Infinity Universal Everything Machine Learning & ACMI. Image by Shannon McGrath
Infinity Universal Everything Machine Learning & ACMI, photo by Shannon McGrath
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Infinity Universal Everything Machine Learning & ACMI, photo by Shannon McGrath

Joel Gethin Lewis in Conversation Past Event

Presented by ACMI

Date

Fri 24 May 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Tickets

Booking Required

Venue

ACMI
Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Access

Accessible bathroom, Seating available, Wheelchair accessible

Join Universal Everything’s Interactive Creative Director Joel Gethin Lewis for a discussion on the future of design and taking prototypes to reality. Joel has over 20 years of experience in creating real-time interaction between people, places, stories and objects for major brands, music acts live Massive Attack and U2, and students. Hear from Joel directly and take part in a prototyping process to get to the core of an idea quickly and have the opportunity to ask questions about his approach to interactive design.

Prototypes are fundamental to the Universal Everything studio’s evolution. They believe beneficial design can be beautiful, desirable and joyful. It enables deeper engagement, encouraging new future-positive human behaviours. Universal Everything attempt to address global challenges including clean energy, electric vehicles, digital wellbeing and healthcare. Universal Everything’s world premiere exhibition Beings is currently on at ACMI, a playful, interactive experience that uses ‘soulful technology’ with pareidolia and the uncanny.

Participants

Joel Gethin Lewis

Joel studied Mathematics and Computer Science at Imperial and completed an MA in Interaction Design at the Royal College of Art, developing a passion for work that allows for real-time interaction between people, places, stories and objects. For over 20 years, Joel’s research and vision has enabled cultural organisations, brands and NGOs to surprise, engage and connect with their audiences in ever more innovative ways. His research and creative vision is behind experiences for the Tate Modern, Greenpeace, Adidas, Nike, Diesel, The Tower of London and the Victoria & Albert Museum. As Interaction Designer at UVA, he toured with U2 and Massive Attack before co-founding the open source craft, design and technology studio Hellicar&Lewis. Joel combines his work for Universal Everything with his teaching practice at the Creative Computing Institute in London. He is also a mentor at Arts Emergency, which aims to increase access to the arts and humanities to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Universal Everything

For over 20 years, UK based art and design collective Universal Everything has created vibrant experiences that mesmerise and enchant audiences. Fascinated by creating ‘soulful technology’, they subvert cinematic CGI, physics simulations and real-time generative design. Through these tools, they create new forms, interactive figures and emotions. Their work explores movement, form and colour to create a world of friendly, hyperreal beings. Beneath the high-end visual effects, the creative process begins with simple hand-drawn sketches and prototypes. Universal Everything use emerging display technologies as their canvas. They take a stylised, playful approach to design, architecture, nature and digital life.


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