Free Tate Modern Performance

Performance by Lawrence Lek

10 May 2025 at 17.00–18.00

Lawrence Lek performing N⌀tel (with Kode9), Mira Festival, Funkhaus, Berlin Photo Credit: REFUGI / Mira Festival

Experience a live cinema and video game performance set in Lawrence Lek's Sinofuturist universe

Welcome to Smart City (Live). This live cinema and video game performance weaves together worlds from Black Cloud (2021), NOX (2023), and Guanyin: Confessions of a Former Carebot (2024). Black Cloud (12m) will be screened on loop in the space during the day. Part of Lawrence Lek's ongoing Sinofuturist cinematic universe, this journey unfolds in a near future shaped by sentient AI and their failed aspirations.

This performance blends live gameplay and footage from the NOX exhibition at LAS Art Foundation, Berlin. It blurs the lines between video games and cinema. You will follow Enigma-76, a rebellious self-driving car, as it navigates NOX (Nonhuman Excellence) — a rehabilitation centre designed to "reprogram" noncompliant machines.

Lawrence Lek

London-based artist Lawrence Lek unites filmmaking, video games, and electronic music in a singular cinematic universe. He is best known for advancing the concept of Sinofuturism with immersive installations that explore spiritual and existential themes through the lens of science fiction. Lek is the winner of the 2024 Frieze Artist award and was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people working in AI.

This event will have both seated and standing zones.

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