Sougwen Chung

Artist and researcher

Studio Scilicet

Speaker Biography

Sougwen 愫君 Chung (b. 1985) is a Chinese-Canadian artist and researcher, widely regarded as a pioneer in human–machine collaboration. Their work MEMORY (Drawing Operations Unit: Generation_2) is part of the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the first AI model to be collected by a major cultural institution.

Chung’s multidisciplinary practice spans installation, drawing, performance, and sculpture in dialogue with robotics, machine learning, and bio-sensing. Through these interwoven forms, they investigate the shifting relationships between the gesture of the hand and the gesture of the machine. Their work conceives collaboration as an evolving coaesthetic system, in which human, machine, and environment co-produce open choreographies of perception and meaning.

Chung has been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI and honored with their Global Impact Award. They have been recognized as a Cultural Leader at the World Economic Forum, and celebrated for excellence in the Arts & Sciences as Woman of the Year in Monaco. Their accolades include the Lumen Prize for Art in Technology, the Japan Media Arts Excellence Award for Drawing Operations, and a notable commission for Omnia per Omnia.

Additionally, Chung is the founder of SCILICET, an experimental studio based in London.

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