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

Comments

1. Why do they always chose the worst music possible.
2. So dull last year. The Opera House was mostly dark during the display. 2014 was awesome!
3. Dont like the style of animation compared to 2013
4. This is beautiful, Sydney...
5. There's always someone with a laser pointer -.-
6. They should do vivid in Christmas time
7. Cool. My fave was the girl in the pink dress. Beautiful.
8. +Antonia Muniz +Miguel Muniz
9. Beautiful
10. Wonderful. Absolutely stunning annimation and colour. My favourite so far.
11. Very dull compared to last year, and not very tailored to the opera house.
12. That's brilliant. What camera did you use?
13. It's been an annual ritual for me and my friend/s to watch Vivid Sydney. It never ceases to amaze me. But I think the previous two years' Lighting The Sails are slightly better and more visually exciting. However, thanks for doing a great job as usual, to you and the Vivid Sydney team, co-ordinating this major annual Sydney event.
14. I went there yesterday and it was awesome.
15. It is stunning no other word for it. I was at Vivid Tonight and could have stayed all night so much to see. Shared this on Facebook for my Family in the UK.
16. Beautiful story telling
17. It's more interesting motion than 2014 I guess but last year one was photogenic 😅😅😅
18. Big cruise pass by opera house during vivid show
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmZJ8G2VxYM