V&A Museum Collects MEMORY (D.O.U.G._2)
The Victoria & Albert Museum has acquired my project MEMORY, created with Drawing Operations Unit: Generation 2 (D.O.U.G._2). MEMORY consists of an RNN (Recurrent Neural Network) model contained within a…
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Virtual Ink
‘Virtual Ink’ showcases the figural fluid studies of Sougwen 愫君 Chung, part of an ongoing research practice exploring and expanding the boundaries of art and technology. For more than a…
Sougwen interviewed for BBC Radio4 The Digital Human: Symbiosis
Link to the full episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jp2v
Meet the three women of the year in Monaco
Published Wednesday 8 May 2019 – 10:58 AM Harsh Biyani 150 guests gathered on Saturday night at the Oceanographic Museum to pay tribute to the work of three women who dedicate…
On the collaborative space between humans and non-humans
Interview with Ken Tan featured on The Creative Independent Artist Sougwen Chung discusses the joys and complications of working with robotics, the evolving definition of what it means to be…
Drawing Operations” featured on Art In America
Thank you to Art In America magazine and Jason Bailey for featuring my drawing on their January issue, focusing on Generative Art. This represents a milestone in the industry of…
Putting The Art In Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation With Sougwen Chung
Sougwen Chung is an internationally renowned multi-disciplinary artist and researcher, whose work explores the dynamics of humans and systems. Chung is a former research fellow at MIT’s Media Lab and a…
TED Talk “Why I Draw With Robots” in Mumbai, India
What happens when humans and robots make art together? In this awe-inspiring talk, artist Sougwen Chung shows how she “taught” her artistic style to a machine — and shares the…
“Drawing Operations” awarded the Lumen’s Art and Technology Prize
Deeply grateful to @Lumen_prize, for awarding the Art and Technology Prize to Drawing Operations, a project I started in 2015 exploring human and machine collaboration. Thank you Carla Rapoport, and Jack Addis…
Ghost Hands, Player Pianos, and the Hidden History of AI
By Vanessa Chang LATE LAST YEAR, artificial intelligence made a loud splash in the art world. A trio of French students, calling themselves Obvious, put a smeared, unfinished portrait up for…
Featured in Issues in Science & Technology: Future of Work Edition
〰️ 🌊 daydreaming in blue 🌊〰️ My (re)search and art practice featured in Issues in Science in Technology: Future of Work Special Edition. In Omnia per Omnia, I paint with…
“9 Pioneering Artists Who Are Exploring AI’s Creative Potential” – Artnet News
Thank you to @artnet for including me and Doug in their article on 9 Pioneering Artists working with AI. I spoke a bit with @Naomikrea about the potential I see in…
Interview with Ravelin Magazine
Originally published in Ravelin MagazineInterview by Jillian Billard Hi Sougwen! Hi, Jillian ~ I always like to start with talking about an artist’s background. Can you talk a bit about…
Omnia per Omnia Film
We made a film for #OmniaPerOmnia and it was a wild ride. (This is the teaser ~) . . Thank you to @mynameiscutter for sharing the vision, lending your talents to the project, and…
Omnia per Omnia Featured in White Hot Magazine
Sougwen Chung, Omnia Per Omnia Performance. Photo by Irina Abraham. “In Omnia Per Omnia Sougwen Chung explores collaborating with robots as opposed to using them as a tool. As I enter the…
“Only Human” at Mana Contemporary
Where does the time go? This weekend is the last weekend to see Omnia per Omnia at Mana Contemporary. Thank you to all who have supported the project for this first…
A discussion with Sougwen Chung about human-robotic collaborations
This post was originally published by NEW INC on April 20, 2018 and is based on an interview between Lindsay Howard and Sougwen Chung. Recently NEW INC, the New Museum’s cultural incubator, and Nokia…
Myths of Human and Machine
By Sougwen Chung In response to The Architect is DeadPublished by Architectural Association in London The proliferation of computation is bringing about a paradigm shift. From marks made by hand…
PropsPaper
Vermilion Sands: Interview with Sougwen Chung VORTEX PROPS: What is the role of images in your research? Sougwen Chung: The role of images in my research is linked to ways…
Inventing the Future of Art & Technology
by Lindsay Howard | Oct 26, 2017link Humans have an innate need to adapt and improve what surrounds them. The strong desire to create a better, more meaningful future can be seen…
Sougwen Chung in Art Asia Pacific
Interview by Mimi Wong http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/104 I love the point you bring up in your discussion about “image-making,” specifically teaching machines how and what to see. In many ways, I feel…
