Photography Film Video

Ingela Stenberg

“Spring”

This experimental short film is exploring the stigma of toxic masculinity and mental health. Without any dialogue it wishes to take the audience on a meditative audio-visual journey that seeks to depict different states of emotions. Juxtaposing sound with visuals can create an uncanny ambiguity where an emotional response is more important than an intellectual understanding. The element water is an important part as it symbolizes birth, protection, weightlessness, but also death; the rivers in Ireland have too many times been the last resort for many people who are suffering. There is a reflective element to moving water, almost hypnotizing and comforting; it can bring peace. On the contrary water can also be overpowering, suffocating, just like the struggles of mental health can be, hence the element is as a physical manifestation of the different psychological states. The notion of re-discovery is explored and how a different perspective on manhood can open to change.

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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, Knitwear & 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 shows, both on and off-campus. 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.