AFCT Graduation Exhibition｜2nd CCI Degree Show: Wingbeat

Details

• Exhibition Theme: 2nd CCI Degree Show
• Exhibition Dates: 5 – 8 May 2025
• Venue: G/F, AS Building
• Award Ceremony: 7 May 2025, 18:00
• Award Venue: Foyer, G/F, AS Building

Abstract

The MSc Cultural and Creative Industries programme is designed to cultivate innovative thinking and leadership skills, offering students the opportunity to explore a wide range of areas, including film and video production, digital media, visual arts, publishing, gaming design, and museum curation. The 2nd CCI Degree Show celebrates the successes and achievements of our students from four pathways over the past two years. More than just a graduation event, the exhibition showcases the creative visions and future aspirations of our graduates as they embark on their next professional journeys.

The 2nd Degree Show of Cultural and Creative Industries, with the theme of “Wingbeat”, presents the graduates' visualization of their thoughts on choice and the future: in the cracks of time, a vibration of the wings, a stop, a sentence of unfinished words may become the fork in the road of destiny; a page of a book flipping trajectory, the sound of coins crashing to the ground, the moment of eye contact. The moment ...... these seemingly light moments are given a weight beyond their own. WINGBEAT - Using the metaphor of a butterfly vibrating its wings, it explores how tiny choices stir up ripples in space and time, weaving infinite possibilities in the silence.

The works in the exhibition will capture the fluttering moments that may have been overlooked through multiple forms of artistic expression, such as video, installation, and interactive media, presenting the graduates' diversified reflections on themselves and the social environment. "Wingbeat" attempts to build a poetic and discursive field, inviting the viewer to gaze at the undercurrents beneath the calm surface - every flap of a butterfly's wings may be the prelude to a distant storm.

Join us for a celebration of creativity at the Academy of Film and Creative Technology's 2025 Graduation Exhibition!

From 5-21 May 2025, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University’s Academy of Film and Creative Technology will host its annual graduation showcase in AS Building on the South Campus and G Building at the Taicang Campus. This event will feature the work of graduating students from five programmes: MSc Cultural and Creative Industries, BA TV Production, BA Filmmaking, BA Digital Media Arts, and BA Arts, Technology and Entertainment with Contemporary Entrepreneurialism.

This cross-media creative showcase will break away from traditional exhibition formats, creating a multidimensional artistic space that combines work displays, immersive experiences, and interdisciplinary dialogues. Follow AFCT’s WeChat official account for details on each programme’s graduation exhibition.

MSc Cultural and Creative Industries Degree Show
Theme: Wingbeat
Date: 5-8 May
Venue: AS G Floor, SIP South Campus

Graduation screening for BA Filmmaking
Theme: Innovators of the Future
Date: 12-16 May
Venue: AS 2F cinema, SIP South Campus

Graduation screening for BA TV Production
Theme: Innovators of the Future
Date: 12-16 May
Venue: AS 2F cinema, SIP South Campus

BA Digital Media Arts Graduation Exhibition
Theme: VirtuVerse · Boundless
Date: 14-21 May
Venue: AS Building and North-South Tunnel, SIP South Campus

BA Arts, Technology and Entertainment with Contemporary Entrepreneurialism Graduation Exhibition
Theme: The Space Between
Date: 16-20 May
Venue: Building G, TC campus

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