B3’s TalentLab XR Associate Artists selected for Future Art and Culture (FAC) Connect programme at SXSW!
B3 Media and its artist alums have been invited to 2023’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, a major event in the year for artists working in creative technology.
TalentLab XR Associate Artists Emilie Dubois, Gopal Dutta and RCL Graham have been selected as part of Future Art and Culture (FAC) Connect, a British Underground (BU) initiative that seeks to support emerging talent currently underrepresented in creative tech. It provides funding, soft skills development, support and access to SXSW for an invited cohort of artists and producers.
FAC Connect has been a SXSW fixture since 2017, and BU works closely with the SxSW team to ensure the visibility and impact of the UK’s arts and culture scenes at the festival. B3 Media will partner with British Underground (BU) in the delivery of the Future Art and Culture (FAC) Connect 2023 programme at SXSW through the participation of our creative network.
The FAC Connect programme will take place at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference from 11th-15th March 2023.
Selected Artists
RCL Graham
(Writer/ Director)
with “Astronauts & Afropuffs”, an immersive, reward-driven environment that brings the gamer into the Black protagonist’s Afrofuturistic experience as they launch a spacecraft to help complete her mission.
Emilie Dubois
(Creative Producer)
With“Cric Crac Tales”, a table-top augmented reality experience about Caribbean myths & legends and the tradition of oral storytelling. This AR experience comprises a series of 3D animated stories.
Gopal Dutta
(Multidisciplinary Artist)
With“Tree Love”, an augmented reality app that allows you to creatively combine your own art with trees and patterns found in nature.
Marcus Joseph
(Musician/ Spoken Word Artist)
With “Jazz Maze VR”, an immersive VR experience and autobiographical graphic novel brought to life through Marcus’ compelling music and spoken word and the theatrical imagination of BetaJester.
About us
B3 Media engages emerging talent with the tools and know-how to lower the barriers to access in the creative industries; help them develop their own creative practice; and build their confidence and industry networks.
TalentLab XR supports diverse creators and storytellers who are keen to explore the potential to tell their story in XR (VR, AR and mixed reality). We help them to kick-start their immersive projects through our creative labs, industry mentoring and tailored hands-on support.
B3’s Talentlab alumni have had their work shown at Cannes and Sundance, have won BAFTAs, and have been exhibited at major arts venues and cultural institutions. TalentLab XR is developed and produced by Marc Boothe for B3 Media in partnership with B3 alumni, other industry mentors, and a distributed team.
For more information contact: projects@b3media.net
