AIDOL (爱道)
AIDOL, 2019. Copyright Lawrence Lek. Courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London.
Synopsis
The story of Diva – a fading superstar preparing for a comeback performance at the 2065 'eSports Olympics' – and Geo, an AI with artistic yearnings. Set in a smoke-and-mirrors realm of fantastical architecture, sentient drones and snow-deluged jungles, AIDOL revolves around the long and complex struggle between humanity and Artificial Intelligence.
Fame – in all its allure and emptiness – is set against the bigger contradictions of a post-AI world, a world where originality is sometimes no more than an algorithmic trick and where machines have the capacity for love and suffering. Contemporary anxieties and fixations – the rise of AI, the formulaic dictates of celebrity, the hegemony of technological giants – are refracted through a quixotic prism. AIDOL is accompanied by a score composed and orchestrated by the artist.
https://www.sadiecoles.com/exhibitions/708/installation_shots/
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 83 min
- Director
- Lawrence Lek 1st Feature
- Producer
- Lawrence Lek
- Co-Producer
- Joni Zhu
- Executive Producer
- Sadie Coles
- Editor
- Andre Corsini
- Screenwriter
- Lawrence Lek
- Director of Photography
- Lawrence Lek
- Production Designer
- Clifford Sage
- Sound
- Seth Scott
- Music
- Lawrence Lek
- Principal Cast
- Xiaoyi Nie, Joni Zhu, Steve Goodman, Minglong Lu, Sophie Guo, Xiaoran Wu
- Logline Notes
- Lawrence Lek’s first feature-length film, AIDOL 爱道, is a CGI fantasy that forms the sequel to his acclaimed film Geomancer (2017). Deploying 3D rendering and video gaming software, AIDOL is a technically dazzling and thematically-layered experience.
- Bio Notes
- Lawrence Lek is an artist, filmmaker and musician based in London. Recent projects include - AIDOL, Sadie Coles HQ, London (2019); Unlimited, Art Basel, Switzerland (2019); 2065, K11 Art Space, Hong Kong (2018)
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 5th January 2020
