Author: benlingardstudio
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Interim show
I used the interim show to test an idea I had been returning to on and off for some time. Collage plays a significant role in my practice: I often use it as a research tool or as source material for paintings and prints. At times I also make more sculptural collages, though in the…
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Who owns what?
As I reworked my Study Statement, I gave some thought to whether I might use AI images generated by other people rather than making new ones myself. On the surface, that seemed like it might be a way to reduce my own direct entanglement with image-generation systems. It felt like a possible way of keeping…
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Assessment feedback
I have reworked my study statement in response to three developments. First, I revisited it in light of the Unit 1 assessment feedback, which I found thoughtful and genuinely helpful. Later in this post, I outline the ways in which I have responded to that feedback. Second, the Interim Show has influenced how I now…
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Back to work
Monday morning and I’m back on the train to Edinburgh for the last week of term at Leith. The last couple of weeks have given me much food for thought. There is a lot to unpack from the interim show, the residency, and the Unit 1 feedback and I want to get on with things…
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Interim show prep. #2
Last week I spent a bit of time experimenting with ideas for the collage that I am planning to make for the interim show. As luck would have it there was a crit in the Zoom session on Thursday so I was able to discuss my plans with Sofi and Alex E. Both seemed quite…
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Interim show prep. #1
Last week I started sketching out some ideas for the collage piece that I am planning to make for the interim show. I started with some digital collages and will work up some physical tests this week. I started with my original idea of riffing on the physical architecture of GPUs. I am probably going…
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Tutorial #3
25/02/26 Tutorial with Betty Things discussed: Next steps:
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Workplanning
Completing the Unit 1 Assessment has made me give some serious thought to how I am managing both my workload and the journal. I suspect that both could be better. I am going to try an experiment for the next couple of months. I will post a weekly workplan to the journal on Sunday evening/…
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Iterative printmaking
I haven’t had time to do any printmaking since early in term 1 as making the paintings for my exhibition took up all of my time. I went to the print making space for the first time in a couple of months this week and was pleasantly surprised by what I found. I had started…
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An interview, twice
This week I was asked to do a short interview with the organiser of my exhibition to use for publicity. We had a chat and not entirely seriously, we thought that it might be quite interesting to see what would happen if we asked ChatGPT to give the interview as me. We uploaded this blurb…
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