Contingent Dreams Hye Yeon Nam ∗ College of Art and Design Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA hyenam@lsu.edu Ka Hei Cheng Department of Music Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA kcheng7@lsu.edu Brendan Harmon ∗ College of Art and Design Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA baharmon@lsu.edu Samira Awad College of Art and Design Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA sawads1@lsu.edu Figure 1: Collaborative drawing with a robot ABSTRACT ∗ Both authors contributed equally to this research. Robots are usually considered tools, devoid of agency and thus Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or creativity. This robotic art performance ś Contingent Dreams ś ex- classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for proft or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation plores the generative role of the human artist, algorithm, machine, on the frst page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. medium, and environment in art making. In this performance a For all other uses, contact the owner/author(s). robot, programmed and assisted by the artist, draws an algorithmic TEI ’23, February 26-March 1, 2023, Warsaw, Poland composition in ink. The drawings ś derived from recordings of ev- © 2023 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). ACM ISBN 978-1-4503-9977-7/23/02. eryday sounds ś represent the noise of cities in Louisiana, rendering https://doi.org/10.1145/3569009.3576176