// speculative robotics — programmable matter //

2021
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Inspired by xenobots-- constructed of frog cells, computational organisms. Machines made of silicon with proto-cognitive capabilities.

How might these nano-organisms "think" differently -- think alongside our own wetware, differently? And what role does anthropomorphism have in our ability to conceive of such inventions?

.modelled in VR, converting to AR prototype for a physical build soon

#ecologiesofbecomingwith#xenobots

#speculativerobotics

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▒ winter studio visits ▒ - a delight to share my current research in metamorphic ecologies with the iconic @hansulrichobrist and @bettinakorek from @serpentineuk 🔹 (Japanese @bokksu matcha mochi and …
July 7, 2026
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🎶 Summer speaking dates 🎶 On my way to Toronto as a keynote speaker for #ROBARCH2024 with @robotsinarchitecture. Excited to be reunited with @maria_yablonina and @madeline.gannon, two of my favourite contemporary roboticists.
May 20, 2024
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March 1, 2025
© 2026 Sougwen Chung / SCILICET.
𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵
drawing alongside robotic systems since 2015
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© 2025 Sougwen Chung / SCILICET. 
embodied collaboration; metamorphic ecologies.
For press and collaborations: ⇢office@scilicet.xyz

© 2025 Sougwen Chung / SCILICET.
embodied collaboration; metamorphic ecologies. For press and collaborations: ⇢office@scilicet.xyz

© 2025 Sougwen Chung / SCILICET.  
embodied collaboration; metamorphic ecologies.
For press and collaborations: ⇢office@scilicet.xyz

© 2025 Sougwen Chung / SCILICET.  
embodied collaboration;
metamorphic ecologies.

For press and collaborations: ⇢office@scilicet.xyz

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