Thu 13th March, 16:30-18:00 GMT
Join Angela YT Chan for an online workshop that explores how climate change narratives relate to colonial histories, technologies & justice.
Taking place in February and March 2025, the PROTO Masterclasses are a series of expert-led online sessions designed to provide UK artists based in the North with a unique opportunity to engage with and learn from a diverse range of international artists, cultural leaders, and creative professionals.
Angela YT Chan’s investigative art practice focuses on how climate change narratives relate to colonial histories, technologies and justice. This talk will explore what it means to her to shape resistive counternarratives using creative digital tools and interdisciplinary methods in her current projects, “Critiquing a ‘sustainable military’” and “A Brief History of “Climate Tech”. Angela will share her approaches to research concepts spanning geographies, timelines, and collaborations in environmental, human and digital rights.
Event details
Date: Thursday, March 13th
Time: 16:30 – 18:00
Cost: FREE
Duration: 1.5 hours
Registration is essential, click the below link to go through to the booking page.
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 policy, academia and activism.
She is a current resident with the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre (Archaeology, University of York) and AA2A, continuing her investigation “Critiquing a “Sustainable Military” and Climate Tech”. Previous highlight residencies include Arts Catalyst, FACT/Jerwood, Sonic Acts, Primary, Abandon Normal Devices, 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 (Goldsmiths, KCL, RCA, WSA), 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. She has recently worked with INTERPRT, a research agency that pursues environmental justice through spatial and visual investigations.
PROTO is a groundbreaking new programme designed to nurture and encourage the growth of artists looking to enhance their digital creativity through skill development, digital learning and networking, brought to you by FutureEverything.
Our ambition is to establish an end-to-end opportunity pathway for artists to progress through the PROTO programme. By providing access to high-quality resources, expert advice, and a vibrant community of peers, PROTO seeks to empower artists to achieve their full creative potential and make a meaningful impact within their arts community.
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PROTO is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
