falsework (Matthew Doyle + Yuehao Jiang)
falsework builds temporary structures for play, thought, and disruption. We work with artists who unsettle cultural feedback loops, moving across media to make space for new ways of sensing and telling.
Matthew J.X. Doyle is the founder of falsework studio, a new, artist-IP driven entertainment studio based in Los Angeles. falsework's mission is putting bold artists first, incubating and adapting original work across media formats for a global audience. Prior to founding falsework, Matthew built his career as an independent producer of new media projects. In this role, he collaborated with artists to realize ambitious works in mixed reality theater, simulation, VR, video, and digital games. Passionate about adapting narratives into emerging media forms, the projects he produced for artists zzyw, Theo Triantafyllidis, and Dynasty Handbag have been presented by leading institutions including Sundance New Frontiers (2020, 2021), Hyundai’s Art Lab, the Onassis Foundation, Ars Electronica, and the BFI London Film Festival.
Yuehao Jiang is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles exploring the surreal intersections between digital bodies and landscapes. Working with 3D animation, sculpture and painting, Jiang constructs immersive environments that blur the boundaries between the physical and the virtual. Spider Lily is her first game, based on a series of wax pastel drawings that became a story, a series of sculptures, and a 3D world. Jiang holds a MFA in Design Media Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has held teaching appointments at UCLA Design Media Arts and Parsons School of Design. She is a co-founder of falsework studio.