Ben Lingard


MA Fine Art Digital 2025-27


Resistance

I have been thinking about the role of art in resistance. It’s the May Day weekend and I’m going to the march in Glasgow tomorrow. Last night I saw a play at the Tron Theatre about the Lee Jeans sit-in. It was amazing, but it also made me wonder about where we are now. I…

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Words

So, I’m still not entirely convinced by my study statement. I don’t think it is wrong exactly, and I don’t think I’m completely barking up the wrong tree, but I do have a growing suspicion that I have tried to over-academicise the whole thing. I have spent a lot of time trying to give the…

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Snow Leopards and Skyscrapers

When we were in London for the interim show, I made time to see Snow Leopards and Skyscrapers by Sarah Morris at White Cube. The attendant told me off for trying to take pictures, so these are scraped from the website. I had wanted to see the show anyway, but it ended up being one of those…

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Research paper

I have been giving some thought to possible ideas for the research paper and I think that I want to keep it closely aligned with my study statement. When I was an undergraduate, I wrote my final-year dissertation on a topic that related directly to my studio practice and I found that very helpful in…

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