Transdisciplinary artist | Author | Editor | Creative Director + Strategist
Michael Salu is a British-born Nigerian writer, artist, filmmaker, literary editor and creative director with an interdisciplinary and curatorial practice informed by cross-cultural research and structured around storytelling, working creatively and critically intersecting new technologies with art and literature.
He is the author of Red Earth (2023), What Lies Beyond the Red Earth? (2024) and editor of the anthology Cybernetics, or Ghosts? (2024). His written work has appeared in literary journals, magazines, art and academic publications, and he has exhibited internationally as an artist.
He has conducted extensive research into technology's impact on culture, and has produced creative and critical work on with machine learning ("AI") since 2019, also writing numerous essays and giving talks with organisations like 5x15.
He runs House of Thought, an artistic research practice and consultancy focusing on bridging creative, critical thinking and technology and is part of Planetary Portals, a creative research collective.
As a hands-on creative with over two decades of experience, he has developed and directed many multi-media creative projects and design systems for cultural organisations, institutions and brands, winning awards along the way.
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He is the author of Red Earth (2023), What Lies Beyond the Red Earth? (2024) and editor of the anthology Cybernetics, or Ghosts? (2024). His written work has appeared in literary journals, magazines, art and academic publications, and he has exhibited internationally as an artist.
He has conducted extensive research into technology's impact on culture, and has produced creative and critical work on with machine learning ("AI") since 2019, also writing numerous essays and giving talks with organisations like 5x15.
He runs House of Thought, an artistic research practice and consultancy focusing on bridging creative, critical thinking and technology and is part of Planetary Portals, a creative research collective.
As a hands-on creative with over two decades of experience, he has developed and directed many multi-media creative projects and design systems for cultural organisations, institutions and brands, winning awards along the way.
Photo © Camille Blake
House of Thought
House of Thought is an experimental creative research practice and consultancy that aims to bridge critical ideas and new technologies.
The Red Earth Project
Started in 2019, The Red Earth Project is an ongoing artistic and interdisciplinary study, drawing attention to the precarity of non-Western cultural heritage, knowledge systems and practices in Western systems of data, virtual architectures and AI technologies.
D.A.O.C. Film
Responding to imperial archives with game engine software. A film by Michael Salu, made with Unity.
SALUFILMS
Salufilms is driven by storytelling and exploratory ideas, living with and beyond the cinema space. We aim to celebrate and challenge the grammar of film, prioritising poetics and innovation.
Vestibule
Vestibule is a strategic creative agency where design and poetry meet insight. Full site imminent!