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Lawrence Lek

lawrence lek

is an artist, filmmaker, and musician based in London. His work explores speculative architectures, synthetic worlds, and algorithmic identities and has been exhibited at LAS Art Foundation, Sadie Coles HQ, HEK, and the Hammer Museum, among others. He received the Frieze Artist Award, the VH Award Grand Prix, and the LACMA Art + Technology Lab Grant.

nox (2023-25)

NOX is a multimedia installation set in a fictional rehabilitation centre for self-driving cars. Lek imagines a speculative world where autonomous vehicles, having failed their tasks or been rendered obsolete, undergo processes of training and reintegration. The installation merges cinematic storytelling and game design to explore the blurred line between machine and subject. By projecting human notions of rehabilitation onto artificial intelligence, NOX examines how society negotiates agency and failure within technological systems. The work resonates with broader concerns around obsolescence and the infrastructures that sustain machine learning. In Lek’s world, self-driving cars are no longer neutral vehicles but characters with histories, traumas, and futures.

Lawrence Lek, NOX, (2023-25). Multimedia installation, two videos, video game, audio installation, duration variable. Commissioned by LAS Art Foundation. Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ.

LOCATION: DKC Lamparna (Socio-Cultural Centre Lamparna)

김아영 Ayoung KIM,

Alice Bucknell ,

Živa Božičnik Rebec,

Gerard Ortín Castellví,

Maks Bricelj and Ema Maznik Antić,

Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler,

Nestor Siré,

Suzanne Treister,

Anna Engelhardt and Mark Cinkevich,

刘窗 Chuang LIU,

Marina Xenofontos,

Laibach Kunst,

Dragan Živadinov and Dunja Zupančič,

Tanit Plana,

Heba Y. Amin,

업체 eobchae,

Andrej Beštak and Anja Leko,

Aleksandra Domanović,

Abu Bakarr Mansaray,

Selena Savić and Gordan Savičić,

Sandro Ðukić,

!Mediengruppe Bitnik,

Sophie Cundale,