Introduction
An artist’s drawing archive becomes training material for robotic collaboration. The 2017 work and its 2022 acquisition report connect gesture, data and preservation.
Why this entry remains in the timeline
Editorial interpretation: personal data here has a traceable artistic history, while repetition encounters bodily response. Collecting several components raises a conservation question: preserving an image differs from preserving the conditions of its production. The acquisition description does not establish complete future reproducibility.
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RESEARCH ACCOUNT
Sougwen Chung: MEMORY and robotic drawing
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-11-02
Work, institution and date
The V&A’s 2022 interview dates MEMORY to 2017. Chung describes training a recurrent neural network on her own drawings and drawing alongside D.O.U.G._2. Preparing data and responding during performance both shape the work. The museum describes an acquisition spanning a print, process film and model material in a 3D-printed casing; its notes specify image data and model details. The print and casing carry different object numbers. The report’s publication on 14 December 2022 is distinct from the work’s 2017 date and the unknown acquisition day.
Section sources: Acquisition and interview
Historical significance and questions
Editorial interpretation: personal data here has a traceable artistic history, while repetition encounters bodily response. Collecting several components raises a conservation question: preserving an image differs from preserving the conditions of its production. The acquisition description does not establish complete future reproducibility.
Section sources: Acquisition and interview
Sources for this account
Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account.
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Dates & version record
Date displayed for this node: 2017 · Historical date recorded for the source: 2017
Work-year precision is retained; the 2022 report is separate from the acquisition day. Added to this archive on 2 November 2026.
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Original sources & further reading
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MEMORY (Drawing Operations Unit Generation 2)
https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/digital/the-algorithmic-gesture-sougwen-chungs-memory
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Museum text and interview were read; code, USB contents, data, images, film, permissions and restaging conditions remain unchecked.
Provenance, translation & verification
Timeline entry #096 · Artistic practice and display
Research materials & supplement references · 1
Historical accessions, 2 November 2026 · Relevant project text; reading scope and limits are recorded in this account. · 001
Date as recorded: 2017
Acquisition and interview ↗
The Algorithmic Gesture: Sougwen Chung’s MEMORY
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Cite this node
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. Sougwen Chung: MEMORY and robotic drawing. Art-history node #096. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/375
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