Dr Hannah Singleton FHEA
Senior Lecturer
Fine Art, Art Theory and Practice
Dr Hannah Singleton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art and Performance within Manchester School of Art and Design, primarily teaching theory with a particular emphasis on material cultures, place and identity.
Recent work explores séance in contemporary art practice and archives of mediumship; the legacy of the Pendle Witches through the analysis of material culture, artworks and landscape; writing in development connects folk horror, objects, and craft within filmic landscapes. Her PhD research explored the physical and immaterial traces of performance and temporal artworks through alternative and artistic archival approaches.
Member of the Dark Arts Research Kollective (DVRK) at MMU, and member of The Stones Project - examining how we represent and experience ancient and modern standing stones focusing on themes of affect, materiality, mythology and temporality.
Research
Hannah Singleton is a member of the Art and Performance Research Hub.
Exhibitions
Singleton, H., Barber, F., Lineham, M., Kennedy, R.M.C., 2024. The Stones Project: ancient stones and contemporary art, Victoria Hall, Glossop, 19/7/2024 - 21/7/2024.
Journal Articles
Singleton, H., 2025. 'On the Hill: Representations and retellings of the Pendle Witches' history within the rural landscape of Lancashire, England', Revenant, TBC (Forthcoming).
Allan, H.E., 2016. 'En-coding performance: from analogue to digital', International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 12 (2), pp. 163-170.
Conference Papers
Singleton, H., 2025. 'Lancashire's Corpse Path: memorialising the trial and executions of the Pendle Witches within and through the landscape', Gothic Crossroads, Manchester Metropolitan, 25/6/2025 - 27/6/2025.
Singleton, H., 2025. 'Séance as artistic practice: place, body and archive', Haunted Modernities, Present Pasts and Spectral Futures, Falmouth University, Cornwall, UK, 16/7/2025 - 18/7/2025.