CTRL + ALT + CREATE

April 22 – May 2, 2025

Opening Reception: April 22, 2025 | 6 – 9PM
Factory Media Centre (366 Victoria Ave. North)


We’re thrilled to present Ctrl + Alt + Create, an exhibition featuring undergraduate research-creation projects developed by students enrolled in Media Arts 4ST6 (Senior Thesis Research and Production) at McMaster University.

Media Arts 4ST6 offers fourth year students the opportunity to develop their own capstone artistic projects. The final projects are a culmination of research, development, and creation using skills and ideas learned in the Communication Studies and Media Arts program at McMaster University.

Exhibiting Artists:

Courtney Arnott, Ella Beasly, Derek Blaha, Elizabeth Charkowy, Siying Chen, Amanda Dam, Xuchuan Fan, Ivy Jia, Shanmitha Kumar, Qi Liu, Rongyu Liu, Sophia Lopez, Yue Lu, Yiming Ma, Mackie Martin, Quinn Oldreive, Taya Petrovska, Xiaoyu Qu, Omar Shahin, Mason Sterr, Rishwa Thakkar, Nan Wang, Yasith Weerasinghe, Siqiao Yang, Yanxin Xiong, and Yufei Zheng.

Advisors:

Andrew Mactavish, Chris Myhr, and Andrea Zeffiro


Presented in partnership with the McMaster University Department of Communication Studies & Media Arts .


About Factory Media Centre

Factory Media Centre is Hamilton’s not-for-profit artist-driven resource centre for film, video, new media, installation, sound art, and other multimedia art forms. Our mission is to develop and support a vibrant, sustainable, creative, and diverse community of Members and non-Members within Hamilton and its surrounding region.