ILLUMINATE Animation and Moving Image Festival

UNSW Art & Design Student Work Showcase

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Illuminate 2023 UNSW Animation and Moving Image Festival is an exhibition and screening of works by students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation and Moving Image (formerly known as the Bachelor of Media Arts). The festival showcases more than 100 students from all stages of the program.

The artworks and projects profile the depth and breadth of practices across animation, visual effects, moving image, sound, 3D visualisation, interactive art, interdisciplinary projects, and installations. They give exploratory and experimental forms to the dynamic and vivid imaginations of this diverse group of emerging practitioners.

The School of Art & Design is proud to present Illuminate 2023 UNSW Animation and Moving Image Festival and to celebrate the creative achievements of this community. We warmly welcome you to the showcase and invite you to explore the student projects featured here in this online component of the festival.

Please be aware that some of the works featured engage with themes and imagery that may be confronting or cause distres.

Individual works

Please be aware that some of the works featured engage with themes and imagery that may be confronting or cause distress.

Group works

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Thank you

The showcase was organised by a collaborative effort between UNSW staff and students. Thank you to the dedicated festival committee members Grant Stevens, Nicole Mather, Kuba Dorabialski, Melody Li, Audrey Tran, Sam Vaynman, Willow Ferris, Sharon Harper, Yejee Seo, Leo Hoang, Candice Chen, Charlotte De Laine, Daniel Green, Zhenwei Peng, Pat Xian, Jasmine (Ren) Luk, Mingyuan Wang, Tianqi Li. Special thanks to Anna Tow, Alex Davies, Ant Banister, Aleksandr Wynne, Alvin Zhu, Deborah Turnbull Tillman, Darian Popowicz, Denis Cooper, Daniel Mulia, Damien March, Carmen Schieb, Edward Scheer, Emily Tang, Emma Sinclair, Elias Berkhout, Fernando do Campo, Zoe Veness, Gee Chong Ling, June Kim, John McGhee, John Gillies, Joann Bowers, Jason Reyes, Jake Willis, Josh Hwang, Karen Kriss, Karen Hall, Kieran Butler, Kristin Turnbull, Mary Macdougall, Melinda Holcombe, Rory Moy, Steven Shears, Samantha Dunn, Tamra Flewell-Smith, Tobias Gilbert, Tierney Marey, Victoria Lonergan.

Thanks to the support of:

  • UNSW Art & Design 
  • UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture
  • Arc UNSW Student Life
  • UNSW ADA Student Experience
  • UNSW Audio Visual Resource Centre
  • UNSW Student Partner Program
  • UNSW External Engagement 

Acknowledgement of Country

UNSW School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.

We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.