Cloaks, some tone prose.

My recent short text 'Cloaks' also receives publication over at Cabaret Wittgenstein: Laboratory for Anti-Dystopian Writing. Find it here

Collaborative exhibition with Rut Blees Luxemburg 3-8 Nov

I have a collaborative show coming up with the maestro Rut Blees Luxemburg at Bearspace Gallery this November. It is part of Urban Photo Fest and expands further on our billboard project (initially featured in Hackney) pictured, we'll be delving more into the hidden 'soul' populating the rapidly evolving urban landscape.

Private View / Opening: Monday, 7 Nov. 2016 , 18:00 to 20:30

Artist Talk: Monday, 7 Nov. 2016, 18:00 to 18:30

My Words in French

My first translated work. French naturally. "Techniques Mixtes, Dimensions Variables." An essay in the form of a semiotic flaneur's traipse around New York riffing on the landscapes painted by Wu Tang Clan and even Outkast. Appears in the French edition of #talesoftwocities an anthology on the socio-economic imbalances of #NewYork edited by John Freeman and published by Penguin Randomhouse & ActesSud in France. Also featuring writing from Garnette Cadogan Teju Cole  Lydia Davis, Junot Diaz, Mark Doty, Dave Eggers, Jonathan Safran Foer, Dinaw Mengestu, Colum McCann, Taiye Selasi & many more...

Freeman's Journal, Savvy Contemporary & The Reader Berlin

Last week saw a deep poignant discussion unfold between award-winning novelist Joanna Kavenna, writer Garnette Cadogan, John Freeman and myself for the Berlin launch of issue two of Freeman's Journal. Themed family, we used this entry point as a way to scour the grit of how we are adapting (or not) to a rapidly changing world.

Made You Look: Dandyism and Black Masculinity

The image can lie, but the skin cannot.

I've contributed a short text to the publication Loose Associations edited by Daniel C. Blight , which accompanies 'Made You Look' (Dandyism & Black Masculinity) curated by Ekow Eshun . My text entitled 'Cloaks' is loosely based on ‘The Hypocrites’ in Canto XXIII of Inferno. For their punishment, they are forced to wear coats or cloaks that are beautiful on the outside, but lined inside with heavy lead, forcing them to bend over and struggle to move.

BUY THINGS! FEEL GOOD!

Limited edition fine art screenprints are now available from our online pop up store. Grab one while you can!

Welcome to S.O.U.L. - 4 June, London

On 4 June I'll be presenting a medley of multimedia readings from my ongoing short story collection and art project #welcometoSOUL. It'll be held at Library London. RSVPs available here Some of the subject matter in my stories were also addressed in a recent TED talk

Visual Verse

A piece I created in 2012 has been selected as April's image for Visual Verse, an anthology of art and words.
"One image, one hour, 50-500 words.
The picture is the starting point, the text is up to you. "
And the submissions keep coming!

A Slave to the Algorithm →

Delighted to be hosting a night of readings and conversation around my recently published works at the The Reader, Berlin. Join us on 20 March to explore how might might write about sexuality, gender, identity and desire through the prism of technology. 

Critic's Week with Lewis Klahr at Berlinale →

I joined one of the select panels for the Berlinale Critics Week with seminal film artist Lewis Klahr. We discussed his recent work Sixty Six and the boundaries of definition we create within art and film.

Freeman's at the Royal Society of Literature

An audio recording of a panel discussion at the Royal Society of Literature as part of the launch of Freeman's Journal. The panel consisted of editor and writer John Freeman, novelists Tahmima Anam and Kamila Shamsie and myself.

Should We Celebrate the Image Society? A TEDx Talk.

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? 

Algorithms in our Lives

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.

Freeman's Journal at Libreria

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.

The London Literature Festival: Data and Desire Oct 2015

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.

#welcometoSOUL Level 4

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