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Uyen Nguyen, Max Piantoni and Matthew Riley

Wurundjeri Country
Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Uyen Nguyen, Max Piantoni and Matthew Riley create experimental playable works using games, art, animation and installation for exhibitions, festivals, events and research. They have received international recognition for Yomeci, a series of works that explores listening and making sounds as a form of play – investigating how our sonic world can be harnessed creatively to construct new perceptions and interpretations.

The collaboration brings together each of their respective practices. Nguyen is an animator, designer and filmmaker investigating the playful potential of sound in animation, games and interactive media. Piantoni is an artist, developer and designer specialising in the creation of interactive experiences and creative tools. Riley is a designer, academic and researcher who has developed pervasive games, public art, interactive environments, generative systems and mixed reality experiences.
Exhibition

Experimenta Life Forms (2019-2023)

A pale coloured still animated graphic

Uyen Nguyen, Max Piantoni and Matthew Riley
You, Me, Things

This work is a playable, sound-responsive installation that invites audiences to ‘feed’ a fantastical virtual world with their non-verbal sounds. Different sounds bring various digital entities into existence creating an evolving ecosystem.
Experimenta Life Forms

At Home Activity –
You, Me, Things

Uyen Nguyen, Max Piantoni and Matthew Riley
Tue 27 2021 – Sun 30 Apr 2023
Online Activity
Image of a person taking a photo while on a walk in nature
Experimenta Life Forms

You Me Things -
Local Nature Walk

Uyen Nguyen, Max Piantoni and Matthew Riley
Sat 1 May 2021
Plimsoll Gallery UTAS
January 21, 2022

Drawing Life Forms at Tweed Regional Gallery

Bringing us closer to the complex ecologies around us, the Tweed Regional Gallery hosted a drawing activity inspired by the Experimenta Life Forms artwork, You Me Things. Using local plants as reference, participants were provided with instructions to see the shapes, colours and patterns of organic materials and how they can influence unique character designs. […]
February 19, 2021

Experimenta Life Forms
ATOM Study Guide

The ATOM Study Guide is a PDF resource designed to complement a visit to the Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art exhibition.

May 1, 2021

Local Nature Walk ⟶ Tour and Activity, Hobart (TAS)

Hobart locals connected with their surroundings through this in-person guided tour and drawing activity session, check out the photos here!
April 29, 2020

In Development Interview: Uyen Nguyen, Max Piantoni and Matthew Riley

In order to get to know our commissioned artists for Experimenta Life Forms a little better we are publishing a series of interviews about their works. First up are Uyen Nguyen, Max Piantoni and Matthew Riley who’s work ‘You, Me, Things’ will push their ‘Yomeci’ series into new territory. Experimenta:  What inspired you to create the […]