Observation becomes a form of presence

2025
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To further this idea, working with natural organisms introduces growth and decay into the artistic process. How do these biological timelines influence the temporal aspect of your art, and how do you negotiate control over these changing forms?

While I would argue that synthetic systems like robotics exist on their own timelines of materiality and decay, working with natural organisms introduces a different rhythm grounded in growth, fragility, and transformation. I’m particularly drawn to the Bombyx mori, the domesticated silkworm. Over the years of hosting them in my studio, I’ve witnessed their life cycle from egg to larva, cocoon to moth. It’s been both an intellectual process and an emotional one. Observation becomes a form of presence.

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Preparing for an expedition to the Arctic Circle in June; thinking about movement, ice, climate, and time. Views over Iceland omw to Toronto for #robarch2024
May 23, 2024
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.Thinking about starting a drawing live stream from my studio in Brooklyn, a space to draw together as I iterate and experiment with new performance concepts around telepresence and sound …
March 4, 2020
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..People sometimes ask me how drawing with D.O.U.G. has changed my process. Here's and image of me preparing some installation drawings (#chiaro_oscuro) from a decade ago. Breaking out from software …
February 19, 2021

© 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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