Digital Capsules : The Hyperreality Show

Lans King is an interdisciplinary artist. He has become known for his radical artwork for which he surgically implanted an NFC microchip into his hand. He is perhaps the first “cyborg artist”. Encased in a small glass capsule, the microchip contains a blockchain code as well as the algorithm that he uses to produce his digital and physical artworks. His work was recently featured in the BBC documentary “The Cultural Frontline”. Based on that seminal artwork, Lans has created a series of “digital capsules” for this collaboration with Nifty Gateway. These digital works are “connected” to the microchip in his hand;~~.~~ They “encapsulate” the themes of his ongoing series “The Hyperreality Show”. Hyperreality blurs lines between the real and the virtual, the analog and digital, humanity and technology. *These works are composed of layers of code (from the algorithm stored on his microchip), as well as animations that recall the style of his physical paintings. In addition to his digital artwork, Lans King makes paintings and sculptures, and his signature painting-video hybrids. His art has been acquired by a number of important collectors. Raised and educated in New York, he currently lives and works between Paris and London.