Lawrence Lek – Theta (Trailer)

Lawrence Lek describes Theta as a CGI road movie set in the same Sinofuturist cinematic world he has been working within for the last half decade, from which essential works such as Nøtel, Sinofuturism (1839-2046 AD), Geomancer, 2065, AIDOL 爱道 and Temple 寺庙 have emerged. Some of these installations and video games have featured original music and sound elements from Hyperdub founder Kode9, with whom Lek reunites with for Theta. Set in an abandoned smart city, SimBeijing, the film follows a driverless patrol car conversing with its own cloud consciousness as it attempts to understand the source of its dissatisfaction and sadness as it careens around a ghost town that, despite being abandoned, is still under constant surveillance. “For a long time I’ve been making science fiction films and video games, but recently I’ve tried to think about what is in the very near future, or even the present moment, what might be happening, somewhere else, right now,” explains Lek. “It exists i