It has been such an honour and a pleasure to work with some of the greatest artists of our time that I'm every day a little more grateful and joyful!
Massive Attack have revolutionised music, art and the combination of music and art!
An they have done it through paintings and videos but also and mainly through their stage installation. And that work has been done with a mesmerizing collective from London, know as United Visual Artists.
They have launched this week the first of a series of three films about the creations that they do. And it is absolutely gorgeous.
Watch part I here:
"The Art of Light"
Published on 23 Feb 2017 by Nowness
In the first episode of a new series, Illuminating, innovative London-based art and design group United Visual Artists explore the emotional and physical effect light can have on people.
Director Ryan Hopkinson spotlights their work with British band Massive Attack.
Illuminating: The Shared Experience
A mesmerizing presentation of light from art and design group United Visual Artists
In the first episode of our new series, Illuminating, a trilogy of films showcasing a range of innovative installations by London-based art and design group UVA, co-founder Matt Clark examines the use of light as a means to communicate information—and misinformation.
“Matt Clark examines the use of light as a means to communicate information—and misinformation”
Focusing on the ephemeral form and the physical and emotional effect of light on an audience, director Ryan Hopkinson spotlights UVA’s work with British band Massive Attack.
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More about United Vissal Artists:
Nowness x UVA
Illuminating - a new commission for Nowness
We’re pleased to announce 'Illuminating’, a three-part series for Nowness directed by Ryan Hopkinson that takes viewers on the road with UVA during 2016 as we completed new collaborative, permanent and temporary works.
Combining in-situ footage of the final pieces with behind-the-scenes imagery, the films feature 'Message from the Unseen World' at Paddington Central, projects with Massive Attack and James Blake and then journey across to MONA, Tasmania where we exhibited 440Hz and to the Day for Night festival in Houston, TX for the unveiling of Musica Universalis, a new temporary kinetic light sculpture.
Part one ‘Illuminating: The Shared Experience’ which explores the use of light as a means to communicate information and/or misinformation can be watched here: https://www.nowness.com/series/illuminating/the-shared-experience-uva-massive-attack
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United Visual Artists (UVA) is a London based creative practice founded in 2003.
UVA’s artworks range from small-scale, wall-based pieces to large-scale sculptural installations for cultural institutions and public spaces.
UVA’s lines of enquiry include the tension between real and synthesised experiences - the questioning of our relationship with technology, and the creation of phenomena that transcend the purely physical.
UVA have been commissioned by institutions including The Barbican Curve Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, The Serpentine Gallery, The Wellcome Trust, The British Library, Manchester International Festival, YCAM Japan and MONA museum in Tasmania. Their work has been exhibited at galleries including Blaine Southern, Bryce Wolkaowitz and Riflemaker in London. Permanent works can be found internationally in Toronto, Dubai, Philadelphia and most recently in Paddington London. Editions of Continuum and Always / Never are now in private collections and Our Time commissioned by MONA for Dark Mofo 2016 has been acquired by the museum.
Whilst self-directed enquiry forms the centre of their practice, UVA have collaborated with other specialists in their field. Most notable include Massive Attack on their live performance projects, choreographer Benjamin Millepied and the Paris Opéra Ballet, sound artist Bernie Krause for The Great Animal Orchestra at the Fondation Cartier and most recently with the theoretical neurobiologist Mark Changizi for the Origins of Art exhibition at the MONA Museum in Tasmania.
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Two modest pictures to illustrate Massive Attack's incredible shows...
London, July 2016
Dublin, January 2016
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