Night Drawing is part of the current research project “Light at Night — What is the matter with darkness” being undertaken by Chantal Meng. The aim of these nocturnal journeys is to better understand the process of a mediated environment and to trigger novel, socially engaged approaches to nighttime exploration.
 
Chantal is a visual artist and researcher currently completing her PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she is the recipient of the Stuart Hall PhD Scholarship. Chantal was awarded a Doc.Mobility Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation in 2020 and a Fulbright in 2015. She holds an MA in Photography + Urban Cultures with distinction from Goldsmiths (Department of Sociology).

Prior to her academic career, Chantal co-founded the studio POL and the art space Grand Palais in Bern, Switzerland. Currently, Chantal is a visiting scholar in the Department of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research (NSSR) in New York.​