Discover the next generation of talent at CreatorCon
If you ever wanted to be the first to play a game, check out a movie or read a comic, now’s your chance.
Third year Southern Institute of Technology students will be showcasing the projects they’ve been working on at Te Rau o Te Huia CreatorCon 2023 on Friday.
Animation and game design tutor Rachel Mann said all Bachelor of Screen Arts and Graduate Diploma in Visual Media students would present their work along with a couple of projects from the Bachelor of Information Technology students.
“So, there will be a diverse range of work from apps, games, comics, films and visual arts.”
This is the third time the annual event has been held and the second time it’s been opened to the public after the Centre for Creative Industries Campus moved into the Te Rau o Te Huia building on Tay St last year.
“[Last year,] we were busy, which was fantastic to see, the building was humming,” Mann recalled.
For many students, the end of their third year was often the end of their studies and the beginning of their careers in the creative industry, she said, which is why it was important for them to be able to present their work to the public.
“We design and develop creative content for the public [with the aim] to help, entertain and/or inform them, so presenting in a public arena is a vital skill for all our ākonga.”
Animation tutor Ruby Meades spearheaded the first CreatorCon because she wanted to give students something fun to look forward to amid Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns.
“The idea was that students were able to promote their work in a similar way to artist alleys in events such as Comicon and Armageddon,” Mann explained.
Meades said Screens Arts tutors used to visit events like this around the country to promote SIT, and
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