Being and Becoming: AI and Generative Art Workshop

Artist Sabrina Tirvengadum utilises generative AI as a tool to fill in gaps in her family history and explore ideas of identity, and memory. To reconstruct her family album, she trained an AI model on the photographs that exist in her personal archive and wider extended family network, prompting generative AI to visualise her family’s lost history. These works will be on display in Autograph's upcoming exhibition I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies.

The artist will lead this hands-on workshop, guiding you through her own creative practice and working together with analogue collage methods through to generative image making. You will experiment with creative making to consider the stories we carry, the ones we lose and how we try to understand them in the present.

All materials will be provided and you are encouraged to bring a selection of photographs to include in the collage, alternatively you can use images in Autograph’s archive that will be provided on the day. You’ll get to take home your collages and receive a digital copy of your generated image.

This event is part of the Methods of Making series, exploring the expansive nature of collage through creative practice.

The ticket price for this event is £10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If this ticket price is unaffordable for you, please get in touch with Harriet at harriet@autograph-abp.co.uk about free ticketing options.

Read more on Autograph's website

Workshop Lead by

Sabrina Tirvengadum is a British Mauritian visual artist based in London, working across collage, digital illustration, generative AI art, graphics, film and photography. Her artistic practice is a reflection of her diverse background, weaving together her rich cultural heritage and personal experiences. Rooted in her family history in Mauritius and influenced by the impacts of colonialism, Tirvengadum’s art explores the intricacies of identity, relationships and the human experience.

Your Visit to Autograph

Everyone is welcome at Autograph. Planning a visit? Have a look at our Visit Us page to find out more about getting to the gallery, accessibility and more.

Limited tickets: Autograph's event's are very popular and tickets for this event are limited. We reccomend booking in advance.

Accessible venue: Autograph welcomes people with all types of disabilities.

Seating: This is a seated event

Step free: Our building and entrance is step free. A wheelchair accessible lift goes to all floors.

Location: This event will take place in the Studio on the ground floor.

Materials: The ticket price for this event includes materials. Bring your own photographs to work with or use images in our collection.

Part of The Series

Join us at Autograph's gallery this autumn for our Methods of Making workshop series exploring contemporary approaches to montage, craft and digital methods of collage. Visit Autograph's website to read more about the workshops.

Ticketing policy

The ticket price for this event is £10. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If this ticket price is unaffordable for you please get in touch with Harriet at harriet@autograph-abp.co.uk about free ticketing options. Autograph's events are popular, and often sell out. We recommend booking a ticket in advance. If you need to cancel your ticket for any reason, you can receive a refund up to 24 hours before the start of the event. You do not need to bring your paper ticket to the event.

Autograph supported by

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies is suppported by The African Arts Trust.

Autograph ABP Registered in England | VAT no. 244105051 | Registered Charity no. 1127712

Images: 1)Sabrina Tirvengadum, Happy birthday to you [detail], 2025. Courtesy the artist. 2) Autograph, London. Photograph by Kate Elliot.