Keny Chan (b. 1997, Sichuan, China) is a musician, filmmaker, multimedia artist, and tech researcher based in Berlin. Their work merges internet subcultures, anthropological memory, and digital eternity into a hazy, poetic dreamscape that transcends cultures, languages, and corporeal existence. Drawing on research into digital nostalgia and theories of melancholy, Keny explores how we cling to — and are transformed by — the things we cannot let go.
With a background in computer science and media art, Keny blends electronic pop, experimental film, and interactive installations into an intimate narrative universe. Their Chinese heritage meets Western philosophy in fragmented digital sequences where introspection collides with synthetic reimaginations of eternal recurrence.


Keny has released several singles and music videos and has exhibited in various shows. Be OK” and Hourglass” are sister releases with accompanying music videos that explore a world of self-sabotage, identity doubt, and the slow yet deeply moving process of healing and queer love.

“Life and Death of Hans Maximilian” is an interactive modern Tamagotchi game that plays with Chromsky’s grammar hierachy theory,  exhibited at Ars Electronica 2023. Keny has also produced AI/CGI visuals for Anna Ehrenstein’s Bitches on Their Deen (2024)”, exhibited at Kunstverein Heidelberg and the Maxim Gorki Theater. Additionally, they designed video projections for the theater play Meine Sprache heißt Wut (2024)”, commissioned by Ballhaus Prinzenallee, Berlin.

Keny also worked as the UX designer and full-stack developer for Tangible Climate Futures”, a Climate Change Center Berlin-funded experimental web platform designed to foster collaboration between climate scientists and artists.

Currently, Keny is finalizing their debut album alongside a series of media art and performances.




Education:

2018 - 2021 B.S Computer Science at University of Bonn

2022 - Ongoing M.A Design and Computation at UdK Berlin/TU Berlin


Programming Skills: C ,C++ ,Java ,Javascript, Typescript, Python, ExpressJS, Flask, NodeJS, Angular, MySQL/PostgresSQL/NoSQL, Docker 

Multimedia Tools: Adobe Kit (Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, etc), Blender, Unreal Engine, Maya, Davinci Resolve, Logic Pro, Ableton, Touch Designer + More