FACT, FAKE OR FICTION?

Defining our reality in an age of unlimited media

SODA Level 4 students, working in teams from across our eight media programmes, were tasked with working together to conceptualise a media experience that explores the theme of “Fact, Fake or Fiction?”.

The following excerpts are works in progress from their projects.

Students are supported by academic staff from across SODA programmes: Ursula Ackah, Olugbenga Ajayi, David Bewick, Adam Cain, Liv Campion, Rianon Francis, Chris Gladwin, Antony Hall, Babar Hussain, Alan Jones, Helen McGhie, Shō Ogden, Sara Nesteruk, Adinda van’t Klooster, Tristan Poyser, Mark Porter, Merike van de Vijver, Daniel Moss, Richard Higginbottom, Neil Bruce, Babar Suleman, Emer Crawford-Thomson, David Jackson, Adam Cooke, Rob Potts, Lois Macdonald.

Thin Them Out

Sylvie Gray Stone, Asa Ali, Tom Shepley, Elizabeth Skelton

We explored how algorithms and hyper-synthesised media control our reality using the allegory of a fiction cult. We also explored the ridiculousness of our society today by exaggerating elements of modern life - such as capitalism and consumerism, which we are personifying as a monster that the masses feed.

concept art