Keynote

Ryan Pond and 2 OthersKely Archambault
Lincoln McHam

Housing of The Future

By Kely, Ryan, & Lincoln

 

Dissociation Project Presentation

Jayden Lee

The Dissociation Project

By Jayden Lee

Final Presentation

Isabel Perez-Albuerne

AudioLetters

By Isabel Pérez-Albuerne

Overburden (final film)

Ori Scharf

End of the Line

Kayla Vinh and 2 OthersKayla Vinh
Katrine Gankin

End of the Line

Kayla Vinh and Katrine Gankin

Our project brings to light the controversial topic of fast fashion: the negative consequences it has, and what can be done to reduce its impact. This look is a statement of awareness for consumers, a call to action for companies, and a platform to uplift sustainable brands. The Fashion industry is responsible for 10% of carbon emissions and 20% of water pollution worldwide. Over the last two decades society has become more materialistic as consumers buy low quality clothes at low prices. However these products are not designed to last creating huge textile waste. Even as the shirt falls apart the material persists for hundreds of years in a landfill. Additionally, 1.5 trillion liters of water are used every year in textile factories, releasing toxic chemicals and plastic into rivers and oceans. These microfibers are detrimental to marine life, contributing to the death of entire underwater ecosystems. The final heartbreaking effect of fast fashion is its effect on workers. The average salary of a textile workers is about 15 cents an hour far below livable wage. These exploited workers are exposed dangerous machinery, polluted air, and company abuse. The fashion industry an extremely negative impact on the world and so many of these horrors go unseen. 

The audience is first presented with a frilly dress made from tissue paper, but before they can get too comfortable with its bright colors and light appearance, the dress is set on fire and quickly burned away. This dramatic display is meant to illustrate how materialistic society has become and the short lifespan of poorly made garments. Underneath a second, more disturbing, dress is revealed to the audience. This second dress is made of black wire and small scraps of scorched fabric. Each patch is hand-embroidered with designs depicting how microfibers and other plastics are affecting the oceans' wildlife. While these torn pieces bring awareness to the harmful impacts of the industry, the wire tells the story of sustainability. Logos for companies are sculpted into the dress from wire, the most flame resistant and therefore long lasting material. These are brands that help promote sustainable fashion through their use of natural materials, healthy working conditions, and greatly reduced environmental impact. Their dedication to ethical production is what will save the industry.

Human-Robot

Siena Jekel

Human-Robot is a short film that explores what it means to be human and asks the question can a robot be human. this takes place in a future dystopia, where a robot who is not accepted into society finds humanity within himself and struggles with who he is. The project allows users to identify with the robot and its struggles with being accepted.

Collapsed Circuits

Jere Nierenberg

This one minute clip is a short teaser for a film about what society could look like if the supply chain were to collapse.

Escape from Xengari

Nate Besthoff

Escape From Xengari Final

Cedrix

Faith Field

Deconstructed Earth

Cole Krivak

Deconstructed earth depicts what our planet in the far future could look like.  Humanity has decided to make a Dyson sphere, but the only place with enough resources to make it is earth. So the Earth is in the process of being completely mined. 

Using Blender to make and most of the assets, and using Quixel bridge to get the rocks and landscape textures they can be brought into Unreal Engine.  Where this scarred version of the planet can be made, and make it possible to see what it could look like if and event of this scale were to happen.