Ghost Chan

s a creative director, creative technologist and all-rounded digital wizard. From an experimental contemporary performance and software development background, he has developed a holistic career crossing the boundaries between technology, arts, and social justice. His practice integrates creative technology, movement research, projection and light design, photography, and web design alongside plant life and visual media to explore belonging, memory, ecological care, and the futures that emerge when bodies and environments co-create meaning. He mainly collaborates with John Chan as Ghost and John. He is the lead creative and technologist of Hidden Keileon CIC, a cultural enterprise working with migrant and queer people to imagine futures with freedom and justice for all by dreaming and leading multidisciplinary and life-affirming projects.

As a queer migrant creative director from Hong Kong, Ghost brings his embodied experience and knowledge from everyday life and computer science to create unique cross-disciplinary art. He was a The PlaceChoreodrome Choreographer (2026), MGC Futures bursary recipient (2021) and an ImPulsTanz danceWEBBER (2019). His works were presented in theatres, galleries, outdoor and odd spaces, including:

  • ‘Entwine - The Room’ (2024) at Pushkin House,
  • ‘Two Plant Gaysians’ (2024) theatre headliner for Migration Matters Festival (2025), shortlisted for the Charlie Hartill Fund (2024),
  • 'Paradoxical Gasps’ (2022) funded by Arts Council England,
  • ‘Radio Neighbourhood’ (2021) awarded the Ideas and Pioneers Fund by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and more.

As a creative technologist, Ghost experiments with the use of interactive technology and immersive visuals to generate unique spectating experiences. His notable works include:

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  • ‘Bitter Moves Sweet Truths’ (2023), three-screen projection and live feed video techniques, shortlisted for the Untapped Award
  • ‘Cart Noodle Show’ (2021), an interactive game show over Zoom with live animation and pre-recorded videos
  • ‘I’M NOT SURE’ and ‘Meniscus’ (2019), instant messenger audience interaction

        Ghost’s individual practice centres the relationality between the body, plant life, and technology. He lives with and cares for over one hundred houseplants, many of which form part of his sculptural, installation, and performance works. His installations often feature living ecologies, time-lapse footage, photography, and live camera systems that translate natural processes into visual poetry.

        He is also an analyst programmer specialising in Android development with Model-view-viewmodel (MVVM) architecture pattern and website development. He designs projections, runs creative productions, operates stage shows, edits videos and photos, and a lot more. He holds a BEng in Computer Science, HKUST.

        Beyond the above, Ghost lends his skills to projects as a performer and choreographer. He has received an MA in Contemporary Dance, The Place, and was trained under Siu Wan from SHOW DANCE back in Hong Kong. His works were shown internationally, including Tate Modern, Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz, Pleasance London, CCA Goldsmiths, Streatham Space Project, Omnibus Theatre and more.

        Across all his work—as an artist, technologist, performer, gardener, and collaborator—Ghost is committed to ethical technology, ecological sensitivity, and art that cultivates connection, imagination, and collective transformation

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        Instagram: @ghosososost
        ‍        LinkedIn: Ghost Chan‍‍

        CV available on request. Please contact him through ghost@ghostandjohn.art.