Sinofuturism
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Directed by Laurence Lek | 60 mins | 2016
'Sinofuturism (1839–2046 AD)' is a video essay exploring the parallels between portrayals of artificial intelligence and Chinese technological development. Lek combines elements of science fiction, documentary melodrama, social realism, and Chinese cosmologies to examine the present-day dilemmas of China and the people of its diaspora.
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