About Me
Hang is a self-taught, interdisciplinary artist, working in music, performance, dance, video, sculpture and installation. Their personal practice explores otherness through sound, non-linear time concepts, community & public art.
Music
Splicing avant-funk, dance punk & breakbeats, Hang Linton is an interdisciplinary artist based in Leeds. After cutting their teeth in Berlin across multiple projects & collectives, Hang has landed on home soil & is ready to make his mark.
"Something completely unique about this project"
Westley Holdsworth, PRS for music
Their art is a rebellion against clean aesthetics, inspired by past experiences, changing global events & the ugliness in the world. It's not pretty - but it's important & Hang will make sure you enjoy the ride.
"If I’m transported like I was with this, the artist is doing something right!" Alex Ives, Big Dada / Ninja Tune
Armed with a setup of a sampler, synths & visuals, Hang bends your ear around the counterculture sounds & movements that have shaped him.
Video
Please enjoy a collection of Music Videos, Experimental Films and Artist moving image created by Hang
Portfolio
Current Projects
Freelance Artist Curator - East Street Arts & Leeds 2023 (March 2022 - Dec2022)
A research project exploring themes around Public Art while facilitating a Public Art working group.
Hang Linton - Demonstrations 22 (January 2022 - ongoing)
A solo music project exploring alternative genres & political discourse.
Residencies & Scholarships
- Sound Treatment at Wysing Art Centre (with Sickness Affinity Group) (December 2021)
- Cove Park, LUX Scotland & Alchemy - Experimental Film Residency (September 2021)
- Scottish Sculpture Workshop x Counterflows - Caregivers Residency (August 2021)
- Summer Scholarship at The Koppel Campus Project (July - Oct 2020)
- Burlungis (with COVEN BERLIN & Laura Lulika) (Feb - Mar 2020)
- BUZZCUT Glasgow Performance Art Festival’s Club Residency (with Laura Lulika) (Sept 2019)
Panel Discussions
Interdependent floating network (2020)
An aquatic socio-technical thought space. In this submerged digital date Loren Britton, Gabrielė Gervickaitė, Hang Linton, Laura Lulika & Sylvia Sadzinski will talk about their practices: Artistic, Curatorial, Activist, Social, Interdependent, Disabled, Trans & Queer.
Awards
The Big 10 - Rebuild Music by NME x Squarespace (2021)
Sound & Music Composers Award (2021)
Previous Projects
Send Nudis at Ámà festival - Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (with Laura Lulika) (2021)
An accessible guided visualisation where listeners develop a relationship with a nudibranch
Outburst Arts: Special School - Imagining New World of Care (with Laura Lulika) (2021)
An accessible workshop exploring techniques in imagining new worlds of care.
Assembly House commission - Slush Habitat (with Sophie Ann Lillywhite) (2020)
Hang & Sophie have created a weird & wonderful digital landscape from a collection of conversations.
Filmpro online commission - mentorship programme (with Calum Perrin) (2020)
Mentoring the sound artist, Calum Perrin, in the development of online interactive sound work.
Wet Productions: Online Video Exhibition (2020)
Curated by the WET Team & Dovetail Joints.
Making Queer; Creature Bodies & Performative Personas (with Laura Lulika) (2020)
One-week online performance workshop via zoom video conference & email.
Selkie Sirin Presents Crip Time Strip (with Laura Lulika) (2019)
Performance commissioned by Metal, Peterborough & Sophiensaele, Berlin - The space Inbetween, as part of The No Limits Festival for disability arts.
Hassan Khan | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2019)
Voice & sound work for the exhibition created by Hassan Kahn
Explore dance: XOXO (with Sebastian Matthias) (2019 - 2021)
Cooperation project of Fabrik Potsdam, Fokus Tanz. Munich & K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg.
Baby Punk + DRB (with Laura Lulika) (2018 - 2021)
This work has been performed at Baltic - Gateshead, nGbK - Berlin & Festivals; Whole, Artlake & Spill.
Jumpchoke + gungeMUTHA (with Laura Lulika) (2018 - 2020)
Live Grime, Bass & Techno music by Jumpchoke. Live Visuals by gungeMUTHA.
Immersive Mediation (with Reza Mirabi & Roland Walter) (2018)
This work was performed at Sopiensaele Theater, Berlin as part of Tanztage Berlin 2018
Peanut Butter Beats (Co-Founder with Nick Fox) (2017 – 2020)
Curating & supporting local artists. The aim; making live Hip Hop more widely available in the city of Berlin.
Purpose (with Reza Mirabi) (2017) - This work was performed at Kunstsaele, Berlin.
ONE DAY I WENT TO *IDL (with Theresa Henning, Adrian Figueroa & Afrikan Boy) (2017)
The young protagonists come together on stage at Ballhaus Naunystrasse, Berlin.
Matryona Principle (with Reza Mirabi & Madison Bycroft) (2017)
This work was performed at Tanzfabrik, Berlin.
Lexodus (2017 - 2020)
Lexodus has performed across Europe including at Reeperbahn Festival & Bread&Butter.
PRESS
"Felt new and engaging. Reminded me of Andre 3000."
Lily Fontaine, English Teacher
"Easily one of the most original & accomplished performances I've witnessed in a very long while"
Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
