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Ian Cheng Pilar Corrias 2 March–6 April 2023 Eastcastle Street
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Cheng’s solo exhibition will present a new simulation, alongside screenings of Life After BOB: The Chalice Study (2021). Extending the world of Life After BOB, the new work portrays the daily routine of Chalice’s pet turtle, dramatising every step in the turtle’s AI-driven cognitive model to reconcile its inner needs with the affordances and threats of its external world.

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Ian Cheng’s work explores the nature of mutation and the capacity of humans to relate to change. Drawing on principles of video game design, improvisation, and cognitive science, Cheng has developed ‘live simulations’, living virtual ecosystems that begin with basic programmed properties, but are left to self-evolve without authorial intent or end.

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About the Gallery
Pilar Corrias is a contemporary art gallery in the heart of London’s West End which opened in 2008. The 3,800 square foot gallery space on Eastcastle Street was designed by the architect Rem Koolhaas and is made up of two exhibition spaces.

Since its inception, the gallery has worked with emerging and established artists with the central aim of allowing their work to grow both in terms of production of new projects and the making of new exhibitions. Alongside its internal programming, the gallery places great importance on supporting their artists through fostering relationships with public institutions, private foundations, museums, and commissioning bodies.
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54 Eastcastle Street
London
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Sat, 11am - 6pm
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London 54 Eastcastle Street
Pilar Corrias contemporary art gallery in Eastcastle Street London United Kingdom
Pilar Corrias
54 Eastcastle Street, London, United Kingdom
+44 207 323 7000
http://www.pilarcorrias.com

Opening hours
Mon - Fri, 10am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 6pm
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