Digital Realism at the Edge of Simulation

Kim Laughton doesn't just create digital art he subverts the visual machinery of the modern world. Operating out of Tokyo after more than a decade in Shanghai's underground scene, the UK-born artist bends real-time game engines and pristine CG into hyper-realistic, unsettlingly familiar visions.

His output spans the full spectrum of media: immersive VJ visuals for cult electronic labels like Hyperdub and PC Music, collabs with Mechatok, physical 3D sculptures, custom interiors and limited apparel. With past exhibitions at Beijing’s X MUSEUM and the Carnegie Museum, Laughton’s work sits firmly in the uncanny space where raw digital architecture bleeds into physical reality.