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Universal Everything is a digital art practice and design studio based in Sheffield, England. The studio was founded in 2004 by Matt Pyke, who is the creative director. Pyke studied botanical and technical illustration and then graphic design, before spending eight years at the
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(1996–2004). Universal Everything have worked with several well known brands and corporations including Chanel, AOL Intel, Nike Inc., Hyundai, Samsung and Zaha Hadid, Apple, and Deutsche Bank and created the moving image identity for the London Olympic Games 2012 In April 2011, the studio created Super-Computer-Romantics, their first major solo exhibition, for the launch of the new digital art museum
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in Paris. In February 2014, Universal Everything released Polyfauna, an interactive music app developed in collaboration with
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and the artist
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. A monograph about the studio's work will be published in 2019 b
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Style

The studio utilises modern technologies such as 3D printing, touch screens,
motion capture Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap or mocap, for short) is the process of recording the movement of objects or people. It is used in military, entertainment, sports, medical applications, and for validation of computer vision and robo ...
, large format video displays and complex sound design to create large scale experiential works. Its work often incorporates and references architecture, modernism,
synesthesia Synesthesia (American English) or synaesthesia (British English) is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. People who re ...
, landscapes,
anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...
, human movement, and figurative forms.


Notable works

* Presence, an innovative motion capture work, in collaboration with Benjamin Millepied and The LA Dance Project * Mobius Loop, a series of 18 large scale video artworks commissioned by
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for their Vision Hall in Mabuk, South Korea, which received a Red Dot Communication Design award * Evolving Environments, commissioned by Deutsche Bank for their headquarters in Hong Kong * Walking City, awarded the 2014
PRIX Ars Electronica The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the best known and longest running yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music. It has been awarded since 1987 by Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria). ...
Golden Nica for Computer Animation/VFX * Communion, a 360 audio-visual installation *MTV Worldwide, global brand identity for relaunch of 62 channels * Transfiguration, an evolving animation *Screens of the Future, a video series that imagines prototypes for future display technology *Unconfined, an immersive installation to launch the Samsung Galaxy S8 at Milan Design Week *Hype Cycle, a series of futurist films exploring human-machine collaboration *Inside the Sound, a series of 360° audiovisual environments *Tribes, a study of human behaviour on a mass scale *Emergence, a VR experience *The Vehicle of Nature, an installation inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's studies of flowing water


Artworks

Universal Everything's artworks have been shown globally as part of group shows and solo exhibitions, including at Museum of Modern Art (New York), V&A Museum (London), Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing), Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture (Moscow),
La Gaîté Lyrique La Gaîté Lyrique () is a digital arts and modern music centre opened by the City of Paris in December 2010, located at 3-5 rue Papin in the 3rd arrondissement.
(Paris), Vitra Design Museum (Germany), MAAT (Lisbon), Borusan Contemporary (Istanbul), and as part of Digital Revolution the internationally touring exhibition curated by the
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. Artworks by Universal Everything have been held in the collections a
Borusan Contemporary
since 2014. Universal Everything regularly publishes exclusive artworks on the digital platform
Sedition Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or insurrection against, estab ...
. In June 2014, Universal Everything's work, Walking City, was awarded the
PRIX Ars Electronica The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the best known and longest running yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music. It has been awarded since 1987 by Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria). ...
"Golden Nica for Computer Animation/VFX". In 2019, the studio's VR artwork Emergence premiered at
Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...
.


References


External links

*{{official website, http://www.UniversalEverything.com Companies based in Sheffield British companies established in 2004 Graphic design studios