2019

feature film, 83m

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“What, then, is the role of the fully-automated artist of today? When society no longer needs us, even the brightest stars will self-destruct. Look at my idols, the Sinofuturists. eSports defines them. They say they want to break free, but the truth is they are nothing without the game.”

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Lawrence Lek’s first feature-length film, AIDOL 爱道, is a CGI fantasy that revolves around the long and complex struggle between humanity and Artificial Intelligence. Set against the backdrop of rising human-machine tensions, AIDOL follows Diva, a fading superstar who enlists the help of an AI songwriter for her comeback performance at the 2065 eSports Olympics. 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.

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