FESTIVAL BLOG
This was a short film made
to celebrate the line-up of everyone+everything festival
This was a short film made to explore the thought process behind everyone+everything festival
This was a short film made to reveal the everyone+everything festival branding for the first time - back in 2019!
This was a short film made to bring awareness around the impact of Suicide. One of the core roots behind everyone+everything festival and the reason why behind the project.
A very early promo explaining the festival, it's a bit outdated now but it was designed to be a calming tool also as you watch the circles and squares go by.
This is another very early promo film, designed to launch all of the festival's online socials etc using an amazing tune by The Streets and imagery found on the Internet.
The festival has gone through a few different stages and ideas. One of which was to contact loads of DJs and bands etc that everyone+everything festival loves and create visuals for them for either a song, DJ set or a whole Performance. It didn't get very far with this version of the festival, but the festival did contact everyone it could, most of who you can see in this animation. What did happen from this stage of thinking though, was how the festival is right now, so sometimes, it's good to think and try out things to see where it leads you.
This was a teaser promo made to tell people for the first time the launch date of the festival and to ask them to save the date - 11/05/22 which was the launch of everyone+everything festival 2022 after a year of being in production.
Here is an edit that we produced for Instagram, using the "best of" from the interviews we filmed for the festival, using some of the artists responses to the question: Right now, what does the term mental health mean to you?
Here is an edit that we produced for Instagram, using the "best of" from the interviews we filmed for the festival, using some of the artists responses to the question: How has the COVID-19 Pandemic affected you and your work?
This short film is called A Smile Changes Everything. It was made to celebrate the launch of everyone+everything festival on 11/05/22 at 11am.
This short film was made to celebrate the festival's line-up and also one week since the launch of everyone+everything festival 2022 - Try and watch this with 3D glasses, it's really trippy.
Matt Strong on location with Mia Cavaliero. Filming her interview for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by Dan Batchelor.
Matt Strong on location with Lowfades. Filming his interview and music production walkthrough for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by Dan Batchelor.
Matt Strong on location with Patricia Foster Mckenley. Filming her interview and poetry performance for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by Dan Batchelor.
Matt Strong on location with Christopher Thomas Allen from The Light Surgeons. Filming his interview for everyone+everything.
Camera and Sound by Christopher Thomas Allen
Editing by Matt Strong
Matt Strong on a Zoom call with Richard Colwill from Sane. Recording his interview for everyone+everything.
Editing by Matt Strong
Matt Strong on location with Billie J.
Filming his interview for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by Dan Batchelor.
Matt Strong on location with Claire Lubbock from Maudsley Charity. Filming her interview for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by
Matt Strong
Matt Strong filming his interview for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by
Matt Strong
Matt Strong on location at The Servent Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London, with Badlanguage. Filming his performance for everyone+everything.
Camera by Dan Batchelor and Kelly Redondo
Sound by Jon Chandler
Editing by CJTPresents
Matt Strong on location at The Servent Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London, with Amelia McFall. Filming her performance for everyone+everything.
Camera by Dan Batchelor and Kelly Redondo
Sound by Jon Chandler
Editing by Dan Batchelor
Matt Strong on location at The Servent Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London, with Kristie Killick. Filming her performance for everyone+everything.
Camera by Dan Batchelor and Kelly Redondo
Sound by Ivan Muela
Editing by Dan Batchelor
Matt Strong on location at The Servent Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London, with Deacon. Filming his performance and interview for everyone+everything.
Camera by Dan Batchelor and Kelly Redondo
Sound by Ivan Muela
Editing by Dan Batchelor
Matt Strong on location with Anthony Burrill. Filming his interview for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by Matt Strong
Matt Strong on location with Moegli.
Filming his interview for everyone+everything.
Camera and Editing by Dan Batchelor
Sound by Moegli
Matt Strong on location with Little Wise Toys. Filming her interview for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by Matt Strong
Matt Strong on location with Luis Mackness from CALM. Filming his interview for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by Matt Strong
Matt Strong on location with Collaboration Nation. Filming their interview for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by Matt Strong
Matt Strong on location with Kerry Roper. Filming his interview for everyone+everything.
Camera, Sound and Editing by Matt Strong
This is a promo, designed and produced to soft relaunch everyone+everything festival after a brief hiatus sadly because of the bereavement after the loss of my mum and the lack of interest in the project generally. This is the start of plan B, this is not the end.
£1500 Yo!
We made it to £1500, In fact, the latest total is £1,618 with 103 wristbands sold. THANK YOU to each and every one of you that has donated so far and to all the incredible talent involved with the festival. A significant milestone, halfway to the second target donation of £3000, for the digital festival everyone+everything. In aid of @calmzone @charitysane @maudsleycharity Let’s keep this going, please donate today - This is not the end: https://www.paypal.me/everyoneplus Love.
everyone+everything’s donation total currently stands at £1824.
12 more £15 donations are needed to reach the 2nd donation target amount of £2000.
Just 12 people have to donate, that’s it! - I definitely know 12 more people, please consider donating today here: https://www.paypal.me/everyoneplus
This project really is for amazing mental health causes, and in return you can see an exclusive digital festival of the arts featuring 50 artists I have met over the years.Thank you
The absolute North Star for everyone+everything project is this short documentary about a group of artists from New York City, called Beautiful Losers. Whenever I feel down and lost about my own work, I put this film on and it always picks me up again and reminds me why I do what I do.
I started everyone+everything project with nothing, except for a dream.
I wanted to create a safe place for self expression, with like minded people that do amazing things, and to simply make some positive noise about mental health issues.
Today, I am so happy to announce that everyone+everything has reached £2000, the second target amount for donations.
This is significant, and on behalf of @calmzone @charitysane @maudsleycharity and myself, we thank each and every one of you that has donated, believed in, and supported everyone+everything festival.
Thank you also for baring with me with all the self doubt, loss of confidence, the self hate, the paranoia, all the messages, emails, DMs and whatever else I could do to reach this milestone for the project - but when I set my mind on something and focus I don’t hold back.
So onwards I march, with £3000 in my sights.
But for now, it’s time to let off some steam, I hope you enjoy this short film made to celebrate this special moment, letting you peek inside the digital festival a little bit more than I have before.
“Hello, it’s me.
I was wondering if after all these years
you’d like to meet, to go over everything?”
With endless love
Matt
everyone+everything Creative Director
Music : Adele Hello unreleased Bootleg - High Contrast
everyone+everything press release:
A new digital arts festival featuring more than 50 creatives has been set up to support three mental health charities. Street photographer Matt Strong created the ‘Everyone+Everything’ event to mark 20 years since he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The festival is bursting at the seams with inspirational sessions curated specially for it, including interviews, DJ sets, live music performances, poetry readings, music production walk-throughs, comedy sketches and films. Viewers can expect to be entertained by graphic artist Anthony Burrill, genre-bending AV artists The Light Surgeons, comedian Daman Bamrah, fine artist Mia Cavaliero, and many more.
Proceeds will support the work of three UK leading mental health charities that are close to Matt’s heart - CALM, SANE and Maudsley Charity. Creative director Matt said: “I am still here to tell my story, which drives me to make these types of projects, for positive mental health awareness and to fight the stigma of mental illness.
“The festival was curated carefully by myself and it’s a true representation of what I’m about, where I have been and who I have connected with in my life. “It’s as much about supporting the charities as it is about supporting the incredible creatives I know personally and recognising their potential together in one safe place for expression."
“All three of the charities are delighted to be involved.”
Viewers will be able to access the festival via all platforms - and are guaranteed to enjoy a festival that English weather can’t spoil. All proceeds gained through donations will be split equally between the three charities at the end of the festival’s run which is March 31, 2023.
Matt added: “I made my first donation of £1000 when I started up in the Summer but now the pot has reached £2000, I really want to get things rolling and make this a huge event. I have a goal of reaching £3000 by the end of March. “The future of the project could be an exciting one as I’m hoping that once the digital festival has finished, we will be able to set up a live version of the event to raise even more money for these great causes.”
“Anyone who has already donated will get unlimited access to the live version of Everyone+Everything for a series of events in a physical location.” Visitors wishing to see the digital festival can make a donation via the festival’s PayPal link: www.paypal.me/everyoneplus after which a password will then be sent out for access to the event here: www.everyonepluseverything.com
Guests will also receive a special limited-edition wristband.
The press can get access to everyone+everything if requested.
Published and distributed by PR FIRE (www.prfire.co.uk)
everyone+everything behind the scenes photography by Simon Wan @simonlywan
This is a very early everyone+everything branding idea
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you one of the nicest people I’ve ever met: Mr Del Osei-Owusu AKA @platinummind - we work together in our day jobs but in another life we would be fighting the forces of the Dark Side in a galaxy far far away.
We are both self proclaimed nerds, and nerds have to stick together otherwise the baddies will win, and hey, everyone loves the underdog right?
Seriously though, Del is a veteran musician and is 1 of 50 artists that features on the line up for everyone+everything and his submission to the project is pretty neat, it also has a little bit of visual treatment by myself.
Many thanks to Del for all your support (he was even everyone+everything’s temporary producer for awhile) with this project and for letting me use your really interesting music for the cause.
Big Love. Always.
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you Shannon Davis.
Shannon was the first Creative Director to ever believe in me and my work when I was straight out of university. She took me on as an intern in the graphic design dept for Turner Classic Movies, and fought for me to become permanent staff where I stayed for 5 years learning so much from this talented creative, and the team she ran. She really saw me, where others didn’t. Something I’ve never forgotten.
Shannon is also a very cool photographer hailing from Buffalo, USA, and I am excited to represent her for this project - check out her work here: @shannondavisphotos
Her submission to the festival is an excellent demonstration of her keen sense of direction and visual style with overtones of lush cinematography.
Many thanks to Shannon, for all that you did to this eager designer from the suburbs of London with a VHS showreel in my hand and for sharing your vision me with me. I only have huge respect for you.
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you into the mind of Daniel Ferst.
I met this talented Illustrator at our day jobs. He taught me the ways of Flight of the Conchords one lunchtime - and our friendship has never been the same since.
@dreg.illustrated @d_dreg work is outstanding and he was in my original 10 people that I wanted to approach about this project. To have him on board is amazing and I can see his work printed huge one day if this project ever gets funded for a live version.
Dan has submitted to the festival a sample of his extensive portfolio and I’m so proud to have him on the line up, it’s all just so perfect. I can see it in my minds eye how his illustrations will look against some of the other artists in this project. It’s exciting to think about.
Dan, this one’s for you 🖕🏻 - merci beacoup
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the exciting new design agency @collaboration_nation
Collaboration Nation is the brainchild of two very experienced creatives, Emma and Nicky.
I’ve first met Emma (left hand side of the photo) at university back in the late 90s. We clicked from the get go, and we become flat mates for the last year or so of our time at uni. Em also travelled to visit me in New York one summer while I was on an internship with a design agency over there. She is an amazing person, incredibly talented and humble who has overcome some very tough things in her life. Emma was also the very first person to see me in distress, the night my life changed forever while I was experiencing my first psychotic episode back in 2002.
Nicky I’ve only got to know via Emma very recently, but from what I now know about her, she is an incredible asset to this project.
Collaboration Nation is a Graphic Design Brand Agency that was born from the ashes of the recent global pandemic and already they have an impressive portfolio of stunning designs under their belts that they have kindly donated to the project a sample of - and it’s so cool to have them both on board. There is also an interview with them, shot exclusively for this festival.
Lots of love and best wishes to Ems and Nicky. Thank you!
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you writer Lucien Pollard.
Lucien and I work together, he was one of the main reasons I wanted to move up in my job role when I first started at my current day job, as he is just so good at what he does, and he does it gracefully and silently.
@lucienpj01 also caught my eye for this project from some of the social media posts that I had seen Lucien share. I knew I wanted a writer for the festival, and I believe I found an excellent one.
Lucien agreed to be a part of this project and submitted some really interesting personal insights using the medium of creative writing that has now, for me, become an important part of everyone+everything festival, among all the noise and bright colours.
Thank you so much Lucien.
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the wonderful artist, Mia Cavaliero.
Mia @cavalieromia is a family friend that I have known for a while now. She is a fine artist with graphic design sensibilities and a trained art therapist.
I love Mia’s work and I’m a proud owner of one of her pieces, I wish I could afford more from her extensive portfolio. She is inspired by nature a lot in her paintings, from a study of trees to observations about the landscape and environments she visits. The results of these paintings are often very graphic with a beautiful use of colour and texture.
For everyone+everything, Mia selected a study of abstract horizons that were drawn from her imagination, while the UK was in lockdown due the Covid-19 pandemic. She was also interviewed by the festival, in which she explains more about her work, life and thoughts about mental health.
Thank you so much Mia, looking forward to seeing you soon for a catch up.
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you Barcelona Industrial Designer, Roc H Biel.
@roc.onfire l and I used to work together. Back then he was a student at The Royal College of Art - which I found to be very impressive. He is now employed by the legendary Pentagram Design Agency. I wish him all the best for his career.
So when I approached this talented creative for this project, I was very happy when he agreed to be a part of the festival.
Roc has submitted to the project a case study of one of his designs, and it’s a really cool page on the everyone+everything’s website to see his thought processes and how he achieved the final design.
Thank you very much Roc.
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the very funny Daman Bamrah.
@daman.bamrah and I used to work together, and when I discovered he was a professional comedian, I was impressed by this a lot, so I started to follow his work.
Daman has gone from strength to strength recently and has produced some really funny sketches via his social networks and he is also busy perfecting his stand up routine by performing as much as he can. I can’t wait to see his career as a comic blow up. Watch this space.
Daman supplied a sample of his humour to everyone+everything festival, which includes what happens if the Mafia taught you Excel and a mix up with a look a like comment from a friend - hey it happens!
Thank you very much Daman!
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you film maker, photographer and designer, Isabella Rider.
@isseyrider and I used to work together, and
I’ve always admired her work and her mindset.
She has many creative skills on her tool belt, and often her work has a strong sense of minimalism design that is always on point, fresh and in trend.
I’m lucky to have her on everyone+everything’s line up. Her work is so classy, I love it. For this festival she entered an incredible short film, shot in New York City, that has become one of my favourite submissions to the project. The film was shot, directed, and edited by Isabella and her partner Stephan Knight - more about Stephan soon.
Thank you very much Issey.
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the first DJ on the line up - Strobe.
I met Sanj AKA Strobe @strobe_agram - via our day jobs. We clicked because of music, specifically Drum n Bass. We often swapped stories about the golden age of DnB and tunes that we liked, and to top it all off, apart from being really down to Earth and smart, he is a very talented D&B DJ.
He has a long history of DJing under his belt, and a personal highlight for me was when he mixed a set for @ramrecords for their RAM Live House Party series during one of the UK lockdowns. Strobe also writes for music journals reviewing the very best from Drum n Bass.
So when I approached Strobe for this project, he agreed straight away to record a mix exclusively for everyone+everything and let me tell you now he delivered, he understood the assignment for sure! He effortlessly switches and double drops between tracks like a badman. The set is topped of by visual treatment by myself @mattstrongldn - just to enhance the vibe.
Salute Strobe! - Many thanks!
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you, The Light Surgeons.
I am unashamedly a massive fan of The Light Surgeons. This collective from London is a power house of creativity and I have always followed their work, which pushes the boundaries of AV art and film making. I would argue that they are pioneers of graphic filmmaking that often cross over many genres, coining the phrase, Live Cinema.
I first met Christopher Allen from The Light Surgeons when I had an interview with him as a graduate fresh out of Uni. Ever since then we have crossed paths many times, in the World of Audio Visual work. I’ve watched The Light Surgeons’ career blossom eagerly from the sidelines at festivals, nightclubs, museums and galleries and much more with a sense of inspiration.
@thelightsurgeons were more than happy to be involved with this project. Chris was interviewed by myself where he talks about his background, The light Surgeons’ work, the collective celebrating their 25th anniversary, and also very openly about his experiences with mental health. It’s a very poignant piece.
The Light Surgeons have also donated for this digital instalment of everyone+everything a fantastic piece of graphic film making that is exclusively streaming via the festival’s website until the festival comes to a close early next year. It’s a beautiful trip and a memorial to John Berger.
Thank you so much Chris,
and to all the other Light Surgeons
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you, Little Wise Toys.
I met Michelle from Little Wise Toys through my son’s class at school. As her daughter was in the same class as my son’s, so over the years we became friends.
@littlewisetoys is a fantastic addition for everyone+everything as what they do is very different to anyone else on the line up. Little Wise Toys create educational toys for kids and teenagers that cover everything from basic key stage learning skills to exploring mental health wellbeing and emotions. So Michelle’s work is perfect for this project.
For Little Wise Toy’s submission to the festival, I interviewed Michelle who gave a really interesting insight into her work and the why behind it all.
Thank you Michelle
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the wonderful Singer Songwriter, Gillie.
I was so excited about this one being involved with the project. I’m a fan and friend of Gillie and her beautiful music. We met at our day jobs and I saw her perform a couple times there and each time I knew one day we could work together.
@gillie_music comes from Wales and her music is an ever evolving and quite often a very personal statement about her current state of mind, her environment and life.
You can check out her music on all streaming services and her latest track “i ti”is slightly different from what we can expect from Gillie, but as I said her work is consistently evolving.
Gillie has supplied an intimate set exclusively for everyone+everything which is just sublime and she also gave the project an interview which goes into detail about her approach to making music, mental health and life in general.
Thank you for everything Gille
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the festival’s Creative Director, Matt Strong.
I have this mantra inside of me: Make It Anyway - which after years of rejections, makes me fearlessly independent.
For my own contribution to the festival, I wanted to do something a little different, exclusively for the project. So I’ve been experimenting with my own video and graphics, creating what I call AV mixtapes, and for the first time, they are carefully edited to my own electronic music, which has been exciting and an idea I’ve had for ages. This side project is split into 3 chapters exploring, light, darkness and shadows : Seen Better Days, Life is pretty when it’s dark, and I hope this helps to take the edge off. Split into 4 parts. They are designed as visual backdrops, you don’t have to sit and watch them from the beginning to the end. They are ambient pieces of video art that I’d love to perform live one day, with projections onto multiple screens and a nice ‘n’ loud sound system. As a teaser please find in this post small sections of parts 1 and 2 from each chapter for your viewing pleasure. Parts 3 and 4 to follow very soon.
I also gave an interview for everyone+everything, in which I explain about this project, mental health and what’s next from me.
Thank you to everyone for what you do to support me.
Matt
@mattstrongldn
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the incredible illustrator, Billie J.
One of the coolest things about this project is the fact that I have been back in contact with some very dear friends that I have met over the years. When life just got in the way and I hadn’t said seen much of them. The first thing I did when I started this project was to write a massive list for the different stages of my career and life going back as far as art college in the mid 90s, and the result is what makes everyone+everything it is today.
The people that are not part of the first installment of this festival celebration of the arts are definitely in my sights for the second one if I ever get to do it - everyone+everything live - I’m lucky to know so many talented people. I first met Billie J, (AKA Sam to his friends and family) at Barking College and then again at University in the mid to late 90s where he was a visiting lecturer. He was awesome to have around to us youngsters and I clicked with Sam from day one with his humour, kindness and talent. His work was and is still so impressive that I just had to have him on the line up for everyone+everything.
For this project Billie J has selected some quality choice cuts from his expansive portfolio and he also gave us an exclusive interview where he deep dives into his career with some great antidotes from over the years.
Thank you so much Sam for your time and sharing your work with us for the cause - see you very soon!
Matt
@billiejstudio
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the singer songwriter Amelia McFall.
Canadian Amelia McFall, hailing from Montreal via London these days is a vocalist that I had my eye on for quite awhile to be included in the line up
for everyone+everything.
We met while working together in our day jobs and I’ve been a fan ever since. A classically trained singer who can sing the Blues with the best of them.
I’m very happy Amelia agreed to be a part of all this and on a rainy summer’s day in London’s Dalston in the basement of a Jazz Club we shot her performance for everyone+everything. Let me tell you a secret, it’s beautiful and one of personal favourites. I still get goosebumps when I watch it now.
Thank you very much Amelia, for your strength to continue to perform for the festival- forever in debt to you.
Matt
@ameliamcfall
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you Visual Artist, Efrén Mur.
I met the Spanish visual artist Efrén Mur while I was living and working in Madrid, Spain. He was a freelancer, like I was for the very successful VJ crew, The Light Project. We worked on a few gigs together as VJ’s but probably my favourites was a Star Wars themed event at a massive club in Madrid, and the other was for the opening of Space Ibiza for another season with Deadmau5 and Carl Cox on the bill who we both provided visuals for their DJ sets.
Efrén now lives and works in the stylish city of Berlin, Germany, where his career has blown up. He has a long client list, (Nike being one of the most prominent) that all get a touch of his minimalist graphic magic when he completes work for them. He is also represented by management agency, Source Artists, which is no mean feat.
We are very lucky to have Efrén on the line up for everyone+everything. He has supplied some amazing
examples of his talent for the project that dazzle the eye - well worth checking out.
Muchas Gracias Efrén
Matt
@efrenmur
@sourceartists
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you 3D Game Artist, Will Edmeades.
I wanted to curate a festival that connects the dots across many creative disciplines as much as possible. So it’s great to have Will Edmeades on the line up for everyone+everything as he does just that.
We met at our day jobs and when I started to follow his 3D game designs that he posted online, Will was immediately someone that caught my attention for this project. I really enjoy his work.
For this digital festival he supplied a ton of cool clips from his extensive portfolio of 3D video game designs. I then made an exclusive showreel of the best bits, just for this festival project, which he can then use if he likes once the festival is over in March 2023.
Thanks Will, I appreciate you supporting this project.
Matt
@feelingterrible
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the wonderful poet, Patricia Foster McKenley.
Patricia is one of those people that radiates positive vibes, she is such a lovely person with a huge smile.
Patricia was a must for this project to be on the line up and I couldn’t have been more happier when she agreed to be a part of this digital festival of the arts.
Patricia is a talented award winning poet, life coach,
and Reiki Practitioner to name but a few of the things
she does in her spare time. We met at our day jobs 8 years ago and became friends very easily.
I first became aware of her poetry after she performed a couple of them at our morning meetings at work - our daily meetings sometimes are on a whole different level.
On a very hot sunny day in a park in Lewisham, South East London, we filmed Patricia exclusively for everyone+everything performing a few of her poems and also an interview where she explains her background, family, culture and mental health that all inspire her to write creatively.
Thank you very much Patricia, for all that you have done to support this festival.
Matt
@patriciafostermckenley
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the fascinating Graphic Artist, Kerry Roper.
Originally from Wales, he was once labelled the hottest designer in the UK. Kerry has a piece of his art in the permanent collection at the V&A and he has also exhibited his work alongside the legendary Banksy. I’ve been friends with Kerry since the late 90s as we went to the same University and we were on the same course, although he was in the year above me. After years working in some of the best Design Agencies in the UK, making a name for himself crafting his unique style and approach to Graphic Design, Kerry is now currently Head of Design at Saatchi & Saatchi London. And he is also the Visual Creative Director for Sushitech Records.
For this digital festival, Kerry has supplied an amazing selection of record sleeve designs for the electronic music label Sushitech. I also filmed him in his London home for an exclusive interview for everyone+everything. Where he delves into his past, present and future self, with an up frank and honest perspective about his own struggles with having a mental illness, while working in an industry that he clearly loves.
Big shout out and with my thanks to Kerry, for your time, honesty and for sharing your incredible work for everyone+everything. Keep well mate, I’m here if you need me - 24/7
Matt
@roper_artdirection
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you one of the best crate diggers I know, DJ Bickmore.
Fellow Essex boy Mark Bickmore is someone I just to work with and because we mostly talked about music, it was easy to build a lot of respect for him and he clearly had an understanding of how to build a DJ set from the music he loves from the set’s I’d seen him perform live and on his Mixcloud page: mixcloud.com/bickmore
Bickmore’s DJ set for everyone+everything is nothing short of quality and it really takes you to places from a lot of different genres. I loved it when I first heard it and I’ve re listened to the set many times. I have provided visual treatment to Bickmore’s set and had a lot of fun in doing so, I’d love to mix live visuals to a live DJ set from him one day.
Thank you Mark, for being such an awesome part of this project.
Matt
@markbickmore
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you, a photographer that I greatly admire, Daniel Bushaway.
Croydon native and now living and working In Melbourne, Australia, Daniel Bushaway is a quality photographer specialising in large format documentary photography.
Dan and I used to work together in our days jobs as Broadcast Graphic Designers for the TV channel TCM (Turner Classic Movies) in London’s Soho. We were of similar ages and had similar dreams so we got on from day one. He introduced me to a ton of leftfield electronic music and we are both photographers.
I’ve always really liked Dan’s approach to photography and it’s been a pleasure to see his career blossom with awards, commissions and exhibitions under his belt.
Daniel was another must for everyone+everything, one because his work deserves to be be on this platform and two as a thank you for what he did to help me when I was first diagnosed with Schizophrenia in 2002 - a breakdown that happened while working for TCM.
For this festival, Daniel has supplied a selection of his stunning portfolio, which are not always quite what they seem to be, images that out of context become something different, almost an alien futuristic landscape made from what is always there.
Thank you Dan for your kind support of this project, and for believing in me all those years back when many others gave up on me. I’ll never forget that.
Matt
@dbushaway
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you up and coming street photographer Caroline Morten.
I met Caroline via my son’s primary school in London, as her son was in the same class as my son’s and they were friends.
I discovered that she was a keen photographer as I had seen her carry a camera with her quite often when out and about. We eventually got talking about photography one day and then started to follow each other online, and from that point I knew Caroline had to be a part of the photography collective that I was curating for everyone+everything festival.
Caroline is a street photographer who is now living and working from her home city, Stockholm, Sweden. She has a fabulous eye for details and quite often uses her sons as a muse for her photography subjects. Her selection for this project is quality and continues to have her signature cinematic feel to her photographs. Caroline has submitted a series which she calls her “Lockdown Diary” and the images focuses on every day life with her family during the Covid-19 pandemic while London and the rest of the UK was in Lockdown. I love this series.
Thank you Caroline for sharing your amazing photography and for your support of this project.
Matt
@caroline.morten
@carolinemortenphotography
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the multi talented motion designer, illustrator and writer, Shashi Kahlon.
Londoner Shashi and I used to work together and I discovered by chatting to him that he was also a freelance motion designer and illustrator with an impressive client list and showreel. I loved his style from day one, it’s simple, clean and fresh and it’s very versatile.
When I compiled the list of artists that I wanted on everyone+everything’s line up, Shashi was up there in my first choices. I’m so happy he agreed to be a part of the project.
For his submission to the festival he was one of very few that actually created and produced something exclusively for the festival.
Shashi made a short animation about anxiety and how to overcome it with some very cool tips. It’s a lovely piece of work and Shashi delivered it perfectly with his style that shines throughout.
Thank you so much Shashi for sharing your talents with us. It was much appreciated.
Matt
@_skmotion
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the showman that is badlanguage.
UK musician Oliver, currently under the artist name badlanguage, is another creative I used to work with. I have been following his music for quite sometime and he is someone that isn’t afraid to experiment with his work and it seems that it’s a constant work in progress to refine his art to what it is now known as badlanguage. I’d seen him perform live a couple of times and it was these live shows that made badlanguage an obvious choice for everyone+everything.
For this digital festival we filmed an exclusive live performance by badlanguage who did it all in one take. He treated us to some unreleased music and some others from badlanguage’s latest release. It was a performance that was exactly what I’d hope badlanguage would do, a performance full of energy, excitement and drama. badlanguage then went onto edit the piece themselves with the help of someone they knew and the end result is fantastic.
Thank you very much Oliver for sharing your music with everyone+everything festival, it was a pleasure to see you put so much enthusiasm into your performance.
@badlanguage
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the international award winning photographer, Jordi Ruiz Cirera.
Barcelona photographer Jordi Ruiz Cirera is a family friend and an absolute incredible Documentary Photographer.
Jordi has many global awards, books, exhibitions and now films under his belt in a relatively short space of time. After graduating from his Photography course in London, he just reached for the stars and totally went for it. It worked, because shortly afterwards he won first prize for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, held at The National Portrait Galley in London, for a shot from his most well known series, Los Menonos. He has also been named Magnum’s 30 under 30 - a title that doesn’t come easy.
He gave me a lot to choose from for everyone+everything so I chose some new work from Jordi, which is a selection from his series called La Espera - The wait, shot while he was living and working in Mexico. It’s simply beautiful, but It was so hard to choose from his portfolio as all of his shots are outstanding.
Muchas gracias Jordi, it’s an absolute pleasure to have you on board with this initiative. Thanks for the inspiration.
@jordiruizc
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the quirky and brilliant film maker, Hattie Morgan.
I met Australian Hattie Morgan while back packing around Vietnam in 2004, we had so much fun with a small crew that were on the same trip as us, that we have loosely kept in touch ever since.
It’s awesome after all these years that she agreed to be a part of everyone+everything project. I’ve watched her work online with avid admiration and I knew I wanted to include her for the line up. It was a must.
Hattie has supplied a few short films that she created and produced herself from a series called 52 Flicks. In 2015, she made and released a short film every week for one year and for this project she selected some of her favourites. They are so cool, funny and sometimes poignant. I think they are a quality fresh addition to the festival. Hattie also has submitted her freelance showreels too.
Hello Hi Hattie, thanks for the support - Big Love.
@hattiemorgan
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you experimental musician, Matt Lysser.
Matt and I used to work together, and from our conversations we had it always looped back to creativity (Matt’s also a photographer) so it was an obvious choice to invite him to be a part of everyone+everything festival.
He has been a constant source of guidance while I was putting everyone+everything together and he is so keen for me to make a live version of the festival, that it is now something that I am seriously thinking about but I’ll let you into a little secret - it won’t be my next major project. My next creative adventure will be another first and I can’t wait to share with you all what that will be. So watch this space.
Matt shared a sneak peak from one of many music ideas he is currently developing with everyone+everything. It certainly made me wish I could hear more but we will have to be patient. Good luck Matt, with all that you are trying to do. Exciting!
Cheers Matt, all the best bro!
Appreciate the support.
@mattlysser
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you Photographer and Graphic Designer, Shaquille Mayanja.
Again Shaq and I used to work together. He is a cool guy with an interesting approach to image making, so he was a must for everyone+everything festival.
Shaq’s work is often very graphic and simplistic and he isn’t afraid to experiment to express himself across many different mediums. (See his instagram for more examples)
For this project he submitted a selection of photographs that he has added a graphic element to which then changes the perception of the image, which makes for an interesting viewing.
I’d love to see them really big in gallery setting, alongside some of the other artist’s work - that’s the plan and dream for everyone+everything eventually, and how the work was intended to be
viewed, as a complete collective side by side.
Thank you Shaq for sharing your work with everyone. Hope we can catch up soon.
@shaqmm
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you Fine Artist, Pawel Wasek.
Polish born Pawel is a Fine Artist I have admired for quite sometime. He used to be the co owner of a local coffee shop in Forest Hill, South East London called The Montage, which I used to go to when I was a stay at home dad looking after my son. It was a lovely quiet spot that my son could play in safely, while I could grab some quality coffee, this was when I first saw Pawel’s work, and I’ve been a fan ever since. It’s fantastic to have his work as part of everyone+everything’s first instalment.
He now co owns and runs a new cafe a bit further on from the old place called The Moustache @themoustache99 where the walls are covered with Pawel’s art. I highly recommend a visit if you are in Sydenham, SE London.
For everyone+everything project Pawel kindly submitted some previously unseen work that delves into a darker side of his creative mind.
Entitled November Mood Disorder, it is a series of roughly hand-coloured and stitched old pictures (photos) inspired by German Expressionism movement in film and photography, which seeks to convey emotional and psychological states and visulizes the anxiety through distorted and nightmarish imagery.
Thank you Pawel for being brave and sharing your new personal work with everyone+everything. I appreciate it so much.
@pawelwasek
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the very funny professional Comedian, Alexander Theo.
The far too famous for this festival, Comedian Alex Theo and I work our day jobs in the same place, where we are also friends. I don’t think I’ve ever had a serious conversation with him and I don’t want that to ever change.
When you talk to Alex you really don’t know what direction it’s going to go, but usually they include some jokes, Opera singing, dinosaur impressions and randomly wishing you a Merry Christmas all year round.
Cypriot comic Alex was an absolute essential for everyone+everything festival. His career is taking off finally after years of hard work to get him to where he is now and it’s not stopping anytime soon. He does a lot of sketches online via his social media profiles featuring characters he has developed, most notably, Soulla. Alex has also recently brought all of his talents to the stage, performing live to sold out crowds.
Alex has supplied a funny short sketch from a camping trip that Soulla goes on for everyone+everything project. A little insight into his incredible talent.
Thank you so much Alex, I bloody love it!
@alexandertheo
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
Wow I have worked with some incredible people over the years, so here is another one…
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the singer/ songwriter, Meg Doherty.
Liverpudlian, Meg D, is a really sweet easy going person. I first heard her play out live at another charity event put on by a friend of mind, raising money for Cancer Research. I enjoyed that set, so while curating my own event, (all be it digital) Meg D’s music immediately sprang to mind.
For everyone+everything, Meg has supplied a cool set featuring her own music and some covers that are an inspiration to her, alongside some of her photos and video around her home city of Liverpool, here in the UK.
Meg had clearly put a lot of energy, thought and time into the set, and I was so happy to receive it and include her musical brilliance as part of the digital version of everyone+everything.
Big love and thanks goes out to Meg for sharing your set with everyone+everything.
@megfdoherty
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the fantastic Advertising Art Director and experimental Photographer, Rob Spicer.
I first met Rob (Romford, Essex, UK) way back in the early 90s when we were in the same class as each other for our BTEC Diploma’s in Graphic Design at Barking College, we clicked from day one and never looked back. After college we then went to the same University (Buckinghamshire in High Wycombe) for our BA (Hons) Degree in Graphic Design, Illustration and Advertising. Rob chose Advertising, and I chose Graphic Design as our areas of interest.
We even shared a couple of flats with other fellow students while at uni and then when we graduated, we kept in good touch for many years, as we were both living in the same hometown of Romford for awhile, before finding our feet in the real world. Rob found his way before me and I’ve always sought out Rob as a source of inspiration and support.
Rob and I also travelled together to many different places such as: New York City, Chicago, Thailand, and India - where we created some fond memories together, but I was getting ill and I kept it all to myself, until I couldn’t.
When I first got mentally ill in early 2002, Rob was there right from the start, the second friend to see me go through my first Psychotic episode - I remember the day very clearly. He was my best friend for years, and although we have lost touch a little now (life happens) it’s been great to see his career grow in Advertising over the years.
I still love to see his adverts on the telly etc and sometimes when I see an advertisement I wonder if it is Rob and his advertising partner Adam’s work - I can see their sense of humour and on point trends sometimes, but usually I never know.
The other side to Rob is his keen eye for creating amazing images with his Polaroid Camera. For everyone+everything he has supplied the digital festival with a selection of his best Polaroid photography, they are so fragile and beautiful, and have become a personal favourite of mine. They often look like paintings, and you can really see his craft of art direction in the images.
Many thanks Rob for everything.
@robs_03
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the fantastic Motion Graphic artist, Paul Plowman.
Paul was a visiting lecturer at my University back in the late 90s. I’ve always loved his work and I’ve followed his work ever since.
He was another must for the everyone+everything line up and I’m so glad he agreed to be a part of all this, for a good cause.
For his submission to everyone+everything he supplied some brand new work for a client of his, the electronic music producer, Testset, where Paul has designed and produced the visuals for their new track “Honeydew”. It’s an excellent piece of work and it has Paul’s signature style of clean minimalist graphics, bold colours and fluid seamless animations. I love it.
Many thanks goes out to Paul, for supporting everyone+everything project.
@paulplow
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the Fine Art Photographer, Chris Sowe.
Fine art photographer Chris Sowe is a family friend. I’d seen Chris’ work in the local open house show in Dulwich, London a couple of times, and it’s always an interesting view, so I wanted to include him in my own festival.
Chris is also a DIY expert, he painted our flat when we first moved in and he also rebuilt our bathroom and toilet from the ground up - so hit him up if you need some work doing around your home.
For everyone+everything festival Chris supplied a few of his favourite images that are often quite experimental in their treatment and this particular set is very abstract and textural, boarding on graphic, which I like a lot.
One image entitled, Gatleys Head, explores
the subjects experiences of living with Paranoid Schizophrenia - a poignant image for this project that is making awareness around this type of mental illness, that I can unfortunately relate to, all too well.
Many thanks Chris for sharing your images with everyone+everything. I hope you are doing well sir! Let’s catch up soon.
@chrissowephotoart
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you Musician, Photographer and Nutritionist, Anna Joe.
Anna and I used to work together in our days jobs. They are so much fun that I had to include them in my curation of everyone+everything.
With so many strings to their bow, it took awhile to settle on what Anna was going to submit to this festival.
Originally it was going to be some music but at the time Anna had an injury that put a stop to that, so rather than drop out of the project Anna submitted some of their photographs from a summer spent in their home country of Greece.
It’s a cool set of images that you can almost feel the heat radiating from the photographs. I’m very grateful that Anna believed enough in the project to want to still be a part of it.
Thank you so much Anna for supporting everyone+everything festival.
@annaareyou_ok
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the fantastic camera operator, Stephan Knight.
Stephan Knight is an incredible professional camera operator. You should really check out his
work online. I’m a fan for sure.
He forms the second half of the duo that is also another everyone+everything artist, Isabella Rider.
For this festival they have entered an interesting short film, shot in New York City, that has become one of my favourite submissions to the project. The film was shot, directed, and edited by Isabella Rider and Stephan Knight.
A big Thank you goes out to Stephan for supporting this project.
@stephanknight_
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you to a electronic music producer that makes it sound easy, Lowfades.
Lowfades (Justin Palmer, UK) and I work together in our day jobs. He is a very humble and talented musician. I learnt about his work via a morning meeting at work during the UK lockdowns where he gave a demonstration of how he made a track with his friend. It was such a cool demo that I had to get him on board for everyone+everything.
Luckily for the project he agreed.
So we went to his studio and filmed an exclusive music production walkthrough of a track that Lowfades made with the rapper, Jafro, called Peace. @officaljafro . Which is an excellent insight into the behind the scenes of making a beat.
Lowfades also gave us an interview for the festival, in which he talks about his background, musical influences, and keeping a good mental health practice.
Finally, if that wasn’t enough, Lowfades also supplied two tracks from his portfolio for everyone+everything, which I then added some visual elements to specially for this project only.
His page on the digital festival website is pretty sweet to be honest. A highlight for sure.
Huge shout out with my thanks and respect going out to Justin for supporting everyone+everything project.
@lowfades_
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you Cinematographer and Photographer, Johnny Ridley.
Johnny and I currently work together in our day jobs and as we are both photographers / creatives, we get on very well.
I have enjoyed seeing Johnny’s street photography over the years so he was an obvious candidate for everyone+everything festival.
For this digital festival, Johnny has supplied a selection of street photography images he took on a trip to Vietnam, entitled, 24 hours in Hanoi.
The series is a little taster of his vast photography knowledge, skills and style.
“24 Hours in Hanoi is a snapshot into the world around me on my own. To remember the parts of travel that are a little bit forgotten because the mind chooses to do so. To the difficult days of travel, the not so sunny days where photography becomes the escape to admire the everyone+everything.” - Johnny Ridley
Many thanks Johnny for supporting everyone+everything project.
@johnnyridley
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the quality Documentary Photographer, Dil Assi.
Dil and I yet again used to work together in our day jobs - what a creative place I work in! It’s quite mad the talent in one building that I have met over the years.
Dil is simply a class photographer, specialising in documentary and street photography, the same area of photography as myself, so he needed to be a part of everyone+everything’s first instalment.
Oh by the way I’m feeling much better about the project, it’s still an awesome charity festival and I’m very proud of it. For a first attempt at something as big as this I’ll take what I have learnt and make everyone+everything 2 the live version even bigger and better one day… but it won’t be my next major project, I have something completely different up my sleeve which I’ll reveal when the time is right… anyway, back to Dil.
For everyone+everything, Dil generously submitted an around the world tour of images that he has shot on various trips, from Japan, India, Nepal, Morocco and back to London.
It’s a beautiful lush celebration of life. A highly recommended viewing.
Many thanks goes out to Dil, for supporting everyone+everything project.
@_rather.unique
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you, Poet, Laura Bolgiu.
Laura and I have worked together for the past 8 years or so, and we have always got on well, through the hard times and the best of times.
She had to be a part of this project somehow, and when I learnt that she was an aspiring poet, I knew that Laura and her writing would fit the vibe of the festival so well. She is also very funny, which is a bonus!
After reading a few examples of her work online, I approached Laura about everyone+everything project and the idea behind it all. With some trepidation, Laura agreed to share some of her poems and I’m so proud of her to do so, it takes courage to lay bare your inner thoughts for others to read so I don’t take Laura’s agreement to be part of this lightly.
For everyone+everything, Laura has supplied a few examples of her writing, I hope you like Laura’s page on the festival’s website, for those that have access. But if you haven’t donated to gain access you will have to donate to read Laura’s poetry and loads of other work from the 50 everyone+everything artists on the line up.
Many thanks to Laura for supporting everyone+everything project and for being brave to share your writing. I appreciate you so much.
@lauravibi
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the skilful and professional Fine Art Photographer, William Henry.
William and I work together in our day jobs and again he was a photographer I learnt about by seeing his work online. I was immediately impressed by his art, that I knew I needed him to be a part of everyone+everything.
I was looking for a more studio based photographer while curating this digital festival and William’s images fitted into that category very well.
A series from William that I particularly liked was his The Dark Series, and the images he has kindly selectively chosen for his entry to everyone+everything are from this body of work.
“I have always loved films and shows about the supernatural; vampires, werewolves, witches and the many creatures that are said to dwell in the shadowy corners of our world.
There is a dark beauty to their existence that has enthralled and captivated many for centuries allowing the intrigue to endure in books, TV shows, art, movies and more.
For this ongoing project I decided I wanted to capture some of the beauty in the darkness of these wonderful creatures.” - William Henry
Many thanks going out to William for supporting everyone+everything project.
@williamhenryphotos
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you House DJ’s and producers, No Rules.
Italian natives, No Rules (brothers Alfaz and Ashfaq) make quality UK House music with a subtle nod to Garage and Drum & Bass.
I used to work with Alfaz (left side on the photo) he was always so kind to me and checked in with me whenever I saw him. I miss having him around at work.
I knew that No Rules would be a special part of everyone+everything, as I had seen them DJ live at 93 Feet East in Shoreditch and also from the tunes I had heard them release on the record label Yaya Records.
For everyone+everything, No Rules supplied the 3rd quality DJ set exclusively for this digital festival, which I then added my visuals to, for your viewing and listening experience. They go back to back in this set, digging into their record box, laying down some sublime underground House.
Big shout out going to No Rules, for supporting everyone+everything project. Many thanks lads.
@norulesmusic
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you, musician and innovative photographer, Rich Alexander.
Rich Alexander (London, UK) was the first person I spoke to when we joined the same company for our current day jobs, and from that day one we clicked and became good friends ever since. Even in those early moments of getting to know him, creativity has always been a constant source of our conversations, and photography being at the forefront of all of that.
Rich is an avid supporter of my work and projects and also one of the most caring people I know. Through all the awkward hugs over the years, I have a lot of time for him.
Rich also just so happens to be a very brilliant musician, and is a drummer in a Pop Punk band called Double A @doubleaukbut he can also sing and play guitar too, and if that wasn’t enough, he has a very keen eye for photography and film making.
His photography is really nice and he isn’t afraid to experiment and explore with the use of different cameras (often shooting on film) lenses and techniques, and that can be seen throughout Rich’s work.
Rich has produced a couple of projects for charity using his photography as a means to raise money for things that are important to Rich (At Sea zine - for Cancer Research) and recently he held his first solo show in London - Someday, Sometime, Something, raising money for a homeless charity through the sales of his photography prints. It was a huge success for himself and for the charity involved.
Rich has donated 3 mini zines to the festival called, At Sea, Trash TV, and Aurora. All of which have his trademark of making an image and then a piece of art out of something that can be overlooked by a non trained eye. I really enjoyed them, they are an awesome part of this digital festival.
The festival comes to a close on March 31st 2023.
Big love and thanks goes out to Rich, for supporting everyone+everything project.
@richalexander
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you, the masterly musician, Elliot Nicklin.
Elliot Nicklin (Wales, UK) and I used to work together in our 9-5’s and we have been friends ever since.
Elliot is a creative through and through, specifically with his love of music. He is another artist that loves to explore and experiment with ways to express himself and over the years he has gone through many changes and challenges to do just that.
His sense of style, and a grasp of what is possible is unparalleled and I am so happy that he is a part of everyone+everything. I urge you to check out Elliot’s past back catalog and his current release “eloquent void” to understand what this talented individual is all about.
For his submission to everyone+everything, Elliot went all out on it and he was another artist that created something exclusively for this project.
What manifested was something very special. Elliot has composed two pieces of electronic music that complement each other perfectly. They are called “everyone” and “everything” when played separately they are lush cinematic soundscapes of beautiful sounds. But cleverly you can play them together too, which becomes “everyone+everything” and then that is when the two compositions are elevated to another plain.
I then added my lo-if visuals to each piece and it all comes together perfectly.
Elliot explains more about them here:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cho3kNUqoqg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
A huge thank you and love going out to Elliot, for supporting everyone+everything project. I will never forget the outstanding way you have taken this project on and ran with your idea, to create a unique piece of work for this great cause.
@elliotnicklin
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the very creative, George Buddy Brecknock.
George Buddy (Essex, UK) and I work together in our normal jobs and we have been close friends for 8 years or so, we have reached for the lasers many times and it’s a pleasure to have him on board with this charity initiative. I can vision his work that he supplied for everyone+everything printed out on a large scale, I can’t wait to see that one day if I go on to produce everyone+everything live. George has a real knack to come up with some really interesting ideas and go with them. He dapples in music (he is a bass guitarist) photography and writing for the screen.
George has a keen sense of finding the obscure, quite often with some dark humour involved and gets inspired by a wide range of sources such as his broad taste of musical genres: Metal, Techno, Drum and Bass, to name but a few and he also names David Lynch as one of his biggest influences to his work.
For everyone+everything, George submitted a fantastic project that I was a fan of when he was producing it. He has given this project a sample from his Tales From The Moshpit photography series. It’s a unique insight in to the world of Heavy Metal gigs, unbelievable shot on disposable cameras, as described by George here;
“Back in 2019 I started taking disposable cameras to metal gigs, I’ve been to a fair amount of shows and heavy metal gigs always have the best crowds. I wanted to capture this, the spirit, the energy, the people. These photographs serve as a small window into such a vibrant subculture.
Life isn't always easy and as human beings We
constantly look for escapism, to shut away the stresses of the everyday. I look at these photos a lot and it reminds of how much this music, these shows and the people at them give me this escapism. For a moment I can shut off the outside world and go crazy” - George Buddy
Big love goes out to George for not only supporting everyone+everything project with his amazing talent but for supporting me through my breakdowns over the past few years.
georgebuddyphotography.com
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the one and only, singer songwriter and producer, Kristie Killick.
Kristie and I work together in our day jobs, and this is where I learnt about this talented lady as she has performed live there I believe a couple of times.
I started to follow her music and I have quite simply been a fan since then, so Kristie was an obvious choice when curating this charity festival.
Kristie’s style of music is UK RnB, and I highly recommend that you find her music on all the usual music platforms.
For everyone+everything we shot an exclusive live performance of Kristie, where she delivered a beautiful rendition of some new music from herself, It’s an amazing wonderful watch.
A huge thanks and love goes out to Kristie for supporting everyone+everything project. I respect you massively.
@kristiekillick
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the low frequency expert, Moegli.
Moegli, (or George as everyone also knows him by) and I work together in our normal jobs to pay the bills. But outside of this, George is a very successful electronic music producer, with a taste for bass heavy beats.
I first learnt about Moegli’s music when I was chatting to another friend at work and he said you need to check out George’s music, he would be great for your festival, knowing that I love a bit of elecy myself. So I did.
I knew who he was as I’d seen him tinker with some beats etc during his lunch breaks and was always intrigued by this. I checked out George’s SoundCloud and some other bits he has uploaded and I was blown away by the quality of this guy’s beats.
Moegli’s sound has this kinda Ivy Lab, crossed with Floating Points, with a bit of Flying Lotus and a touch of Burial to his music. Which of course I’m going to be drawn towards - but he always adds his signature style to his music which often is very dirty. George has his fingers in many different projects and is a very busy man, so when I approached George about everyone+everything and he agreed to be a part of it all, I was super happy and the rest is history.
For everyone+everything we shot an exclusive interview with George at his first studio, where he talks about his influences, background and mental health. He also graced us with a music production walk through of a track he was then composing called “End Of The Beginning” - its a gorgeous track which has a summer feel about it. Then if that wasn’t enough, Moegli also supplied the finished track with it’s music video especially for everyone+everything, with visuals by @areyoustayn - so without a shadow of a doubt his page on the festival’s website is an absolute must see. A personal highlight for me.
A massive shout out to George for supporting everyone+everything project. Thank you for your time and for sharing your music with everyone.
Oh by the way @dj_krust @technimatic please check out Moegli’s music and get in touch with him. Thank you!
@moeglimusic
Matt
I can’t believe that March has rolled around and everyone+everything, the digital creative festival, is in its last few weeks. The project in its current state will come to a close on March 31st 2023.
It’s been quite a ride, and years of research, work and dedication has gone in to it all and I’m very proud of what it has accomplished, but, we are not done yet. The festival is £250 away from reaching its 3rd donation target of £2500.
Moving on, I’ve been so excited about this one, today everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the incredible and wonderful world of the renowned Graphic Artist, Anthony Burrill.
Anthony (Lancashire, UK) used to be a visiting lecturer at my University back in the late 90s, and I’ve followed his work closely ever since. It’s been fantastic to see his career take off and I am honoured to have him as a friend and for Anthony to be participating with everyone+everything festival is an absolute pleasure.
If you don’t know Anthony’s work go check it out as soon as. He uses bold simple typography and traditional printing processes throughout his commercial commissions and also often profound positive messages in his personal work.
For everyone+everything I was lucky enough to spend a day with Anthony in his beautiful home studio, where he gave me all the time I needed.
He has such a calming personality.
Anthony has graced the project with a very cool exclusive interview, where he talks about music, typography, his favourite things, inspirations, work practices, mental health and more.
Anthony also submitted a generous selection from his portfolio for everyone+everything’s website - which is a gorgeous collection that comes highly recommended.
A massive Thanks goes out to Anthony for supporting everyone+everything. The day I spent with you in your home was inspirational and thank you again for your time and for all of the Burrill Swag you gave me, I’ll treasure them always.
@anthonyburrill
anthonyburrill.com
#burrillworld #workhardandbenicetopeople
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
Hello there,
everyone+everything digital festival proudly introduces to you the inspiring positive energy of the UK emcee, DEACON.
DEACON, AKA Ryan, is a huge addition for everyone+everything festival, and I’m very proud to know him and work with him in the same building nearly every day, more or less.
I first heard his music by word of mouth and when I checked out DEACON’s first album; Polaroid Nudes I was instantly impressed.
His sound is dripped in London’s vibrant culture but there is a distinct feeling of the Golden Age of Hip Hop in there too.
You can check out this album and many other tracks from DEACON on all the usual sources - I urge you to do so and support this awesome homegrown talent. This new one is for me particularly fantastic: https://youtu.be/IMe7ibqawC4
And if all that isn’t a enough he also runs his own juice business called Mistablend - I can vouch for the taste, really nice quality juice. I highly recommend them @mistablend
When curating everyone+everything I approached DEACON about it and he happily agreed to be a featured artist on the festival’s line up.
For everyone+everything we shot an exclusive live performance from DEACON in London’s Dalston in the basement of The Servant Jazz Quarters. He just came out swinging and did it all in one take, delivering some new cuts accompanied by his DJ @infinitesnds
The finished result instantly became one of my top highlights of everyone+everything.
DEACON also gave us an interview in which he
discussed his influences, dreams, hopes and aspirations and some real talk around mental health. We had sound problems for this interview but I took out the original background noise and then made my own backing track using found sounds of a New York sidewalk and then added back in the voice which turned DEACON’s interview into a graphic type piece which I think worked well with what I had.
A big shout out with my thanks and gratitude goes to Ryan for supporting everyone+everything.
I’ll sit on the sidelines and watch you blow up. Guaranteed success my man. Dream big.
@deaconsworld
Matt
everyone+everything Project Creative Director
I’d like to thank the Academy… :)
Together we created something beautiful in the name of creativity and we raised over £2000 for the mental health charities @calmzone @charitysane @maudsleycharity who will each get £750!
everyone+everything festival
May 2022 - March 2023
Thank you to everyone that has supported this project
Matt
everyone+everything project creative director
This is the interview with @maudsleycharity I shot and
edited for the everyone+everything festival.
It’s really interesting and explores mental health as it is
right now and also the interview explains more about the work of the Maudsley Charity.
There will be loads more exclusive content to follow in the coming weeks.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
This is the interview with @charitysane I shot via a Zoom call and
edited for the everyone+everything festival.
Now available to view everywhere for the first time,
rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
The interview is an in-depth discussion around the work that SANE does
and also it explores themes such as Schizophrenia, and how to seek help
if you are suffering with your thoughts or behaviour.
There will be loads more exclusive content to follow in the coming weeks.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
The 3rd charity interview is with @calmzone I shot from their Waterloo,
London office and edited for the everyone+everything festival.
Now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable
on the members-only festival website.
The interview is a discussion around the work that CALM do with the difficult
subject of Suicide and very important tips for anyone out there that is suffering mentally.
There will be loads more exclusive content to follow in the coming weeks.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
STROBE DRUM N BASS DJ SET
This is the Drum and Bass DJ set by @strobe_agram AKA Sanj
and is the 1st out of 3 DJ sets that were part of everyone+everything festival online,
in aid of the mental health charities; CALM, SANE and Maudsley Charity.
The rowdy upfront set of rolling drums and deep B lines also features a VJ
set by myself, Matt Strong, and is now available to view everywhere for the first time,
rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Enjoy!
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
PATRICIA FOSTER McKENLEY INTERVIEW
This is the interview with wonderful Poet @patriciafostermckenley that was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity and is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Patricia talks about her background, her parents from the Windrush era, what it was like growing up in South East London in the 70s and 80s with racial tension and her work as a poet among many other things.
The interview was shot, sound recorded and edited for everyone+everything festival by the very excellent @danbatch_ with direction from myself @mattstrongldn on location in Mayow Park, Forest Hill, London, UK.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
PATRICIA FOSTER McKENLEY PERFORMANCE
This is an exclusive performance from the gifted Poet @patriciafostermckenley that was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity and is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Patricia gave everyone+everything project a beautiful rendition live in a park on a hot hot day, from a selection of her writing, and they are some personal faves of mine from her work:
Grandad
Lips
Oranges
Camera, Sound and Editing by the talented @danbatch_ with direction from myself @mattstrongldn
on location in Mayow Park, Forest Hill, London, UK.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
THE LIGHT SURGEONS INTERVIEW
This interview with Director and Producer Christopher Thomas Allen from the fantastic @thelightsurgeons was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity and is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
If you don’t know who The Light Surgeons are, you must check out their work. They are pioneers of Live Cinema and they can adapt to any project that is thrown at them which they have done effortlessly over the last 25 years or so. http://www.lightsurgeons.com
The interview with the original founding member of The Light Surgeons is another personal highlight for me as not only am I a massive fan of The Light Surgeons for many many years (I’ve always wanted to work for them) but the collective was celebrating 25 years of keeping it reel! In the interview Chris talks about the early days of the Surgeons, what he is working on now and how important mental health is to himself and for others.
Chris also donated to the everyone+everything project one of The Light Surgeons' latest notable AV films, Atemporal 2.0, in memory of John Berger for the duration of the festival that was available to be streamed in its entirety which I am so ever grateful for. If you missed this, I know they have plans to show this film in the near future and they perform it live too which is an incredible experience that I have been lucky enough to witness.
Camera and Sound by @chrislightsurgeon with direction from myself @mattstrongldn on location at The Light Surgeons Studio, Hackney, London, UK.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
MEG D PERFORMANCE
This is the performance from my friend singer-songwriter @megdoherty_uk
that was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the
mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity
and is now available to view everywhere for the first time.
In this performance, Meg sings a few of her favourite songs as covers
and a couple of her own productions in the mix.
The running order is as follows;
Ballerino by Red Rum
Wrong Medicine by Meg D
Emily by Clean Cut Kid
Sundown by Meg D
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
Camera, Sound and Editing by Meg Doherty. Liverpool, UK.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
BILLIE J INTERVIEW
Next up is an interview with my friend for over 20 years, tutor, photographer and Illustrator; the brilliant multi-talented BILLIE J @billiejstudio - or Sam to his friends and family.
This interview was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity and is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
In the interview, Sam talks about his time as a photographer, tutor and now illustrator, mental health and family life. Sam also donated to the project an extensive selection of his illustrations which were a tremendous asset to everyone+everything festival. Thanks again, Sam.
Camera, sound and editing for everyone+everything festival by the very excellent @danbatch_ with direction from myself @mattstrongldn shot on location in Sam’s studio in East London, UK.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
AMELIA McFALL PERFORMANCE
This is a beautiful performance from another friend of mine, Amelia Mcfall. @ameliamcfall
The recorded live performance was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity and is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
I was so proud to represent Amelia with my everyone+everything project. It’s an absolutely fantastic piece, a highlight of the festival. Many thanks go out to Amelia.
I was lucky enough to get to work with the amazing behind-the-scenes crew for everyone+everything festival, who all delivered exactly what I was hoping for:
Camera:
@danbatch_
@kredondo
Sound:
@jchandler90
Editing:
@danbatch_
Director, Producer and Designer:
@mattstrongldn
Shot on location at The Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London, UK -
Thanks to @find_mushroom
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
PLATINUM MIND
Hello there, Up next we have a sample from a good friend of mine’s submission to everyone+everything festival, musician Del Osei-Owusu under his producer name, Platinum Mind @platinummind
Platinum Mind loaned the festival 4 tracks from his productions which I then provided visuals to compliment the music. @mattstrongldn
Running order:
Journey of the Drum
Black Swan
Dinner in the Piazza
Summer Wedding Song
This is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Platinum Mind was a great active contributor to everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity
Not only did he donate money and his music for the cause, but Del (Platinum Mind) also was a temporary producer for the festival for a couple of months and provided top-notch service and support which allowed me to get on with some other things as I headed towards launch. The only problem was I had to endure multiple dad jokes during this time. Shockingly bad.
Thanks for all the continued advice, assistance and jokes Del. Much love.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
MIA CAVALIERO INTERVIEW
This short film is an interview with a family friend, Fine Artist and Art Therapist, the wonderful Mia Cavaliero @cavalieromia
The recorded interview was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity
Mia gave everyone+everything a great insight into her life, being a Fine Artist and how that led her to become an Art Therapist working with mental health patients in a hospital setting where art is encouraged in a welcoming space. The interview is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Mia also kindly donated a big selection of her artworks, predominantly, art that she produced during the Pandemic Lockdowns.
“Living in London during the lockdown I started to yearn for wide open spaces and horizons. I noticed that the horizon was becoming a feature of my paintings. Sometimes when these seemed less available to me, I worked on the veiled paintings, where the sense of a distant horizon is foreclosed. In these lockdown paintings colour and texture become subjects in their own right. I feel the paintings work with the theme of everyone+everything festival as they show how creativity is a part of resilience in difficult times.”
- Mia Cavaliero
Many thanks goes out to Mia for her amazing contribution and support of this project.
Camera, Sound and Editing:
@danbatch_
Director, Producer and Designer:
@mattstrongldn
Shot on location at Mia’s home and garden studio, East Dulwich, London, UK
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
MATT LYSSER PERFORMANCE
These recent uploads are a small selection from the 50 artists that contributed to everyone+everything festival. I wish I had interviewed a lot more and could share more content from the project but sadly I can’t.
When the everyone+everything website relaunches eventually, there will be some exciting content to re-live the first instalment of the festival in its digital format to remain as a legacy for future funding down the line.
I gave full control to the artists for what they would like to share with the project, in most cases it was completely in their control, which led to me receiving some incredible work.
This is a concise sample of a brand new project unseen before, and was donated exclusively to everyone+everything from the musician and photographer @mattlysser under the stage name Electronic Mist with their song; Walls. So keep your eyes peeled for more from Matt Lysser in the future.
This recorded performance shot on location by Matt Lysser at his home studio in London, UK. was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity and is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Big love goes out to Matt for his contribution and support of everyone+everything.
Matt Strong
everyone+everything project Creative Director
LITTLE WISE TOYS INTERVIEW
This is an interview with a friend of mine, Michelle Wiseman, that does some really interesting educational toys for kids and more recently young adults. @littlewisetoys
I wanted to make the everyone+everything festival line up to be very varied and interesting and the addition of Little Wise Toys to the project was fantastic.
In the interview, Michelle explains the projects and thought process behind her work and much more. This interview was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity and is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Camera, sound, editing and design:
@mattstrongldn
Shot on location in Little Wise Toys studio, Kent, UK.
Many thanks to Michelle for her contribution and support of everyone+everything.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
NO RULES DJ SET
As we continue, I love this one. Happy to share the second out of the three DJ sets donated to everyone+everything, this one was exclusively mixed by my brothers in crime, the talented underground House producers, No Rules. @norulesmusic
Even though the set is a couple of years old, it still slaps and is another personal highlight of the digital festival, everyone+everything. The DJ set also features visuals mixed by myself Matt Strong @mattstrongldn
This DJ set was part of everyone+everything festival online, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity and is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Mixed live and shot on location at Pirate Studios, London UK.
A huge thank you goes out to No Rules for supporting everyone+everything. Big Love.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
COLLABORATION NATION INTERVIEW
I started everyone+everything during the Covid-19 Pandemic hence why the festival was digital for its first instalment. I think the content was excellent and I’m extremely proud to know so many talented artists from all walks of life.
everyone+everything festival 2022 also marked the 20th anniversary of me being diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia back in 2002, so it was a poignant time for me to raise awareness for mental health for the second project in a row, raising over £2000 for the 3 charities that this project was in aid of @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity
I know that I will have to seek funding and then also organise a team of people to help with putting the festival together to produce everyone+everything live - this is a sneak insight into the future of the project, but next up from me is something completely different. I can’t wait to share my next major project with you all soon.
This interview with my friends Emma (Left-hand side of the screen) and Nicky from the brilliantly creative Collaboration Nation is a great watch from a brand design agency born from the ashes of the pandemic. @collaboration_nation
They both give us in some detail how it all came together and their work ethic which is a fresh approach to how a design agency should be run with well-being and kindness at the centre of it all.
Collaboration Nation also donated a great selection of graphic design from their extensive portfolio - which looked fantastic on the everyone+everything website.
The interview is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Camera, Sound, Editing and Design: Matt Strong @mattstrongldn
Shot on location in Emma’s home studio, Kent, UK
A massive thank you from me to Collaboration Nation for the support of everyone+everything. I wish you both the best of luck in the future. Hoping we can work again together one day.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
KRISTIE KILLICK PERFORMANCE
This next upload is a personal favourite of mine, as it is a recording of a live performance by the very talented Kristie Killick @kristiekillick who gave a rendition of some of her own songs exclusively for everyone+everything festival.
The performance is an intimate and emotional experience. I am so lucky to know her as a friend, which then led to Kristie sharing her work with this project. I’ll always be so grateful for that.
everyone+everything festival is in aid of 3 UK mental health charities: @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity
This performance by Kristie is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
Camera:
@danbatch_
@kellyrondondo
Sound:
@ivan.muela
Editing:
@danbatch_
Director, Producer and Designer:
@mattstrongldn
Shot on location at The Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London, UK - Thanks to @find_mushroom and @servantjazzquarters
A big shout out with love to Kristie for everything you did to support this project by sharing your beautiful talents with everyone+everything festival.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
SHASHI KAHLON ANXIETY ANIMATION
The most significant influence and inspiration for everyone+everything festival is a documentary called Beautiful Losers. This is about a group of artists from New York City who were making incredible art pieces for themselves, who then put on a show to exhibit their talents as a community collective which then led them to be commissioned by some high-profile clients off the back of the exhibition. It’s a fantastic watch and I highly urge you to seek it out, as it’s definitely my North Star for this project, also if I’m having a bit of a wobble with my own creative endeavours I revisit the film over and over.
This short animation by my mate, the incredible Shashi Kahlon @_skmotion is a perfect example of what I wanted from the artists involved, as he is one of the few that made something solely for the festival. Shashi to create an animated short about Anxiety which is perfect for everyone+everything. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
everyone+everything festival is in aid of 3 UK mental health charities: @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity This animation by Shashi is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
A massive thank you goes out to Shashi for supporting everyone+everything festival in such a unique way.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
WILL EDMEADES SHOWREEL
Curating the everyone+everything lineup was a fantastic experience and I knew from the get-go that I wanted it to be as diverse and unique as possible.
I work every day with some incredible talent who are just that and this next upload from the first instalment of everyone+everything festival is no exception. Will Edmeades is a friend that makes really interesting 3D animations for experimental video games etc @feelingterrible
Will was a perfect fit for this project and he supplied a ton of clips from his work which I then edited into a showreel made just for everyone+everything and is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
everyone+everything project is in aid of 3 UK mental health charities: @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity
A huge thank you goes out to Will Edmeades for supporting everyone+everything festival with your interesting characters and animations.
All the best for the future Will.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
MOEGLI INTERVIEW & MUSIC PRODUCTION WALKTHROUGH
I will continue to support and represent the first everyone+everything lineup as a thank you I guess. But also for me, I’ve always been about wanting to share work with people that do incredible things and hopefully, this will then encourage others to make something as well and the cycle continues. what I really loved was that the artists involved with everyone+everything really took on board the ethos of the festival and this next upload is a perfect example of this.
I wanted some of the digital festival to have an educational element so I asked a couple of the music producers to talk through how they make music which I hope would inspire others to make things too. If this was a physical festival I’d definitely look into having workshops with some of the artists involved. I think this would be so cool. They could do a live performance and then an interview with a workshop to finish the event. This kind of gives you an idea of my vision for everyone+everything in the future.
The South London Electronic music producer Moegli @moeglimusic (George Moore) is an amazing guy that I’m proud to know personally. I found out about his music from another friend and I was a fan from the moment I finished listening to some tracks he had on SoundCloud.
After agreeing to be a part of everyone+everything, Moegli took part in an interview with the festival in which he talks about his background, musical influences and more. We then filmed him doing a music production walkthrough of an unreleased track called The End of the Beginning- which is something special if that wasn’t enough, he donated to the festival the whole finished track with a music promo that was streamed exclusively for anyone that donated to see the festival online.
everyone+everything project is in aid of 3 UK mental health charities: @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity
Camera: @danbatch_
Sound: @danbatch_ @moeglimusic
Editing: @danbatch_
Director, Producer and Designer: @mattstrongldn
Shot on location at Moegli’s studio, South London, UK
Many thanks go out to George for your time, energy and incredible music - I have nothing but huge respect for you, you are a true gentleman.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
BICKMORE DJ SET
I was bowled over by the generosity of all the everyone+everything festival artists, and this next post is another perfect example of this.
When I asked the pool of DJs I know personally to be a part of this project, I especially wanted Bickmore and luckily for the festival, he agreed. @markbickmore
What Bickmore supplied is nothing short of amazing, this DJ mix shows that he is a crate digger of the highest degree and the set became a massive part of the digital festival, everyone+everything, in aid of the mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity
The set is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than just watchable on the members-only festival website.
The DJ mix also features visuals mixed by myself Matt Strong @mattstrongldn
Mixed live at Pirate Studios, London UK.
A huge thank you goes out to Mark Bickmore for supporting everyone+everything. I hope we can sort out a live set together soon!
Big Love mate.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
KERRY ROPER INTERVIEW
This interview is with my mate since the mid-'90s, Kerry Roper, one of the most sort after designers in the UK. @roper_artdirection @mrkerryroper
Kerry Roper is a UK-based Graphic Designer, Art Director and Artist. Since 2009 he has been the Visual Creative Director for Sushitech Records Berlin. Three pieces of his art are in the V&A permanent collection and toured the UK as part of the Street Art exhibition alongside Banksy, D*Face and numerous others. Nike, Topshop and Money Clothing have commissioned apparel designs by Roper. Currently, Kerry is also Head Of Design at Saatchi & Saatchi.
In this interview, for the everyone+everything festival, he gives advice for university graduates, his work as a graphic designer what drives him to create what he does now, and mental health which is a subject very close to his heart.
The interview was part of the everyone+everything festival, in aid of 3 mental health charities: @calmzone @charitysane @maudsleycharity
Kerry also kindly donated to the project a fantastic selection of his designs for the Berlin record label, Sushitech Records, which were a brilliant part of the digital festival.
Camera, Sound, Editing & Design:
Matt Strong @mattstrongldn
Shot on location at Kerry's Home in South East London, UK.
Kerry, I have so much time for you, please look after yourself, thanks for your time, honesty and support of this project. Big love, Let's catch up soon.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
This is someone that makes it look easy, my mate Lowfades (Justin Palmer) @lowfades_
Lowfades is an extraordinary beat producer from the Midlands but now living and working in London. He is a hugely talented producer and everyone+everything festival is honoured to have had him onboard for the festival’s first instalment digitally.
I can’t recommend his music enough, available on all the usual platforms.
For this project, Lowfades did a music production walkthrough of a track called Peace by Jafro
- which is excellent and so simple, he then answered a few questions for the festival which gives us a taste of his insight into his influences and more, and if that wasn’t enough Lowfades also donated 2 incredible tracks produced by himself PORTRA 400 and YOKO ONO with visuals by myself Matt Strong @mattstrongldn
All of this is now available to view everywhere for the first time, rather than on the pay-to-view festival website, as originally intended.
everyone+everything project is in aid of 3 UK mental health charities: @calmzone @charitysane and @maudsleycharity
Shot on location at Lowfades home studio in East London, UK
Camera:
Dan Batchelor
@danbatch_
Sound:
Dan Batchelor
@danbatch_
Editing:
Dan Batchelor
@danbatch_
Director, Producer and Designer:
Matt Strong
@mattstrongldn
A big shout out to Justin (Lowfades) for your time, support and generosity you have shown everyone+everything festival. It’s much appreciated.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director
GILLIE INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE
Next up straight from her Glastonbury 2023 appearance, is the very brilliant mind of the Welsh Singer / Songwriter; Gillie. @gilliemusic
Go and listen to her music, which is available on all the usual platforms
- I highly recommend her, it’s so lovely.
I met Gillie at work a while ago and we became friends mainly due to being creatives with a mutual respect and interest in each other’s work. She was an absolute must for my everyone+everything lineup and she certainly came through for the cause.
Gillie supported the festival by giving us a spine-tingling recording of a live performance filmed exclusively for everyone+everyone. It’s a beautiful watch and I loved that it was part of the digital festival. She also gave everyone+everything festival an interview where she deep dives into her music, inspiration and mental health which again is a fantastic opportunity to get to know the artist behind the music.
Gille’s amazing interview and performance for everyone+everything festival is available to view everywhere now for the first time, rather than just on the donate to view festival website.
everyone+everything festival is in aid of 3 leading mental health charities; @calmzone @charitysane @maudsleycharity
Shot on location at Gillie’s South East London home and a friend of Gillie’s art studio I believe.
Camera, Sound and Editing:
Finlay O'Hara @finlayohara
Director, Producer and Designer:
Matt Strong @mattstrongldn
A huge thank you goes to Gillie for your wonderful donation to everyone+everything in the form of your talents. Lots of love and best wishes for the future.
Matt
everyone+everything project Creative Director