
A Dutch tin-glazed earthenware plate from 1661, bearing the words “You & I Are Earth,” survived London’s Great Plague of 1602 and the Great Fire of 1666. Rediscovered in a sewer, it now resides in a museum, bridging centuries of human and planetary upheaval.
Though its inscription remains cryptic, it signals our inescapable connection to Earth’s living systems. Today, with climate disruption, species loss, and resource exploitation on the rise, these words resonate more than ever, compelling us to rethink our place in the world.
While some yearn to revert to a pre-industrial era, there’s no turning back. Humanity never truly discarded its sense of wonder, and we can’t simply return to an imagined, enchanted past. Instead, we must transform how we coexist with nature in radical, innovative ways.
This exhibition, “You and I Are Earth,” explores such possibilities through worldbuilding. Students from UCL’s BA Media program present games, films, immersive installations, and interactive pieces that probe our relationships with the planet. These projects combine theory, practice, and AI-driven exploration to envision fresh paths toward ecological balance.
Rooted in a practice-as-research approach, the BA Media program merges game design, immersive media, filmmaking, and theoretical investigation into a forward-looking curriculum. Part of the newly established School of Creative and Cultural Industries at UCL East, it fosters bold experimentation and meaningful collaboration with industry and beyond.
Showcasing 42 capstone projects, the exhibition spans Marshgate’s galleries and the One Pool Street Cinema at UCL East. Through immersive storytelling and inventive technologies, visitors are invited to reconsider how we inhabit Earth’s fragile ecosystems. Step into these collaborative visions and imagine new, symbiotic ways of living on our shared planet. Embrace “You & I Are Earth”—each creative exploration helps shape a future where humans and the planet thrive in unison.
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Degree Show – Exhibition Opening Times
- Friday, 23 May: 6:00–9:00 pm (+ opening event)
- Saturday, 24 May: 12:00–6:00 pm
- Sunday, 25 May: 12:00–6:00 pm
- Monday, 26 May (Bank Holiday): 12:00–6:00 pm
- Tuesday, 27 May: Closed
- Wednesday, 28 May: 12:00–6:00 pm
- Thursday, 29 May: 12:00–6:00 pm
- Friday, 30 May: 12:00–6:00 pm
- Saturday, 31 May: 12:00–6:00 pm
- Sunday, 1 June: 12:00–6:00 pm
Degree Show – Screening Schedule
- Friday, 23 May: 5:00–6:30 pm (Curated Screening + Panel)
- Saturday, 24 May
- Screening I: 12:00–2:00 pm (Curated Screening + Panel)
- Screening II: 3:00–5:00 pm (Curated Screening + Panel)
- Sunday, 1 June: 6:00–7:00 pm (Film Screening)
Projects:
- Imogen Adeoye, Distant Connectionssimulation game
- Sohaila Ahmed, Already Hereshort film
- Nebahat Akca, Unspokenshort film
- Sofia Rogowski Hernandez De Alba, Recordando: La Guerra Dentro de Nuestras Paredespersonal documentary
- Yudum Arslan, Beneath The CracksDocumentary
- Liliana Brooks, Sylvie’s Theatreexperimental short film
- Joe Cunningham, Residual EnstrangementCRT-based audiovisual installation
- Alana Cuva, A NATION'S DRIVEdocumentary
- Ranya Dizayee, Unheard Voices: Through Their Eyesdocumentary-poetry film
- Tingxue Du, Patient 0527immersive installation
- Lidia Tirado Gomez, All the Right Thingsshort film
- Ali Jamil, Alagshort film
- Ellena Kappos, BULLexperimental short film anthology
- Hebah Khan, The Other MeVR music video
- Sophie Kulkarni, As Gaeilgeshort film
- Daisy Lang, Nothing Will Happeninteractive game
- Haoen Li, Eco-Messengerside-scrolling rhythm game
- Jiayue Lin, Listing No.20033D interactive environment
- Ben Lorenz, Even the Buildings Grow on Soilshort filmInstallation
- Cara Mcderment, Limen: Neither Here nor Theredocumentary
- Ambika Modak, The Genocide on our Timelinesshort film
- Peter Popov, Hearsayinteractive documentary
- Lisa Davidovna Price, Inks of Identitydocumentary
- Hany-Alexandru Radwan-Radulescu, its ok you’ll lose :)game
- Uliana Sadovskaya, Where Is Home?digital interactive narrative
- Rundong Sang, Shattered Vowanimated film
- Angelina Shan, Reframing the Gaze of Female Desireinstallation
- Xu Shutong, Free From Audiencewalking simulator
- Dan Sue, Begin Againinstallation
- James Thom, educational video essay
- Nikoletta Varga, Home Away From Home interactive documentary
- Yang Wang, 2019somewhereInteractive Experience
- Yibing Wang, Overseen
- Chuhan Wang, A Day Like Thisnarrative card game
- Aaron (Zejing) Wang, Verlet Voyagegame
- Ruoyu Wang, Amnesia Syndrome: Who Are You?narrative game
- Eric Wei, Things You Should Not Have Seeninteractive narrative game
- Milly West, Nexus2.5D sidescroller game
- Anna Wrzesien, A Thread Through Time
- Yujun(Allison) Zhong, 还在 Still Herepoetic documentary