Between Code and Consciousness: Lawrence Lek in Conversation

Описание: Between Code and Consciousness: Lawrence Lek in Conversation
24 January 2026 (Saturday), 7pm - 8.20pm
ArtScience Cinema, Level 4

The talk Between Code and Consciousness inaugurates NOX: Confessions of a Machine, London-based artist Lawrence Lek’s solo exhibition that continues his sustained inquiry into artificial consciousness and the ethical terrains of machine life. Coinciding with the opening programme at Singapore Art Week, the event offers insight into Lek’s evolving Sinofuturist universe — an ongoing body of video games, films, and installations that ask profound questions about life in the age of automation.

NOX: Confessions of a Machine presents a near-future scenario in which sentient self-driving cars undergo a corporate rehabilitation scheme. Through narratives of therapeutic intervention and system recalibration, the work explores questions of autonomy, obsolescence, care, and the conditions under which nonhuman entities are expected to align with human priorities.

In this programme, Lek reflects on the development of his practice, tracing a deliberate progression from experimental architecture and electronic music into video games and immersive cinematic environments. A moderated Q&A with Mark Rappolt, Editor-in-Chief of ArtReview, extends the conversation into contemporary discourses on AI, ethics and the nonhuman turn, situating the exhibition and Lek’s work within broader debates on technological futures.

This opening programme is presented in partnership with ArtReview.

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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

0:00:00 Welcome by Zhang Bao Xin (Curator of Public Programmes at ArtScience Museum)

0:01:27 Opening remarks by Honor Harger (Vice President of Attractions and ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands)

0:07:20 Talk by Lawrence Lek (Artist)

0:29:55 Lawrence Lek in conversation with Mark Rappolt (Editor-in-Chief, ArtReview)

1:17:01 Thank you and Closing by Zhang Bao Xin

About NOX: Confessions of a Machine Exhibition:
Step into the future with NOX: Confessions of a Machine, a site-specific solo exhibition by Lawrence Lek, one of the world’s leading artists working at the intersection of science and technology. Lek, a London-based artist, filmmaker, and musician, integrates diverse practices—architecture, gaming, video, music, and fiction—into a continuously evolving cinematic universe.