Into the Void, an experimental film by Elena Savlokhova and Jana Otte on the dark taboos of death, for the MPT degree show Envision 2012

Seeing Is Easy: Digital animation by Taylor Richardson and William Cole for the MPT degree show Envision 2012

Thoughtful and Thoughtless - a mixed media animation by Oliver Histon for the MPT degree show Envision 2012

The beautiful side of football, the plight of migrant workers and the mysteries of the mind are some of the inspirations behind the degree show by final-year Media Practice and Theory students at Sussex.

The Envision 2012 show runs for one week from Thursday (24 May), 9am–5pm, in the Silverstone Building.

Paul Vincent, Senior Media Production Tutor, says: “This show will again exhibit our students’ progressive and acute interrogation of the media.

“Their work, excellent in itself, builds significant connections between practice and theory. Our finalists should be proud exhibiting work of this calibre to visiting industry professionals.”

Projects include film dramas and documentaries, digital media animation, radio plays and documentaries and photography, including:

•          Aeron: A film drama by Orban Wallace, Zamarin Wahdat and          Michael van Batenburg, inspired by a true story of childhood imagination, differing cultures and prejudice

•          Speak Up!: a series of graphic design and web design for Chinese Youth Radio by Natalie Tai

•          Seeing Is Easy: A digital animation by Taylor Richardson and William Cole that explores the world of a young man with a neurological disorder known as Visual Agnosia – “the difficulty in recognising common objects from vision”

•          Remember Me: A documentary photo series by Chloe Montrose exploring her grandmother’s personal battle with the loss of identity that comes with dementia

•          Schadenfreude: A black comedy film by James Collins and Michael Glover that explores a man’s struggle with depression through his relationship with his therapist

•          Hooligans? The other side of football fandom: Photographs by Patrick Curry offering an alternative view to the tabloid lager-lout stereotype and seeking out the families and individuals with true passion for the beautiful game

•          Surveillant Playspace: An interactive video installation by Alex Anpilogov that explores the  connection between public surveillance and the addictive experience of playing on fruit machines, using a video projection mapping technique

•          Shall We Stay: A photo documentary by Yiyi Yang looking at the lives of Chinese migrants working to make a future for themselves in the UK during recession

•          Cold Call: A radio drama by Charlotte Chung about a call centre worker’s chance for redemption when an elderly woman calls seeking help for her suicidal son

•          Thoughtful and Thoughtless: A mixed media animation by Oliver Histon, that imagines the relationship between a thoughtless girl raised in a box and the thoughtful boy that releases her.