FIS 2026 Introduction

Introduction

This exhibition presents a diverse and ambitious collection of Creative Media capstone projects that reflect how emerging practitioners engage critically with contemporary life through storytelling, design, and technology. Spanning games, documentaries, interactive books, speculative services, podcasts, installations, photography, illustration, and digital platforms, the works demonstrate media as both a creative practice and a means of inquiry.

Many projects investigate how stories are told, shared, and experienced in a rapidly evolving digital culture. From interactive narratives and augmented‑reality books to web‑based infographics and audio‑led experiences, students experiment with form while rethinking how audiences participate in storytelling. Other works confront pressing social issues, including identity, gender equality, body image, mental wellbeing, memory loss, online behaviour, and the ethical implications of emerging technologies such as AI.

Across the exhibition, mythology, personal experience, and research‑led enquiry are reinterpreted through contemporary media, linking past narratives to present concerns and imagined futures. What unites these projects is a strong balance of conceptual depth, technical skill, and social awareness. Collectively, they reflect a generation of creatives who are not only fluent in digital tools, but also committed to asking meaningful questions about society, responsibility, and human connection.

The exhibition invites audiences to explore, reflect, and engage — encountering creative media as a space for dialogue, challenge, and possibility.