HOT was founded by
Michael Salu, an independent creative scholar, writer, director and artist, who brings wide-ranging creative and critical expertise and experience across disciplines.
As a designer and
creative director, Salu has won awards from the likes of D&AD and Communication Arts.
As a writer of prose, essay and criticism, Salu is the author of
Red Earth (2023),
What Lies Beyond the Red Earth? (2024) and the editor of
Cybernetics, or Ghosts? (2024). He has published widely in literary and art publications and spoken on various topics at places like
5x15.
As a creative and digital strategist, Salu has helped build a variety of brands and organisations across the cultural sector and has provided
consultancy and strategy to media & culture businesses.
As an editor, he has helped platform a variety of critical ideas within art and literature.
As an interdisciplinary artist, he has developed a research-based
practice driven by narrative.
For Salu, HOT is the perfect conduit to meet new clients, initiate and collaborate on original, thought-provoking projects, and create, publish and tell stories across digital mediums, physical spaces and film.