About Angela YT Chan's Radar commission

Angela YT Chan's research-led practice centres the colonial history of climate change and climate justice through art and curatorial projects. Often describing her work as aiming to 'deconstruct the criteria for expertise for climate change issues', for Ecological Thinking Chan mobilised activist-researcher Arjun Appadurai's concept of the 'right to research', a call to share the means and methods of research with stakeholders beyond the academy. 

In addition to Chan's work with Radar, she led an LU Climate Action campaign for Radar's parent organisation LU Arts in 2022. The campaign encouraged Loughborough University students to have their say on climate and sustainability issues at the university, and lead in making positive changes across campus. 

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Artist biography

Angela YT Chan is an independent researcher and artist investigating climate change narratives with colonial history, data, technology, and justice. 

Her projects often include interdisciplinary collaborations in journalism, policy, academia and activism. Previous highlight residencies include Arts Catalyst, FACT/Jerwood, Sonic Acts, Primary, Abandon Normal Devices, HGCRC, and Tactical Tech.

Angela has produced curatorial projects and workshops, collaborating with artists, activists and youth groups (formerly under the name Worm: art + ecology, 2014-2020). She co-directs the London Science Fiction Research Community. As an educator she has taught climate colonialism, environmental and social art, games and speculative fiction, and mentors artists working on digital media technologies.

Angela is also a research consultant, having worked on climate projects for major cultural institutions and in international climate and cultural policy at Julie's Bicycle

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