Join us at Broadway for a talk by artists participating in Near Now Studio Residency programme Sudden Beams 3 as they explore their practices through the lens of new screen technologies, world-building, and non-linear storytelling.

Sudden Beams 3 is a hybrid residency produced in collaboration by Platform Asia, Videotage, FACT Liverpool and Broadway's Near Now. It brings together six early-career artists from different artistic ecologies across the UK and Hong Kong, fostering exchange and collaboration through a digital programme that culminates in a 12-day intensive in the UK.

The participating artists will present their research and works-in-progress, showcasing their exploration of themes such as AI, XR, game engines, web 3.0, and expanded screen culture.

Together, the artists will reflect on the residency's core themes: world-building, non-linear storytelling, and the role of emerging technologies in transforming screen culture. They will also discuss the potential and challenges of working across digital tools and world-building methodologies, and how new technologies help shape diverse forms of artistic practice.

Participating artists:

• Janhavi Sharma (Nottingham, UK) janhavisharma.com
• Seema Mattu (Birmingham/London, UK) seemaworld.com
• Khush Kali (Leicester, UK) khush-kali.co.uk
• Elle Bulger (Salford, UK) ellebulger.itch.io
• Kaman Lam 林嘉文 (Hong Kong) kamanlam.wixsite.com/kaman
• Louis Wong 黃俊傑 (Hong Kong) instagram.com/pppostartists

Sudden Beams 3 is supported using public funding by Arts Council England, and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.