Local artist explores Chinese-Canadian immigration as LAC’s new creator in residence [Video]

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has hired Eric Chan, a born-and-raised Ottawa artist who blends art and technology, as its first creator in residence.

The new position, open to artists, researchers, academics, musicians and people in other disciplines, grants access to the LAC collection to create works that are inspired by its contents, Chan explained.

“[LAC] is a national institution and, interestingly, not many people [know], myself [included], what’s going on there,” he told CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning.

“They have such a rich collection of pretty much anything you could think of.” 

Chan’s work will dive into the history of Chinese immigration to Canada, using the millions of records of Chinese-Canadians stored in the archives. 

Digital artist Eric Chan, professionally known as eepmon, is the first creator in residence with Library and Archives Canada. We’ll hear about what he’s found in the archives, and how he plans to turn it into an installation this …