Chantal Meng

Chantal Meng is a researcher, visiting assistant professor at Pratt, and artist working with photography, drawing, and performance. Her work explores how light pollution shapes our perception of darkness, with a focus on the design and politics of urban nighttime environments. She holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London, and has received a Fulbright, the Stuart Hall PhD Fellowship, and a Doc.Mobility grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Chantal co-founded the design studio POL and the art space Grand Palais in Bern, and founded Night Drawing, a participatory project exploring light and darkness in the city at night.