on the relationship between a fading pop star and an
Eternal Dragonz, 2017