Creative Media at DKIT returns with its end of year student showcase, Fís 2015, in the surroundings of the award-winning Carroll’s Building.
Housing the School of Informatics and Creative Arts, the building houses a state-of-the-art TV studio, audio and radio recording studios, a photographic darkroom, performance spaces, edit suites and a screening room.
The launch of Fís will take place on Wednesday June 3rd from 6pm -9pm and will be open to the public on Thursday June 4th from 12pm-9pm.
Fís (Irish for ‘vision’) 2015 features completely new and original work ranging from film to interactive installations and games. The work on show will highlight the relevant and diverse skills that students of creative media & film acquire over the course of their studies at DKIT. The students showcasing work are graduating from four main programmes: the BA / BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia and the BA / BA (Hons) in Video and Film Production. In addition, for the first time, students on the one-year Springboard programme, the Certificate in 2D/3D Digital Animation Production, will also showcase their work.
New works from students completing the BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia respond to the theme of ‘socially responsive design’. Juvenis, Metus and Level Up combine interactivity and design to explore a range of issues relevant to young people. Juvenis deals with identity issues confronting young people while Metus strives to raise awareness of GAD (Generalised Anxiety Disorder). Level Up meanwhile aims to assist second level students with identifying careers they may be interested in pursuing.
Exhibits from the BA in Communications in Creative Multimedia - including Aquatica, Drumon and DoodleBlocks - focus on the theme of ‘play’ through a series of interactive games and installations aimed at a wide range of age groups.
Visitors to the exhibition can also enjoy a programme of short films from students completing the BA in Video and Film Production. These will be on show in the purpose built screening room. The shorts on show include ‘Harry’ which takes a blackly comic look at the dangers of using the internet as a replacement for creativity and ‘The Shift’, a coming of age tale set in the Ireland of the 1980’s.
Students completing the BA (Hons) in Video and Film Production will also present screen work that draws on the results of their practice-based research projects. The subject matter of their final films includes the issue of media bias, women in the Irish film industry and the history of cinemas in Dundalk.
For further information on the large range of programmes in the Section of Creative Media currently open for Change of Mind applications through the CAO, visit www.dkit.ie/creativemedia. Also find out more on free Springboard programmes in 3D for Games and 2D/3D Digital Animation Production at www.springboardcourses.ie/.
Fís 2015 is open to all, and will be launched at 6pm in the Carroll’s Building on Wednesday 3rd June.
