Sougwen Chung: Works in Progress
Today marks the release of Sougwen Chung’s second print series, Étude Op. 2, No. 1-4, for Ghostly International Editions. To coincide with this release, we asked Sougwen to give us a compass for where she’s heading next. (Click the images above for a slideshow and learn more about each image in her descriptions below.)
Whether it’s the result of restlessness, unbridled curiosity, extensive traveling, or simply the cumulative effect of all of these factors, the breadth of Chung’s work has surged in the past year. From a newfound fascination with origami to elaborate projection mapping and live visuals, these works in progress suggest that the artist we already esteem, is just getting started.
Row 1 (left to right)
- Macro shot of the interior of a tessellated paper piece. Making connections between code-driven visuals and the simple materiality of building form with paper creasing and folding.
- A snapshot of a recent work in progress piece, entitled Prélude. Experiments with light projection on a planar surface.
Row 2
- Still from a timelapse light sketch, made on my studio wall.
- Embrace of Indeterminacy framed. Violin, and korg nanocontroller I use while performing visuals for Sepalcure. Working on creating a piece that can integrate these three tools meaningfully, or at least, elegantly.
- Prélude intro, more here
Row 3
- Drawings I’ve made over the years
- Another projection experiment, Optogenesis. This time on a hyperbolic paraboloid structure, accompanied by a track by Tim Hecker.
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