Symbiosis is an interactive window into another world – one that’s strangely familiar, but alien at the same time. Could you be peering at microscopic cells inside your own body? Or are you seeing two raindrops on a leaf?
In this artwork, Universal Everything make the miniature monumental. Although Symbiosis is made with the same game engine and graphics as some of the other artworks, it doesn’t move as fast. You can slow down and explore how unrushed and deliberate evolution is while you and another person stick, slide and combine to create tiny new life. Or you can bubble on alone, stretching and squelching across the screen as you return to the basic shape that starts all life.
The UE team testing Symbiosis
Creative Director: Matt Pyke
Technical Development and Animation: Chris Mullany
Sound Design: Simon Pyke
Executive Producer: Claire Spencer Cook
Studio Technician: Spike Thompson
Find out how Infinity was made, in this short presentation by Universal Everything's Interactive Creative Director, Joel Gethin Lewis.
Discover the story behind Universal Everything in this video featuring key members of the collective.
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On display until
6 October 2024
ACMI: Gallery 4
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ACMI Identifier
LN196374
Object Types
Artwork
Digital
Materials
Real-time interactive installation, stereo sound