FACT (Liverpool), Near Now (Nottingham), Sudden Beams (Brighton), and Videotage (Hong Kong) are proud to co-present the “HK-UK Digital Residency”, a hybrid artist residency that incubates emerging artists on Game Art.

In a hybrid format, the program consists of two parts – a one-month joined-up exchange programme online and a 10-day intensive workshop and field trip in the UK.  Six artists from Hong Kong and the UK work together to experiment, encounter, and share their works-in-progress at Liverpool, Nottingham, and Brighton in October 2024, followed by a final presentation in Hong Kong.

This program aims to foster exchange between early career artists from different art ecologies to expand their ideas of screen culture and non-linear storytelling and practices in new screen technologies.

Additionally, the artists are supported with skilled mentoring and production direction to explore the potential of new technologies and new screen-based media.

On a non-outcome basis, we encourage the artists to share and showcase their continuously evolving research projects with people they encounter in the programme, namely other artists, curators, technologists, gallerists, and essentially, the audiences through the public events during the residency.

Artists

Elle Bulger (UK)– Nominated by FACT, Liverpool

Janhavi Sharma (UK) – Nominated by Near Now & Sudden Beams

Kaman Lam @PoPo-Post Art Group (HK) -Nominated by Videotage

Khush Kali (UK) – Nominated by Near Now & Sudden Beams

Louis Wong  @PoPo-Post Art Group (HK) -Nominated by Videotage

Seema Mattu (UK) – Nominated by Near Now & Sudden Beams

Co-organisers

FACT, UK

Near Now, UK

Platform Asia & Sudden Beams, UK

Videotage, Hong Kong

Curators

Angel Leung

Lee Nicholls

Lesley Taker

Moritz Cheung

Supported by

Art Council England

Liverpool City Council

Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Hong Kong Arts Development Council supports freedom of artistic expression. The views and opinions expressed in this project do not represent the stand of the Council.

Feature Image: Popo-post Art Group, Post Contemprary Game Zone, 2020

Key photo: Popo-Post Art Group, 後當代線上遊戲地帶, 2020

Photos courtesy of the artists.

FACT (利物浦)、Near Now (諾丁漢)、Sudden Beams (布萊頓)及錄映太奇 (香港)聯合呈獻「香港-英國數碼駐留計劃」——一個聚焦遊戲藝術並以培育新進數碼藝術家為目標的數碼及實體駐留計劃。

本計劃由兩部份組成：為期一個月的聯合線上交流項目，以及在英國為期十天的密集式創作駐留。六位來自香港和英國的藝術家，將於2024年10月在利物浦、諾丁漢和布萊頓一起實驗並實踐他們的想法，認識當地藝術專業人士，並在公聚活動中分享他們的研究計劃進展。駐留計劃完成後，他們發展中的的研究項目將在香港展示及發佈。

本計劃旨在促進來自不同藝術生態的新進藝術家互相交流，共同探索今天越來越多元化的的螢幕文化及非線性敘事概念，以不同形式探索新科技。

在交流以外，本駐留計畫亦為藝術家提供技術指導及製作支緩，以發展其新螢幕或遊戲藝術創作項目。以過程而非成果為本，本項目鼓勵藝術家在為期兩個月的線上和線下活動中，與其他藝術家、策展人、技術專業人員、畫廊及觀眾分享他們的研究題目及進度，以期促成更長期的合作。

藝術家

Elle Bulger (英國) – 由利物浦 FACT 提名

Janhavi Sharma (英國) – 由 Near Now 及 Sudden Beams 提名

Kaman Lam @PoPo-Post Art Group (HK) – 由 Videotage 提名

Khush Kali (英國) – 由 Near Now 及 Sudden Beams 提名

Louis Wong @PoPo-Post Art Group (HK) – 由 Videotage 提名

Seema Mattu (英國) – 由 Near Now 及 Sudden Beams 提名

聯合主辦

FACT，英國

錄映太奇，香港

Sudden Beams & Platform Asia，英國

Near Now，英國

策劃

Lee Nicholls

Lesley Taker

Moritz Cheung

梁安琦

資助

Art Council England

Liverpool City Council

香港藝術發展局

香港藝術發展局支持藝術表達自由，本計劃內容並不反映本局意見。

主圖片: 後後後藝術群《後當代線上遊戲地帶》 (2020)

圖片由藝術家提供。

16/8-27/9/2024：線上交流項目 Joined-up digital exchange programme

17-28/10/2024：線下駐留計劃（利物浦、諾丁漢、布萊頓）Physical Residency (Liverpool, Nottingham, Brighton)

• 18/10/2024：工作室分享會 Studio/Lab Social | FACT（利物浦Liverpool）
• 24/10/2024：工作室分享會 Studio Talk | Near Now（諾丁漢 Nottingham）
• 27/10/2024：數碼藝術家圓桌會議 Digital Artists’ Roundtable | Dreamy Place（布萊頓　Brighton）