Globalisation Archives

Pitcture of a person in a grey dress hunched over writing something on a piece of paper with one hand and holding a sweater.

The Fist

An intimate portrait of modernist style factory Guinness Brewery located in Ikeja, Nigeria.

Afterthoughts of a Walk on the Naze

In the year of his death, my great-uncle, the artist Nigel Henderson, wrote a letter addressed to my future self. In his letter, he asked

Farsight Corporation (Launch Trailer)

Farsight Corporation is a fictional AI conglomerate that first appears in Lek’s 2017 film ‘Geomancer’, which is set in the year 2065. Employing the idea

Berlin Mirror (2042 Retrospective)

Berlin Mirror (2042 Retrospective) is Chapter 10 of Lawrence Lek’s Bonus Levels (2013-2016), a series of site-specific video games based on alternate versions of real

Europa, Mon Amour (2016 Brexit Edition)

Europa, Mon Amour (2016 Brexit Edition) forms Chapter 8 of Lawrence Lek’s Bonus Levels (2013-2016), a series of site-specific video games based on alternate versions

Pyramid Schemes

“Pyramid Schemes” is a powerful treatise on architecture in eleven chapters. Narrated by a computer-simulated voice, the video opens with the premise that “architecture is

Play Station

Play Station™. Funemployment, Forever. Farsight Corporation welcomes you to Play Station™, our new range of automated workplaces! Enjoy the 9 to 5 life of leisure

QE3

QE3 forms Chapter 11 of Lawrence Lek’s Bonus Levels (2013-2016), a series of site-specific video games based on alternate versions of real places. Conceived as

Unreal Estate (The Royal Academy is Yours)

Unreal Estate (The Royal Academy is Yours) forms Chapter 9 of Lawrence Lek’s Bonus Levels (2013-2016), a series of site-specific video games based on alternate

Sky Line

Sky Line forms Chapter 6 of Lawrence Lek’s Bonus Levels (2013-2016), a series of site-specific video games based on alternate versions of real places. Conceived

A mother horse and her young foal lay in a dry, dead field, this field is strewn with rubbish and plastic waste.

With Horses

‘With Horses’ (2023) is a rumination on living and dying on a damaged planet. In the film we encounter a newborn foal amidst a landscape

E-MINOR

E-Minor’s starting point is a linoleum tile depicting a clown’s face that existed in the basement of Hill’s grandparents’ home on Staten Island, New York.

To Be the Author of One’s Own Travels

Irish satirist, Jonathan Swift’s 18th-century novel, Gulliver’s Travels (1726) is interpreted through a re-cut of a 1939 animation of the book, resulting in the 16

The Retreat

Exile as a space for transnational solidarity is explored through a discursive, community-oriented process of production centred around a retreat in the South of France.

Lagareh – The Last Born

Lagerah – The Last Born is a work anchored around theories of abolition, rebellion, ancestral knowledge and love. Shot on location in Scotland, London and

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