BAM graduates show diverse works.

Arts and media graduates celebrate their final year with BAM, an exhibition of diverse works.

Arts and media graduates celebrate their final year with BAM, an exhibition of diverse works. Judith Ritchie profiles three graduates.

Subjects ranging from identity, memory and consumerism, to jewellery exchanges and product design have been explored by 15 graduating Bachelor of Arts and Media students from the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology. Each Level 7 student has followed a line of investigation, with final works opening to the public in an exhibition, BAM, on November 26.

Natalia Chaplin has explored how consumers are on a never ending journey; desire and temptation leading them from one purchase to another. She questions whether they are searching for ways to feel better or to ft into society, while exploring the environmental repercussions.

Through Hooked, a series of acrylic and water colour paintings, Chaplin looks at the constant disappointment associated with consumerism, while reflecting upon the ultimate strain a consumerist lifestyle puts on inter-human relationships.

"Our desire to follow fleeting trends in order to feel socially accepted has terrible repercussions on the environment," says Chaplin. "I'm challenging people to think about things like how long they have clothes for; do they fix them or do they become more waste?"

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