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Should We Celebrate the Image Society? A TEDx Talk.

March 1, 2016

A TEDx Talk

Our lives are massively bombarded by images. Should we celebrate that fact or dread its consequences? As a creator of images, Michael Salu is interested in communication they provoke. Can communication through images nd our advancement with digital experiences actually help us reach a greater level of empathy for each other? Or should we fear the reverse? 

In Event, Writing Tags talks, ted talk, art, visual culture
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Algorithms in our Lives

March 1, 2016

Michael Salu's story The Nod explores identity through virtual reality and appears in issue 1 (Arrival) of Freeman's Journal. 

I spoke with Freeman's Journal about some of the underlying elements structure my recent art practice, which is manifesting in both text and image as I explore the representation through the physical and the digital.

In Talks, Writing Tags algorithms, sci fi, science fiction, fiction writing
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 Photo © John Freeman

Photo © John Freeman

Freeman's Journal at Libreria

March 1, 2016

Freeman's Journal landed at new bookshop Liberia in February as preview event before the shop's official opening. I joined editor John Freeman and short story writer extraordinare Helen Simpson in a discussion about migration, what drives us to write, where we find characters and how we talk about the world.

In Event, Writing Tags literature, fiction writing, science fiction, libreria, freemans journal, john freeman
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The London Literature Festival: Data and Desire Oct 2015

March 1, 2016

Has access to hard data actually helped us to know more than before?

What can't Big Data tell us? What does all of this information mean for the unknowable, the intangible, the essential mystery of life?

Local Transport presents three short, sharp, multimedia performances from innovative artists and writers.

Michael Salu & Rut Blees Luxemburg, Natasha Caruana and Catherine Anyango take the stage for fifteen minutes each. They tell stories of love at first sight, dystopia and Big Data using words, photography and illustration.

Tags art, performance, literature, natasha caruana, rut blees luxemburg, michael salu, catherine anyango
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#welcometoSOUL Level 4

March 1, 2016

Art billboard takeover. My psycho-geographic movement between text and image continues #welcometoSOUL

Tags billboard art, art, street art, installation, fiction
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 Students arriving for my talk.

Students arriving for my talk.

"What is an artist?" A talk at Falmouth School of Art

March 1, 2016

Looking back at my career thus far with students from Falmouth School of Art.

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The New School: Launching Freeman's Journal

March 1, 2016

I held a moment on stage, as did Anne Carson, Colum McCann, Garnette Cadogan, Honor Moore, Tahmima Anam, Laura van den Berg & Ishion Hutchinson to read a segment from our contributions to the inaugural edition of Freeman's Journal last September in front of a packed room of about 700 people. A definite career highlight for me.

Tags literature, event, talks
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The London Literature Festival

March 1, 2016

In October I joined writers Tahmima Anam, Helen Simpson and editor John Freeman on stage for an event on 'arrival' at The Southbank Centre for the London Literature Festival.

Tags literature, event, talks
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  The remaining limited edition (20 of each) signed 12x12" #screenprints from @michelsalu art series for Nils Frahm’s special edition of his ‘Spaces’ album are being prepped for our new @depop (@saluspace) store. Available from Monday. This one is entitled #space #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpture #limitededition #newmedia #oldmedia #contemporaryart #digitalillustration  #generativeart #nilsfrahm #space #nasa #molecular #spaces #erasedtapesrecords #vinylmeplease #albumart #printmaking #3dartist #timeandspace #spaceandtime #spacetravel (hier: Berlin, Germany)

The remaining limited edition (20 of each) signed 12x12" #screenprints from @michelsalu art series for Nils Frahm’s special edition of his ‘Spaces’ album are being prepped for our new @depop (@saluspace) store. Available from Monday. This one is entitled #space #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpture #limitededition #newmedia #oldmedia #contemporaryart #digitalillustration #generativeart #nilsfrahm #space #nasa #molecular #spaces #erasedtapesrecords #vinylmeplease #albumart #printmaking #3dartist #timeandspace #spaceandtime #spacetravel (hier: Berlin, Germany)

February 27, 2016
Tags 3dartist, spaces, digitalsculpture, erasedtapesrecords, generativeart, digitalart, space, nilsfrahm, newmedia, albumart, molecular, digitalillustration, spacetravel, contemporaryart, oldmedia, printmaking, vinylmeplease, 3dart, nasa, spaceandtime, timeandspace, screenprints, limitededition
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  The remaining limited edition signed #screenprints from @michelsalu art series for Nils Frahm’s special edition of his ‘Spaces’ album are being prepped for our new @depop (@saluspace) store. Available from Monday. This one is entitled #amoeba #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpture #limitededition #newmedia #oldmedia #contemporaryart #digitalillustration  #generativeart #nilsfrahm #space #nasa #molecular #spaces #erasedtapesrecords #vinylmeplease #albumart #timeandspace #spaceandtime #spacetravel (hier: Berlin, Germany)

The remaining limited edition signed #screenprints from @michelsalu art series for Nils Frahm’s special edition of his ‘Spaces’ album are being prepped for our new @depop (@saluspace) store. Available from Monday. This one is entitled #amoeba #digitalart #3dart #digitalsculpture #limitededition #newmedia #oldmedia #contemporaryart #digitalillustration #generativeart #nilsfrahm #space #nasa #molecular #spaces #erasedtapesrecords #vinylmeplease #albumart #timeandspace #spaceandtime #spacetravel (hier: Berlin, Germany)

February 27, 2016
Tags spaces, digitalsculpture, erasedtapesrecords, generativeart, digitalart, space, nilsfrahm, newmedia, nasa, albumart, molecular, digitalillustration, spacetravel, contemporaryart, oldmedia, vinylmeplease, 3dart, amoeba, spaceandtime, timeandspace, screenprints, limitededition
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  Consolidate your #desire 

 #collage (hier: Berlin, Germany)

Consolidate your #desire

#collage (hier: Berlin, Germany)

February 25, 2016
Tags desire, collage
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  #Micro #space & #time  
#molecular #nasa (hier: Berlin, Germany)

#Micro #space & #time
#molecular #nasa (hier: Berlin, Germany)

February 25, 2016
Tags nasa, micro, molecular, time, space
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  #experimental #sculptures based on the heart. Works in prog. #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalsculpture #3dart #3dprinting #3dsculpture #3dillustration #experimentalart #graphicdesign #digitalillustration #artdirection #newmedia #newmediaart (hier: Berlin, Germany)

#experimental #sculptures based on the heart. Works in prog. #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalsculpture #3dart #3dprinting #3dsculpture #3dillustration #experimentalart #graphicdesign #digitalillustration #artdirection #newmedia #newmediaart (hier: Berlin, Germany)

February 17, 2016
Tags digitalillustration, artdirection, experimentalart, sculptures, 3dart, 3dsculpture, newmediaart, newmedia, digitalsculpture, 3dillustration, graphicdesign, 3dprinting, digitalart, experimental, michael salu
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  Should we celebrate the image society? My Ted talk on visual culture and the economy of deception & propaganda is now on YouTube  http://youtu.be/blSKwiKTsWU.  Discussing everything from nuclear war and growing up in Britain to memes, surrealism and #vr and of course Can’t beat a bit of @sandroparis while on stage 🤓👔 #tedx #tedtalks #tedxtalks #artisttalk #propaganda #image #memeculture #surrealism #artmovement #digitalexperience #userexperience #deathofbeauty #endofbeauty #visualculture #contemporaryart #modernlanguage #celebrity #instafame #creativewriting (hier: Berlin, Germany)

Should we celebrate the image society? My Ted talk on visual culture and the economy of deception & propaganda is now on YouTube http://youtu.be/blSKwiKTsWU. Discussing everything from nuclear war and growing up in Britain to memes, surrealism and #vr and of course Can’t beat a bit of @sandroparis while on stage 🤓👔 #tedx #tedtalks #tedxtalks #artisttalk #propaganda #image #memeculture #surrealism #artmovement #digitalexperience #userexperience #deathofbeauty #endofbeauty #visualculture #contemporaryart #modernlanguage #celebrity #instafame #creativewriting (hier: Berlin, Germany)

February 4, 2016
Tags artisttalk, artmovement, creativewriting, digitalexperience, memeculture, instafame, image, visualculture, tedtalks, modernlanguage, tedx, vr, endofbeauty, surrealism, celebrity, tedxtalks, deathofbeauty, propaganda, contemporaryart, userexperience, michael salu
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  #Repost @saluspace with @repostapp. 
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What is an artist? Next week @michelsalu will be giving an art lecture @falmouthuni discussing a polymathic career that straddles design, art, creative writing, criticism and more. Pictured is the classic Granta Magazine Sex issue cover, acknowledged by @d_and_ad and @coverjunkie in 2010. #creativedirection #artcareer #artist #multidisciplinary #creativewriting #creativefiction #artdirection #magazinecover #magazinedesign #duchamp #michaelsalu #graphicdesign #classicdesign #designer #awardwinningdesigner #creativedesign #conceptualartist #conceptualart #bookdesign #creativethinking #polymath #creativeminds (hier: Falmouth University)

#Repost @saluspace with @repostapp.
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What is an artist? Next week @michelsalu will be giving an art lecture @falmouthuni discussing a polymathic career that straddles design, art, creative writing, criticism and more. Pictured is the classic Granta Magazine Sex issue cover, acknowledged by @d_and_ad and @coverjunkie in 2010. #creativedirection #artcareer #artist #multidisciplinary #creativewriting #creativefiction #artdirection #magazinecover #magazinedesign #duchamp #michaelsalu #graphicdesign #classicdesign #designer #awardwinningdesigner #creativedesign #conceptualartist #conceptualart #bookdesign #creativethinking #polymath #creativeminds (hier: Falmouth University)

February 4, 2016
Tags artdirection, repost, magazinedesign, classicdesign, michaelsalu, multidisciplinary, magazinecover, conceptualartist, polymath, awardwinningdesigner, creativeminds, creativedesign, conceptualart, creativedirection, designer, artist, creativewriting, duchamp, creativefiction, bookdesign, artcareer, graphicdesign, creativethinking, michael salu
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  Children of Wrath. #welcometosoul #childrenofwrath #wareconomy #distraction #yourebeautiful  #narcissism #refugee #meme #newmeme #3dart #3dsculpture #digitalart #digitalartist #instafame #encanta #miencanta #portrait #digitalsculpture #sculpture #oppression #oilmemes #oilart #monoconomy #memeart  #propaganda #arteconomy #neocolonialism #slaying #slavery #welcometoSOUL (hier: Berlin, Germany)

Children of Wrath. #welcometosoul #childrenofwrath #wareconomy #distraction #yourebeautiful #narcissism #refugee #meme #newmeme #3dart #3dsculpture #digitalart #digitalartist #instafame #encanta #miencanta #portrait #digitalsculpture #sculpture #oppression #oilmemes #oilart #monoconomy #memeart #propaganda #arteconomy #neocolonialism #slaying #slavery #welcometoSOUL (hier: Berlin, Germany)

February 2, 2016
Tags meme, neocolonialism, instafame, miencanta, digitalsculpture, arteconomy, portrait, digitalartist, digitalart, memeart, welcometosoul, childrenofwrath, slaying, encanta, narcissism, oilart, oppression, wareconomy, newmeme, monoconomy, distraction, 3dart, yourebeautiful, 3dsculpture, refugee, slavery, oilmemes, sculpture, propaganda, michael salu
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  Today’s rumination. #kanyewest #donaldtrump #americandream #theamericandream #americanhistory #swish #michaelsalu (hier: Berlin, Germany)

Today’s rumination. #kanyewest #donaldtrump #americandream #theamericandream #americanhistory #swish #michaelsalu (hier: Berlin, Germany)

January 27, 2016
Tags swish, michaelsalu, americandream, theamericandream, kanyewest, americanhistory, donaldtrump, yeezy, brands, brand as politics, politics as brand, django, waves, calvin candie, quentin tarantino, tarantino, american dream, american history, trump, donald trump, kanye, kanye west, ye, michael salu
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  What is art? Type tests. 
#noart #whatisart #typography #3dart #3dtype #3dartist #typedesign #lichtenbergfigure #skin #mysteriouskin #affliction #naturalaesthetics #digitalart #digitaltype #tattootype #scarification #bodymarking #helvetica #3dtypography  (hier: Berlin, Germany)

What is art? Type tests.
#noart #whatisart #typography #3dart #3dtype #3dartist #typedesign #lichtenbergfigure #skin #mysteriouskin #affliction #naturalaesthetics #digitalart #digitaltype #tattootype #scarification #bodymarking #helvetica #3dtypography (hier: Berlin, Germany)

January 24, 2016
Tags typedesign, 3dart, 3dtypography, 3dtype, whatisart, scarification, lichtenbergfigure, affliction, helvetica, typography, mysteriouskin, 3dartist, bodymarking, naturalaesthetics, tattootype, skin, noart, digitaltype, digitalart, michael salu
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   Children of Wrath . Work in progress.

Children of Wrath. Work in progress.

January 23, 2016
Tags welcome to soul, 3dart, digital sculpture, 3dartist, warfare, systemic oppression, digital art, political art, propaganda, digital artist, 3d illustration, michael salu
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January 23, 2016
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Intravenous Type.

Tags typography, digital art, 3dart, organic typography, cyber art, cyber illustration, 3d illustration, 3d typography, digital typography, cyber worlds, digital sculpture, digital design, michael salu
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