Visual Communications

Sarah Healy

Sabotage

In recent times, there has been an inter-generational debate that ‘slanguage’, created on the internet, is sabotaging the English language. I disagree. Language is always changing, always evolving to reflect what’s happening in culture. We must also acknowledge that this is no recent development. For centuries, the use of ‘slanguage’ has been able to reflect changes in society and culture.

‘Sabotage’ studies the co-evolution of slang and culture, and the idea that ‘slanguage’ has become a carrier of culture – constantly changing with society and revealing the attitudes of the culture that use these words. Whether you think internet slang strengthens or destroys language, there remains the unavoidable truism that it reflects and encapsulates the society within which it is born. So is internet slang sabotaging the English language? Naaah…

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Welcome

We formally welcome you to ‘be.cause_’, the Limerick School of Art & Design Graduate Show of 2017 featuring the work of final year LSAD Graduates from Painting, Printmaking & Contemporary Practice, Sculpture & Combined Media, Ceramic Design, Creative Multimedia, Fashion Design, Fashion Knit & Textiles and Visual Communications.

This show is the culmination of the last four years of discipline introduction, skill-building, research and experimentation which has finally led the graduates here; synthesising all they’ve learned and absorbed during their time in LSAD. 2017 has been a historic year, peppered with student exhibitions and awards both national and international. This year is the first graduating year of the Fashion Knit & Textiles cohort, culminating in a memorable show that featured a wonderful collaboration between students on the programme and students on the Creative Multimedia programme in LSAD Clonmel.

This type of collaboration is one of the most important things graduates will take with them. It’s not only important within the context of an art college, but remains a crucial part of the wider world context of art and design. Increasingly, the creative professions need graduates as flexible, adaptable individuals, capable of working across a variety of media and disciplines. For the last four years they’ve all been working together, and we hope that they continue to stay in touch, and continue to build interdisciplinary links as they advance into their careers.