Ground Truths is a new series of digital paintings by Sougwen Chung. The work is produced using a custom generative model trained on physical painting artifacts created in collaboration with the Drawing Operations Unit: Generation 4.  Each of the 49 paintings in the Ground Truth is unique  the series is the first phase in Chungs reimagining of landscape painting as a synthesis of human and machine marks. The work speculates on a hybrid interpretation of the earth as seen from space to create abstract, other-worldly topographies.

Ground Truths by Sougwen Chung

Ground Truths is a new series of digital paintings by Sougwen Chung. The work is produced using a custom generative model trained on physical painting artifacts created in collaboration with the Drawing Operations Unit: Generation 4. Each of the 49 paintings in the Ground Truth is unique  the series is the first phase in Chungs reimagining of landscape painting as a synthesis of human and machine marks. The work speculates on a hybrid interpretation of the earth as seen from space to create abstract, other-worldly topographies.

The acquisition of Ground Truths comprises an NFT still, a unique signed fine art print of the collaborative drawing on Giclee paper, a film documenting the artists process.