Lawrence Lek Geomancer, 2017 [Still] HD video, stereo sound duration: 48 min 15 sec, Courtesy the Artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London

Lawrence LEK new exhibition
Review by Philippe Riss-Schmidt
September 25, 2025
“Life before Automation“

Installation view: Lawrence Lek, "Life Before Automation" Courtesy Goldsmiths CCA. Photo: Rob Harris.

Lawrence Lek AIDOL, 2019 [Still] HD video, stereo sound duration: 83 min © Lawrence Lek. Courtesy the Artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London

Lawrence Lek AIDOL, 2019 [Still] HD video, stereo sound duration: 83 min © Lawrence Lek. Courtesy the Artist and Sadie Coles HQ, Lond

Lawrence Lek Installation View, Game Society, MMCA National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, 12 May - 10 September 2023 © Lawrence Lek. Courtesy the Artist and National Musuem of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA). Photo: Hong Cheolk

Lawrence Lek NOX, 2023 [Still] CGI videos x 4, video game, soundtrack dimensions variable © Lawrence Lek. Courtesy the Artist and LAS Art Foundation, Berlin