BIOGRAPHY
Hannah Dowling is a curator, writer and creative based in London and Malta, with a background in art history, theatre, and curating contemporary art. She is dedicated to experimental and boundary-pushing methods of curation which explore the performative role of the curator, and the unique affective power to transform. Through her curatorial narrative, she seeks to create an experience for viewers and collaborators whereby they can be affected by a project and potentially ‘find themselves’ in it.
Betty C Fan is a Hong Kong/USA raised Taiwanese artist working across sculpture, sound, and performance, their practice explores how identity, matter, and memory resonate across time and place. Based in London, their work currently centers around sculptural acoustic instruments, objects created from elemental materials like clay, rice, and aluminum, which are activated through improvisational performances. These works function as both sonic tools and ritual vessels, allowing access to something deeper than personal history: a shared, embodied archive of cultural and ecological memory.
This collaboration culminates in a totally unique, visceral experience where the boundaries between curator and creator completely dissolve. By having Hannah feed literature directly to Betty, the written narrative becomes raw, sensory fuel—instantly translated into a live, improvised acoustic performance. It is an intense, real-time feedback loop where text is digested and reborn as physical resonance, pulling the audience into a living dialogue where the spoken word and improvised sound collide.
In The Living Room