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Matt Pyke Presents Super-Computer-Romantics at La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris

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English digital artist Matt Pyke—perhaps best known for his audio-visual installation, Forever, at the Victoria and Albert Museum—is currently presenting his first solo show, Super-Computer-Romantics, at the newly renovated La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris.

Curated by La Gaîté Lyrique's Jerome Delormas and former Jalouse correspondent Charlotte Léouzon, the exhibit features eight of Pyke's video installations, both animated and live-action. Dancers disintegrating into bubbles across a 69-foot-wide wall, three-meter high walking cartoon monsters erupting in flames on ten-feet-tall screens—each piece explores Pyke's desire to bring life and empathy into art.

The works are on view through May 27.

Also: Submit your own text-based artwork to be featured in Pyke's show. All will be credited. Tweet @universalevery with the hashtag #inthissecond.

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Photos: Courtesy of Matt Pyke

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