Neural Snowballs are intricate pen-and-ink drawings with watercolour and pencil on paper (80 × 57 cm each), created in 2023.

The term ‘Neural snowball’ is a metaphor from AI research for a novel approach to gathering data from vast knowledge databases. Starting with just a handful of examples for a new fact, the method iteratively finds and adds reliable similar examples, building confidence and quality layer by layer, snowball-style.

Fascinated by this accumulating, self-growing process, I imagined it in the world of images: each drawing becomes an 'image-ball,' formed by rolling selected fragments from my recent works through the imaginary 'image-space' of my own archive. Motifs and lines are sampled, layered, and repositioned to create dense, expanding compositions that echo the same iterative buildup.

Installed as part of the solo exhibition 'Fragments' at Cohju Gallery in Kyoto, 2024, the three works were positioned near their source drawings, letting visitors spot exactly which elements had been 'named' and rolled in—turning the show into a living demonstration of artistic discovery through accumulation and connection.