Born and based in London, Hooker was interested in exploring and fusing aspects of music, dance and the visual arts. His systems-based works were focused on specific spaces and were not repeated elsewhere. Hooker studied at Croydon College of Art and Brighton Polytechnic. He produced a series of audio and video tapes. Performances included Six Sound Pieces, Robert Self Gallery, 1975; Percussion Walk 23 (one of a series), Chelsea School of Art, 1978; Tate Gallery, 1981; James Hockey Gallery, Farnham, 1990; and Camden Arts Centre, 1991. In 2002, Hooker began work on Local Stars, a light and sound sculptural installation comprising solar systems maps, which was a public art commission for Gladstone Place, Bow. In 2004 Wave-Wall III was an installation at University of Brighton Gallery, “bringing together, sound, movement and graphic representation.