Universal Everything

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, he studied botanical and technical illustration then graphic design before spending eight years at the Designers Republic (1996–2004).

Universal Everything have worked with several well known brands and corporations including Chanel, AOL Intel, Nike Inc., Hyundai 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 La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris.

In February 2014, Universal Everything released Polyfauna, an interactive music app developed in collaboration with Radiohead and the artist Stanley Donwood.

Style

The studio utilises modern technologies such as 3D printing, touch screens, motion capture, large format video displays and complex sound design to create large scale experiential works. Its work often incorporates and references architecture, modernism, synesthesia, landscapes, anthropomorphism, human movement, 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 Hyundai for their Vision Hall in Mabuk, South Korea. 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 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.

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 (Paris) and as part of Digital Revolution the internationally touring exhibition curated by the Barbican.

Three pieces were acquired by the Borusan Contemporary (Istanbul) for their permanent collection in 2014.

Universal Everything regularly publishes works on the digital arts platform, Sedition.

In June 2014, Universal Everything's work, Walking City, was awarded the PRIX Ars Electronica "Golden Nica for Computer Animation/VFX".

External links

• Official website