Chooc Ly Tan
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multidisciplinary artist/DJ/music & cultural producer
Chooc Ly Tan is a multi-disciplinary artist, DJ, music & cultural producer who works across moving images, DJ sets, radio podcasts, event organising, and club nights. With a background in sculpture and performance. Her practice sets out to create new visions of reality by subverting or repurposing systems and tools we use to understand the world around us – such as concepts and methodologies from physics, politics and music. Often, Chooc Ly draws attention to power imbalances, using video and sound as mediums to find an experimental cadence within the personal histories, found footage, and political undertows that inform and inflect the Afro-Asian diaspora, in the face of on-going colonialism(s). Her recent film commission On The Offbeat (2021) explores those disruptive and productive moments of suspension that surround syncopation, tracing the significance of the offbeat through Vogue Fem, diasporic rhythms, critical theory, and insect behaviour.
Academic qualifications
- MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths university of London 2011
- BA Fine Art (hons) in 3D (sculpture), Central Saint-Martins 2006
Featured publications
2023:
The Dark Preview, vol.5, The Urban Night Project
Pamphlet: with texts & artwork by Rut Blees Luxemburg, Casper Laing Ebbensgaard, Lo Marshall and Nick Dunn and Chooc Ly Tan.
2022:
Art Monthly: Syncopes, Tess Charnley
Article: review of the group exhibition featuring Chooc Ly Tan, Himali Singh Soin, Lala Rukh, Mira Calix, Ruth Beraha and Qian Qian. Curated by Daria Khan.
2021:
Vdrome, interview: Chooc Ly Tan "On the Offbeat"
Interview with an introduction by Andrea Lissoni (vdrome, HdK) "What are communities made of? [...]"; followed by curator Daria Khan interviewing artist-filmmaker Chooc Ly Tan.
2021:
Art Monthly: Chooc Ly Tan "Crepuscular Dreams of (dis-)Alienation
Article: review of Chooc Ly Tan's solo exhibition at Banner Repeater, by Tabitha Steinberg
2020:
British Journal of Photography: Hi-noon carves out a new online space for artists & collectors
Article: curated platform Hi-Noon presents their work with Alix Marie, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Sophy Rickett, Chooc Ly Tan amongst other artists.
Grants and awards
2024:
Project Grant, Art Council England
For my curatorial work with Décalé, in collaboration with The Yard Theatre, Leïla Arénou and Kadeem Oak
2024:
Fluxus Art Projects
For my curatorial work with Décalé, in collaboration with The Yard Theatre, Leïla Arénou and Kadeem Oak
2023: The Yard Theatre Residency
2020: DYCP award, Arts Council England
2011: Startpoint Prize, nominated by Goldsmiths university
Publications and research outputs
Show/Exhibition
- Décalé wih Larry Achiampong, Ain Bailey, Laila Majid + more Tan, Chooc Ly. 2025. Décalé wih Larry Achiampong, Ain Bailey, Laila Majid + more. In: "Décalé wih Larry Achiampong, Ain Bailey, Laila Majid + more", Standalone, London, United Kingdom, 23 May 2025.
- Décalé: City-fiction in smoke and steam Tan, Chooc Ly. 2024. Décalé: City-fiction in smoke and steam. In: "Décalé: City-fiction in smoke and steam", Ormside Projects, United Kingdom, 21 November 2024.
- Décalé Tan, Chooc Ly. 2024. Décalé. In: "Décalé", The Yard Theatre, London, United Kingdom, 18 April 2024.
Performance
- Resonance: Chooc Ly & Mohammed Rowe (Hybrid Live Set) Tan, Chooc Ly. 2025. Resonance: Chooc Ly & Mohammed Rowe (Hybrid Live Set). In: "Resonance Fundraiser Curated by IKLECTIK", Avalon Café, London, United Kingdom, 28 February 2025.
- Chooc Ly (Live Set) Tan, Chooc Ly. 2025. Chooc Ly (Live Set). In: "Gasworks x Chinabot present a night at Spanners", Spanners, London, United Kingdom, 7 February 2025.
- Monsoon Temperament (AV performance) Tan, Chooc Ly. 2023. Monsoon Temperament (AV performance). In: "Wandering Salon, unthaitled", Heizhaus Uferstudios, Berlin, Germany, 8 October 2023.
Conference or Workshop Item
- Chooc Ly Tan, artist's talk Tan, Chooc Ly and Rai, Amit. 2025. 'Chooc Ly Tan, artist's talk'. In: The Creative Industries (Organising and Applied Research Methods). Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom 24 February 2025.
- Chooc Ly Tan, artist's talk Tan, Chooc Ly. 2025. 'Chooc Ly Tan, artist's talk'. In: Perspectives – Fine Art Lecture Series. University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts, United Kingdom 5 February 2025.
- Chooc Ly Tan, artist's talks & Summer School 2024 Tan, Chooc Ly. 2024. 'Chooc Ly Tan, artist's talks & Summer School 2024'. In: Artist's talks & Summer School 2024 (Shanghai, Chengdu & Wuhan). Rosso Fashion & Arts Education, Chengdu campus, China Summer 2024.
Art Object
- Coeur Bioluminescent (vinyl) Tan, Chooc Ly. 2025. Coeur Bioluminescent (vinyl).
- Rêve, Rave et Révolution, 2019 Tan, Chooc Ly. 2019. Rêve, Rave et Révolution, 2019.
Article
- Looking into People’s Eyes Tan, Chooc Ly. 2021. Looking into People’s Eyes. Ying Xiang 映象, 1,
Audio
- Fractal Meat on a Spongy Bones with Chooc Ly on NTS radio Tan, Chooc Ly. 2025. Fractal Meat on a Spongy Bones with Chooc Ly on NTS radio.
- Solar Rocks Tan, Chooc Ly. 2025. Solar Rocks.
- Resistance Music Tan, Chooc Ly. 2024. Resistance Music.
Book
- YES / NO NO/YES Tan, Chooc Ly and Nalin Kumar, Rishi. 2013. YES / NO NO/YES. London: Flat Time House.
Broadcast
- Décalé Radio w/ mellowdramatics (B.O.S.S) Tan, Chooc Ly. 2025. Décalé Radio w/ mellowdramatics (B.O.S.S).
Composition
- Coeur Bioluminescent Tan, Chooc Ly. 2023. Coeur Bioluminescent.
- Exaltation Onirique Tan, Chooc Ly. 2022. Exaltation Onirique.
Film/Video
- On The Offbeat, 2021 Tan, Chooc Ly. 2021. On The Offbeat, 2021.
- Crepuscular Dreams of (Dis-) Alienation, 2018 Tan, Chooc Ly. 2018. Crepuscular Dreams of (Dis-) Alienation, 2018.
Project
- DÉCALÉ Tan, Chooc Ly. 2018 - ongoing DÉCALÉ.
Other
- Label of the Month: Chinabot Tan, Chooc Ly. 2021. Label of the Month: Chinabot. Resident Advisor.