Blog | Angela YT Chan

2017

Worming Up! Workshop at Two Queens in Leicester

'Worming up!’ was a workshop I facilitated for creative practitioners interested in discussing and learning about the environ(mental) challenges we face in the broader context of art practice and production. Taking effective action points to confront ecological issues, how are they transferable to the attitudes we have towards sustaining creative practices? With activities situated in the concepts of Worm: art + ecology’s current project ‘Refuse:(v)(n)(-)’, the workshop explored how we can recognise toxicity in our systems of production, develop resilience and imagine empowered alternatives for an environment in which sustainable creative practices may flourish.

September 9, 2017

workshop
Shake it BAE: The Gesture of the Handshake at International Arms Fairs (Self-) Published in Hitozine #2: November

My illustration about BAE and handshakes for the second issue of Hitozine, a fanzine about artist Hito Steyerl, was published. The zine features articles inspired by Hito’s practice, started off as and still is a joke. Contributors include Angela YT Chan, Peter Willis, Marina Georgiou, Rosa Tyhurst, Cui Su, Emily Beber, Erin Nicole Johnson, Herb Shellenberger, Harman Bains, Kathryn Lloyd, Liam Gillick.

February 2, 2017

illustration writing / publication

2016

Tipping Points Curation Exhibited at Podium in Oslo

In my first year of online activities as Worm: art + ecology, I was invited by Podium in Oslo to guest curate its first international exhibition as part of the gallery's year-long focus on ecologies. Titled 'Tipping Points: Flourish and Collapse in the Circularity of the Geostory', it showed five international artists representing humankind’s micro- to macroscopic manipulations of nature that have accumulated to the ‘tipping points’ of climate change. Together with Rachel Pimm, Lori E. Allen, Joey Holder, Andreas Ervik and Jakob Kudsk Steensen, our exhibition opened on Earth Day 2016 with artist performances. The project was fully funded by Kulturrådet (Arts Council Norway). (April 22, 2016 → May 1, 2016)

April 22, 2016

curation

2015

FOMO Collage Illustration (Self-) Published in Hitozine #1

My collage illustration for the first issue of Hitozine, a fanzine about artist Hito Steyerl, was published in a zine that features articles inspired by Hito’s practice - started off as and still is a joke. It was created on the occasion of 'FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)', a three-day talks event at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London from 29–31 May 2015. It 'features Hito's quotes, fashion, memes, tweets etc.' Contributors include Peter Willis, Cui Su, Michael Crowe, Harman Bains, Ash Reid, Erin Nicole Johnson, Angela YT Chan. Printed by Studio Operative.

July 4, 2015

illustration writing / publication

2014

Worm: art + ecology Begins as an Online Platform for Climate Arts

I independently produced a long-term curatorial project called Worm: art + ecology. It focused on communicating climate change issues through contemporary art and creative practices and began in late 2014 as an online blog that regularly published interviews with artists, researchers and activists.

October 1, 2014

curation workshop talk