This virtual sculpture was generated by the artist using a brain computer interface device that captures brain activity data. The data is fed into a generative algorithm and parametric software, and each channel is mapped to a specific parameter. The software transforms an initial geometry into a variety of new forms that are unique and rare. This is a prototype for a performance/generative artwork called The Cyborg Manifesto. Later this year, Lans King will tour this series of performances during which he will generate virtual sculptures in real time whilst wearing a brain computer interface device. For this performance, he will spend 24 hours in a glass pod, connected to a computer running a generative algorithm. These works may be collected as NFTs that will permit the holders to acquire physical versions of the sculptures.

Via this process, thoughts become forms. This form was generated as the artist thought about the word “remember.” A thought about memory itself has been captured as a form; the sculpture is a literal souvenir of that thought.

Artist Bio

Lans King is an interdisciplinary artist, also known as “The Artist from the Future.” His ongoing project, The Hyperreality Show, blurs the lines between real & virtual, analog & digital, humanity & technology. This interconnected ecosystem of artworks includes paintings, videos, installations, sculptures, digital, and his signature canvas-screen hybrids. His artwork was recently curated for auction at Christie’s in New York.

In 2019, Lans surgically implanted an NFC microchip capsule in his hand and registered his artist-self on the blockchain. It became the basis for his seminal work “(Network of) Self,” 2019 - Current. The microchip is linked to a series of NFTs that will track his physical, emotional, and cerebral data for the remainder of his life. It is a self- portrait of the artist as represented by his personal data. He has been making crypto art since 2017.

Lans King’s work was the subject of a recent BBC documentary “The Cultural Frontline”. He has also been covered in FlashArt, ArtNet, Artsy, RightClickSave, Huffmag, FAD Magazine, and Widewalls. His work is represented in prominent collections internationally.