The GLoW3 project is made up by three key intersecting strands of enquiry into Web 3.0 driven screen-based media: conceptualisation, commercialisation and creativity.

The conceptual enquiry will inform new research which will deepen understandings of the concepts of the metaverse and world-building, asking critical questions such as what does world-building mean in a global context? What role does hyberbole play in shaping new screen-based technologies and what are the contributions of women, non-binary and trans people (W, NB, T) in shaping, influencing and leading these narratives?

The commercial dimension of Web 3.0 is built on blockchain technologies. This branch of enquiry will seek to critically examine these through specific W, NB and T-led initiatives, examining how these technologies have impacted upon the realities of their experiences in different global contexts and the complex implications of distributing creative output as Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) including upon labour practices and the environment.

The creative strand will examine the affordances of the emerging media forms of Web 3.0 through an artist programme culminating in a ground-breaking hybrid, multi-sited exhibition in collaboration with National Gallery X and GAZELL.iO. The exhibition, launching on International Women's Day 2024, will bring together new and existing digital artwork from creators across the world innovating at the leading edges of emerging media using Web 3.0 technologies which fuse the physical with the digital.