From TUE 13th October 2020, 20 o'clock CET

»AIDOL 爱道« (online)

Lawrence Lek

CGI fantasy movie / screening

Movie stream & interview. 120 min

introductionary talk between Mary Maggic & Lawrence Lek

Online, with secret link

"Beware your fans, Diva. First they need you and then they'll delete you."

VOD: From TUE 13th of October 2020, 20 o'clock CET. free donation

Online, with secret link. Please get an autoreply email at 2020@cynetart.de Just say hi or send an empty mail, it's okay.

Featuring a score written and orchestrated by the artist, this computer-generated fantasy tells the story of a fading superstar, Diva, who enlists an aspiring AI songwriter to mount a comeback performance at the 2065 eSports Olympic finale. 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. AIDOL is the sequel to 2017's Geomancer.

Lawrence Lek

Lawrence Lek is a London-based artist, filmmaker and musician who creates virtual worlds, simulations, and soundtracks. He uses advancing technologies, such as computer-generated imagery, virtual reality, 3D animation and gaming software as well as installation and performance to simulate and develop digital environments described by the artist as ‘three-dimensional collages of found objects and situations.’ By rendering real places within fictional scenarios, his digital worlds reflect the impact of the virtual on our perception of reality.

Mary Maggic

Mary Maggic is a non-binary artist working within the fuzzy intersections of transfeminist hacking, body/gender politics, and eco-alienations. Maggic's most recent projects Open Source Estrogen generate DIY protocols for the extraction and detection of hormones from bodies and environments, demonstrating their micro-performativity and potential for increased body autonomy. They hold a MS in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT Media Lab, and have exhibited internationally including Philadelphia Museum of Art (US), Science Gallery London (UK), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (DE), Jeu de Paume (FR), and Institute of Contemporary Arts London (UK). Maggic is a recipient of the Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention in Hybrid Arts (2017) and a 10-month Fulbright research award in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2019).

https://lawrencelek.com/

https://soundcloud.com/lawrencelek
https://vimeo.com/lek
https://shapeplatform.eu/artist/lawrence-lek/
Lawrence Lek in conversation with Steve Goodman

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