Onward
The Royal Academy of Arts and Burlington Arcade, London
GSK Contemporary, Earth: Art of a Changing World
2 December 2009 - 5th of January
'Onward' is a new commission from The Royal Academy and Burlington Arcade as part of their exhibition 'GSK Contemporary, Earth: Art of a Changing World' . Hung throughout the arcade and culminating in the portico of Burlington Gardens, 'Onward' presents a simple allegory of evolution through mutation.
Chorus
Lumiere
A Festival of Light for Durham
12th-15th November 2009
'Chorus', UVA's kinetic installation with sound by Mira Calix, recently featured in Artichoke's 'Lumiere' in the world heritage site of Durham Cathedral. An array of motor-assisted pendulums weaves through space emitting light and sound. The rhythm of the work evolves through chaos and returns to unison, producing a hypnotic and seductive performance that heightens the viewer’s awareness of the space and their relationship with it. More than 75,000 people visited the festival, over the 4-day period.
Identity: Eight rooms, Nine lives
Wellcome Collection, London
26 November 2009-6 April 2010
'Hereafter' is being exhibited as part of the Wellcome Collection's latest exhibition 'Identity'. The work asks viewers to question their own sense of time and self-forcing us to revaluate how time continues without our consent or control. The exhibition at the Wellcome Trust is part of an ambitious season of activities focused on the endlessly fascinating topic of human identity. From the development of finger-printing and DNA techniques to Samuel Pepys diary 'Identity' showcases the lives and works of individuals who have shaped our thinking about human identity.
United Snakes
United Visual Artists and Massive Attack
The new video for Massive Attacks 'United Snakes' directed by United Visual Artists is now available to view online.
Creative island 2
John Sorrell
Creative Island 2 takes a look at the extraordinary range and quality of design in Britain today, including work from 25 design disciples - from architecture and engineering to fashion and jewellery; from new media and graphics to theatre and retail design, and many more. In this publication Matt Clark, UVA's Creative Director, talks to Creative Island about live performance and responsive installations, focusing mainly on the live performance piece 'Echo'.
Technical Internship Opportunity
UVA is offering a 3 month internship opportunity. This is an excellent learning and skill development position. The internship will include working alongside the d3 development team to deliver cutting edge real-time 3D production machines. These are the same machines driving the U2 360 Tour. This internship is only for people living in London.
Requirements include:
· Excellent knowledge of Windows XP
· Experience with Linux a bonus
· Understanding of scripting
· Experience in building/repairing computers
· Familiarity with the latest gaming specification computer components
Internship Duties
· Documenting procedures as they are carried out
· Software testing
· Build full tests rigs (both hardware and software)
Send CVs and a covering letter to phil@uva.co.uk with the subject “Technical Intern Application”
Chorus
Lumiere
A Festival of Light for Durham
12th-15th November 2009
Artichoke have invited UVA to show their kinetic installation 'Chorus' in the incredible setting of Durham Cathedral, one of the UK's most valuable architectural icons.
Originally commissioned by Opera North, 'Chorus' is simultaneously an intensely physical and yet ephemeral experience. An array of motor-assisted pendulums, suspended from the roof, swing through the space emitting light and sound, with musical collaboration with Mira Calix. As the dynamic system evolves, the rhythms revolve through chaos and return to unison, producing a hypnotic and seductive performance that heightens the viewer’s awareness of the space and their relationship with it.
Hereafter
Identity: Eight rooms, nine lives
Wellcome Collection
26 November 2009-11 April 2010
Hereafter features as part of this investigative exhibition which will examine both objective attempts to identify us and our subjective experiences of who we actually are. Exhibition visitors will be able to explore contributions made by diverse individuals spanning the worlds of science, the arts, and history, who collectively have provided a fuller understanding of what distinguishes each one of us, as well as a set of challenging questions about our own sense of our individuality.
It's Nice That
It's Nice That is a bi-annual printed publication edited by Will hudson and Alex Bec. For issue 2 UVA's creative director Matt Clark gave an extensive interview, including behind the scenes photographs, giving readers a special insight into how UVA's multi-disciplinary practice works.
T : The New York Times Style Magazine
September 13th
To celebrate the 5th anniversary issue, 5 artists were commissioned to reinterpret the iconic 'T' for the cover of the New York Times Style Magazine. The selected artists were Frank Gehry, Jenny Holzer, Jeff Koons and Tom Hingston Studio & United Visual Artists. The Tom Hingston & UVA collaboration has an accompanying film online, featuring music by Mira Calix.
Onward
The Royal Academy of Arts and Burlington Arcade
GSK Contemporary, Earth: Art of a Changing World
November 20th- January 31st
'Onward' is a new commission heralding the first collaboration between The Royal Academy and Burlington Arcade and will create a temporary link between the Royal Academy’s Burlington House and 6 Burlington Gardens sites through the Burlington Arcade. Set within the beautifully ornate classic architecture of Britain’s first ever shopping arcade, Onward will present a sequential series of light sculptures suspended throughout Burlington Arcade and in the portico of The Royal Academy. Taking the form of tessellated polyhedra, they present us with a simple allegory of evolution through mutation.
WWF Raises Pandamonium at Selfridges this Autumn
September 8th Launch Selfridges Concept store. 18.30-20.30
October 12th Auction
Artwise gave 16 internationally recognised artists and designers the WWF iconic panda-shaped collecting boxes
to use as a vehicle to increase awareness of our world’s fragility in the 21st Century and to raise funds for
the Charity’s continued environmental conservation work. UVA’s contribution ‘Frozen in Time’ is
a window into the delicate and ephemeral moment of a glistening representation of the iconic WWF mascot.
Participating artists are: Peter Blake, Jason Bruges Studio, Nigel Coates, Tom Dixon, Tracey Emin, Laura Ford,
Gary Hume, Adam King, Jim Lambie, Jane Simpson, Paul Smith, Mark Titchner, Troika, Gavin Turk,
United Visual Artists, & Rachel Whiteread.
The art works will occupy the Selfridges windows to the west of the store and on the corner of Oxford Street and Orchard Street until 27th October.
Maple Leaf Square
Toronto, Canada
United Visual Artists have received a major commission for two public installationsin Toronto. UVA were selected from a short list of Gunda Foerster, Ken Lum, Erwin Redl & Jennifer Steinkamp.
Currently in development, the project is set to complete in May 2010.
Jay Z tour 2009
United Visual Artists were appointed creative directors for Jay-Z’s upcoming Blueprint 3 tour. In response, they created a sculptural and dynamic stage set for Jay Z's Madison Square Garden show, which also featured Beyonce, Kanye West and Rhianna. The show is set for a world tour next year.
Massive Attack Tour
September 5th onwards
UVA’s long time collaboration with Massive Attack continues with a new stage show for their 2009 tour.
Urban Screens
Media Lab Prado
Madrid, Spain September 28th - 30th
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With the participation of Mirjam Struppek (Interactionfield), Susa Pop (Public Art Lab), Jeffrey Huang (Media Design Lab), Kim Halskov (Digital Urban Living), Jan Edler and Tim Edler (Realities United)
Keri Elmsly and Alexandros Tsolakis will be speaking at the conference in the data visualisation session on Tuesday.
Flux Super 8 : Scion Installation L.A Gallery
August 15th – September 5th
Los Angeles, California
The “Flux Super 8” is the first annual showcase that celebrates eight of the most exciting and emerging young artists working in film, video, music and design. Flux is a global creative community and collective led by RESFEST founder Jonathan Wells and designer/gallerist Meg Wells.
UVA’s ‘Hereafter’ is featuring with installations from- The Blackheart Gang, Max Erdenberger, Saam Farahmand, Sophie Gateau, Miwa Matreyek, Terri Timely, YesYesNo.
Royal Academy of Arts GSK Contemporary Earth : Art of a Changing World
3 December 2009 – 31 January 2010
United Visual Artists have been commissioned to create a light work as part of the Earth show for the Royal Academy and Burlington Arcade. Earth: Art of a changing world will present new and recent work from more than 30 leading international contemporary artists, including commissions and new works from the best emerging talent. Recent debates have centred less on the possibility and more on the certainty and speed with which climate change will take place. Co-curated by Kathleen Soriano, Director of Exhibitions at the Royal Academy, David Buckland, Director of Cape Farewell, and, Edith Devaney, Royal Academy, this exhibition will reflect the impact of the climate change debate on the practice of a broad range of contemporary artists across a wide variety of media. Exhibiting artists include: Ackroyd & Harvey, Spencer Finch, Mona Hatoum, Marcos Lutyens & Mariananton
www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/gsk-contemporary-season-2009/
Volume -The Light in Winter Federation Square.
June 4th- July 5th 2009 Melbourne, Australia
Volume is in it's final days at The Light in Winter is Federation Square, Melbourne. An annual winter festival and celebration of community life for Melbourne centred around light. Volume inhabits St Paul's Square as the international element of the festival. Directed by Robyn Archer, The Light in Winter brings together artists, designers and communities to explore their ideas of light, enlightenment and hope. Over 40,000 people have been part of Volume during this staging. For those of you in Melbourne, make sure you catch the last few days.
Commissioned by Federation Square
and
Supported by The British Council
Photograph by David Johns
Transforming Public Space- Panel Debate.
June 7th 2009 ACMI, Melbourne
Hosted by The Light in Winter Artistic Director Robyn Archer, UVA director Chris Bird and producer Keri Elmsly shared a lively discussion with local artist Domenico de Clario, Andrea Kleist (Public Art Program Manager for City of Melbourne) and Marcus Westbury. The panel discussed UVA's work in the context of the role of public art in the re-energising of urban public space and the particular use of new technologies. Once upon a time a bronze statue or a fountain was the norm: what are the factors that have caused them to be superseded by more ephemeral and transitory forms such as projection, screens, sound and light?
Visit ACMI site.
Deus at The Smithfield Gallery
June 3rd – 26th, 2009 The Smithfield Gallery, 16 West Smithfield, London, EC1A 9HY
Deus is a photographic exploration of the seductive quality of artificial light in the natural world. This body of work grew from an extended study of form and experiments on how a powerfully illuminated presence affects the surrounding environment. As urban dwellers we are attuned to illuminated space; so with Deus we decided that all of the post-industrial natural locations we explored would be devoid of this artifice. The work can be read as a deadpan comment on the sleight of hand inherent in all ‘worship’.
Visit The Smithfield Gallery Site
5D at FMX/09: The Future Of Immersive Design
May 7th, 2009 Stuttgart, Germany
Chris Bird was invited to participate in the panel discussion on Emerging Forms of Innovative Storytelling and Interaction: Intelligent Choreography, Building Worlds.
Other panellists were-
Habib Zargarpour, Visual Effects Supervisor, Senior Art Director, Electronic Arts, Ed Cookson, Director, The Sancho Plan,
Malcolm Garrett , RDI, FRSA - Creative Director, Applied Information Group, Tali Krakowsky, Director, Experience Design, WET Design,
Kim Baumann Larsen, Founding Partner, Creative Director, Placebo Effects, Alex McDowell, RDI - Production Designer, Co-Director, 5D: the Future of Immersive Design Conference,
& David Taylor , Leader of Arup's Performing Arts Group
View fmx09 website
Hereafter at Riflemaker
May 1st- 30th
Riflemaker, 79 Beak Street, Regent Street, London W1F 9SU
Hereafter is about memory and perception; and how spaces can be affected by what has happened in them over time. As the viewer approaches the work he appears to be looking into a mirror, but on further inspection, echoes of previous visitors are apparently intermixed with the current viewer’s movement and presence. Hereafter captures seemingly banal events/actions and represents them as significant fragments of time. The piece is presented on an extremely high-resolution screen in a portrait format in order to mimic the experience of self-observation in a mirror as closely as possible.
Originally commissioned by English Heritage.
Visit Riflemaker Site
OFF 2009.
May 7-9 Oeiras, Portugal
UVA will be key speakers at the OFFF, the International Festival for the Post-Digital Creative Culture this year. More than a design conference, a multimedia trade fair, or a digital animation festival, OFFF is an enthusiastic celebration of a new visual culture . This year's theme- "THIS ISN'T FLYING, THIS IS FALLING WITH STYLE · FAIL GRACEFULLY"
Visit OFFF 2009 Site
UCLA - Digital Media Arts Lecture Series.
February 10th 18.00 Broad Art Centre, DMA, UCLA, Los Angeles
The UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts (DMA) offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to media creation that fosters individual exploration and innovative thinking. As part of the 08-09 Lectures Series, Matt Clark and Chris Bird will be speaking on UVA's recent works and giving an insight into our development processes. The lectures are commissioned to support the core curriculum and are also open to the public and free of charge.
Visit UCLA Site
Chorus.
Commissioned by Opera North Projects
Private View February 5th 18.00
The Harewood Assembly Rooms, Leeds
To celebrate the opening of the Howard Assembly Room, Leeds, Opera North Projects have commissioned United Visual Artists to create a site specific response. ‘Chorus’ is an array of pendulums of light and sound, suspended from the ceiling of the auditorium. The concept arose from the search a simple and unifying relationship between light and opera. Each pendulum has unique score, an individual ‘voice’ which can be heard when moving through the paths of light, but together they form a chorus of light and sound. Structured through three distinct phases the sound is created by Mira Calix from abstracted live recordings with Opera North musicians.
Visit Opera North Site
D&AD Awards 2009.
The D&AD Awards celebrate outstanding creativity, mould-breaking thinking and the highest standard of design and innovation. For the 2009 awards Matt Clark has been appointed foreman of the jury in the digital installations category. Joining him on the jury are Joshua Davis - Joshua Davis Studio, David Eveleigh Evans - Moving Brands, Sebastian Noel -Troika, Chris O'Shea, Joachim Sauter -ART+COM AG.
Visit D&AD Site
Array
Yuda Art Project, Chuya Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan. November 21st - December 27th 2008.
Commissioned by the Yamaguchi Centre for Arts and Media, Japan. UVA are creating a new installation inspired by the formal elegance of the Japanese garden. In an environment of peace and tranquility 'Array' interjects a forest like grid of light which is governed by localised ultrasonics. Once inside the forest you become aware that there is more than just a human presence.
Visit YCAM Site
Constellation
Covent Garden Winter Lights, London November 17th - January 2nd 2009.
Commissioned by Covent Garden, we will be lighting up the market halls with a contemporary responsive light installation as part of the area’s winter season. Launching on November 17th and running
throughout the festive season.
Visit Covent Garden Site
Volume
Taipei, Taiwan November 14th- December 7th
Presented by Enavant, the 'Lightscapes' exhibition focuses on the relationship between light and architecture, as a feature of the show Volume is being staged outside the Taipei County Hall.
Image: Volume in Hong Kong
Imagine- Let There Be Light
November 11th 22.35 BBC One
UVA feature on the seminal BBC arts programme, 'Imagine - Let there Be Light'. Alan Yentob has some extraordinary encounters with the artists for whom light is both source and inspiration for their art. Featuring the work of James Turrell, Liliane Lijn, Charles Ross and Anthony McCall and United Visual Artists.
onedotzero Cascade @ P3
Educational programme, November 3rd
Matt Clark, our creative director, will be working with college students on practice and process at onedotzero's P3 residency with Jason Bruges. The cascade programme is part of the odz festival.
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Triptych- Arquiset
October 1st- 9th Placa Del Angels, Barcelona.
Our responsive installation, Triptych, featured as part of the Arquiset architecture week in Barcelona, outside the MACBA.
The week featured installations, workshops and a symposium on light with speakers such as- UVA, James Clar, Jason Bruges, Pablo Valbeuna, Lucy Buillivant and Moritz Waldemeyer.
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