Consumatic

A product of a final year research project from the Victoria University of Technology (VUT) Advanced Diploma of Arts (Electronic Design and Interactive Media) course. Consumatic is a dystopic view of consumerism structured around a journey through the urban environment of Melbourne.

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Collection

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Credits

creator

Christopher Mabin

Production places

Australia

Production dates

2000

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1005925

Audience classification

Exempt

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employment

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Consumerism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Reality

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs

Places → Melbourne (Vic.)

Holdings

CD ROM; Copy

CD ROM; Master

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Australia, 2000