Creative Concept & Direction
Universal Everything
Soundtrack by Freefarm – available here: http://simonpyke.bandcamp.com/album/lighting-the-sails
This year, Vivid LIVE has commissioned multi-disciplinary design collective Universal Everything to create a new projected artwork for the sails of Sydney Opera House. Titled ‘Living Mural,’ this work combines Universal Everything’s passion for architecture, graphics, moving image and sound.
Find out more about Universal Everything http://vividlive.sydneyoperahouse.com/lighting-the-sails/
See the full VividLIVE program http://vividlive.sydneyoperahouse.com/program/
This commission to light the Sails of Sydney Opera House epitomises the spirit of our studio - inventing new forms of moving image for emerging display technologies. Our long term passions of architecture, graphics, moving image and sound converge on this iconic building.
Although embracing emerging technologies, our process always starts from drawing. The hand drawn techniques seen in this film are akin to the early pioneers of animation Len Lye, Norman McLaren and Walt Disney.
Using these timeless techniques mean this film could have existed in 1920, albeit with a 21st century twist - bringing our influences of global pop culture, modernist graphics and physics simulations into a playful exploration of this iconic building.
Vivid LIVE 22 May - 8 June.
The seventh annual Vivid LIVE is part of Vivid Sydney, the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas.
Universal Everything collaborated with a number of artists to create the animation sequence for the Sydney Opera House sails:
01. Block: Universal Everything, UK
02. Burst: Patch d. Keyes, UK
03. Fill: Drew Tyndell, US
04. Chase: Tymote, Japan
05. Multiply: Nicolas Ménard, Canada/UK
06. Climb: Parallel Teeth, New Zealand
07. Rise: KClogg, Russia
08. Twist: Matt Scharenboich, US
09. Wind: Váscolo, Argentina
10. Swarm: Universal Everything, UK
11. Calm: Zutto, Russia
12. Float: Cindy Suen, Hong Kong/US
13. Power: Masanobu Hiraoka, Japan
14. Slide: Ori Toor, Israel
15. Spin: Ori Toor, Israel
16. Wave: Váscolo, Argentina
17. Construct: DXMIQ, Russia
18. Growth: DXMIQ, Russia
19. Flow: Ruff Mercy, UK
20. Scatter: Caleb Wood, US
21. Shrink: Bee Grandinetti, Brazil
22. Noise: Takcom, Japan
23. Attack: MixCode, Taiwan
24. Boom: nöbl, France
25. Bounce: Matt Abbiss, UK
26. Ricochet: Matt Frodsham, UK
27. Splash: Guille Comin, Spain/Germany
28. Bang: Universal Everything, UK
29. Embrace: Matt Frodsham, UK
30. Melt: Caleb Wood, US
31. Stripe: Matt Abbiss, UK
