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BEN ADAMSON  InstallationArt
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TOIL AND BEAUTY
Investigating heritage, masculinty and labour through the craftsmen in my own family 

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Send Suicide Packing
Co-created project focusing on Men's Mental Healthy, created with Men's Mental Health Support Groups 

THE APPLES ARE ALL TALKING NOW (AND I HOPE THE TREES ARE LISTENING)

A three part installation produced as part of 'Planting Healthy Minds' on behalf of Reimagine Redditch

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spudWORKS x National Parks Authority New Forest Residency 2023

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SOUND AND PURPOSE 

Interactive installation as part of the University of Leeds Contemporary Music Festival 2023

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PROJECTS

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ABOUT

I'm a multidisciplinary artist and fabricator working across sound, sculpture, and installation, alongside hands-on set build and installation work in museums, galleries, and live event spaces.

My artistic practice explores masculinity, heritage, and labour, responding to what I see as a wider crisis of masculinity within the UK today. Drawing on the craftsmen in my own family, I use sound, sculpture, and installation to examine inherited ideas of work, identity, and manhood — creating multisensory environments that invite audiences to sit with contrast and tension rather than resolve it.

Alongside this practice, I work as a set builder, fabricator, and installation technician - handling truss and scaffolding installation, staging builds, AV equipment, and the safe handling and installation of artworks across venues including the V&A, South Bank Centre, and Battersea Arts Centre. My fabrication skills span woodwork, plaster, casting, and preliminary welding, developed through both professional installation work and building large-scale sculptural works for my own exhibitions.

My academic background - an MMus in Critical and Experimental Composition and a BA (Hons) in Liberal Arts with a major in Music from the University of Leeds - has shaped my conceptual approach, while my studio and site experience has shaped my practical one. I'm a practising experimental percussionist and performance artist, and increasingly focused on the sculptural and co-creative side of my practice, developed through community workshops and drop-in sessions.

Artists I take the most inspiration from include Bill Fontana, Zimoun, and David Monacchi — particularly in how they push the scale and sensory impact of installation work.

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