

"Future You, Code and Soul," a solo exhibition by Universal Everything, exhibition view, 798CUBE, 2025.
On June 27, 2025, 798CUBE unveiled its major annual exhibition, Future You, Code and Soul. This marks the first large-scale solo exhibition in China by the pioneering British art collective Universal Everything (UE). Showcasing a selection of their most iconic moving-image and interactive works, the exhibition constructs a futuristic world where technology and perception merge.


"Future You, Code and Soul," Universal Everything solo exhibition, exhibition view, 798CUBE, 2025.
Founded in 2004, Universal Everything (UE) uses moving images, generative algorithms, and interactive sensing technologies as its creative language, continuously exploring the sensory, aesthetic, and philosophical possibilities of digital art. This exhibition centers around the core concepts of “code” and “soul” — with code representing the programmable logic of human consciousness and behavior, while the soul symbolizes the emotional and spiritual dimensions that remain elusive to technology.

"Future You, Code and Soul," Universal Everything solo exhibition, exhibition view, 798CUBE, 2025.
In an era where technology is profoundly reshaping our way of life, we find ourselves amid a transformative shift in self-perception, identity construction, and future imagination. This exhibition not only presents a series of visually striking and emotionally resonant signature works, but also invites the audience to reflect: When emotions can be modeled and behaviors digitized, what kind of beings are humans evolving into?


"Future You, Code and Soul," Universal Everything solo exhibition, exhibition view, 798CUBE, 2025.
This exhibition is not only an artistic experiment in technological aesthetics, but also a philosophical inquiry into the human condition of the future. Digital fashion, virtual lifeforms, perceptual landscapes, real-time interactive installations—within the artistic context constructed by Universal Everything, the viewer is no longer a passive observer, but an active participant in the processes of generation, transformation, and evolution.

"Future You, Code and Soul," Universal Everything solo exhibition, exhibition view, 798CUBE, 2025.
With this exhibition, 798CUBE hopes to inspire the public to re-examine the boundaries of perception in the digital age and to provoke deeper reflection on identity, emotion, and modes of existence. As the exhibition suggests, it is not a replication of memory, but a forward-looking construction of what humanity might become.

"Future You, Code and Soul," Universal Everything solo exhibition, exhibition view, 798CUBE, 2025.
Future You, Code and Soul not only highlights 798CUBE’s ongoing exploration of the intersection between art and technology, but also marks a new level of collaboration with leading international creative teams. This exhibition positions 798CUBE as a frontier site for digital art and offers the public an immersive encounter with the pressing human questions of the technological era.
As the exhibition preface reads:
What stands before you now
is not a re-creation of past memory,
but a “Future You” written in code.
Are you ready to meet your evolved self?

"Future You, Code and Soul," Universal Everything solo exhibition, exhibition view, 798CUBE, 2025.。

Future You, Code and Soul
A Solo Exhibition by Universal Everything
June 28 – October 8, 2025
Venue
798CUBE, Creative Plaza, 751 Zone, 798 Art District,
Chaoyang District, Beijing
Produced by
Beijing 798 Culture & Technology Co., Ltd.
Presented by
798CUBE
Strategic Partner for Digital Imaging
Anheng Group
Exclusive Eco-Friendly Paint Sponsor
Tikkurila Paints