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““But how can we be certain about an AI’s period of infancy?”” In this science fiction short, the sentient self-driving car Vanguard-3181 stands trial for
““But how can we be certain about an AI’s period of infancy?”” In this science fiction short, the sentient self-driving car Vanguard-3181 stands trial for
‘After the factory closure, most of Vasily’s archives were destroyed by the looters. Only one can of film did survived – it was buried deep
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) is Chapter 10 of Lawrence Lek’s Bonus Levels (2013-2016), a series of site-specific video games based on alternate versions of real
“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™. Funemployment, Forever. Farsight Corporation welcomes you to Play Station™, our new range of automated workplaces! Enjoy the 9 to 5 life of leisure
The Silver Wave was an ‘Untold Stories’ commission for the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. Inspired by objects from the Arctic region in RAMM’s collection,
The Bang Straws is an aesthetically invigorating reworking of the casting process of Sidney Franklin’s The Good Earth (1937) a film notorious for a white
The Eternal Return, the third instalment in the Dissolution trilogy, posits a now-struggling Sabu in 1952 as he supports his family by performing in Tom
Casting Kanchi (2015) is a spatialised and expanded version of House of Women (2017) and a response to the casting of white actor Jean Simmons
Deep in the earth beneath Arctic permafrost, seeds from all over the world are stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to provide a backup
BLESSED BLESSED OBLIVION weaves together a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, as manifested in gyms, body shops and hair dressing parlors. Inspired by
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