
contact
m: +61 451 182 852 e: henrywpyne@gmail.com ig: @eek_now
Henry Lai-Pyne aka Eek is a Naarm/Melbourne based new-media artist working across moving image, live multi-media performance, game design, and broadcasting. His work considers relationships between the human and screen-focused technology and media. Henry’s creative practice often involves ‘kitbashing’, the merging of mixed-medium processes and found matter for visual storytelling.
Henry’s individual and collaborative work has been presented at MoNA, Soft Centre, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, ACMI, Liquid Architecture, Arts House, AsiaTOPA, and AIDLAB Hong Kong.
Henry has previously been in residence at Centre for Projection Art, Chunky Move's Activators Program, and Arts House CultureLab.
WORK HISTORY
[2020-2021] MetaObjects (Hong Kong)
Contracted 3D Designer
- Rachel Monosov: Complete 3D Modeling for 3D Printing
- Lu Yang: DOKU motion capture animation clean up in Blender and UNITY
- FashionAsia - Design Society: 3D Modeling for virtually interactive rooms
- Gordon Cheung Studio for Chin Chin: 3D design in Blender for AR application
[2020-2022] Exhibitionist (Naarm/Melb, AUS)
Contracted 3D Designer
- AUSCO Carriageworks: 3D Environment modeling for virtually interactive rooms
- Melbourne Fringe Festival 2020 - Fringe Furniture Exhibition: 3D Environment modeling and asset optimisation for virtually interactive rooms
- AUSCO International Curators PHOTO 2021
- Atong Atem: 3D Environment modeling and animation for virtually interactive exhibition
[2022] Liquid Architecture (Naarm/Melb, AUS)
Contracted Artist / Graphic Designer
- Ritual Community Music: Visual Identity, Artwork, and Motion graphics
[2021-2022] INJURY (Eora/Syd, AUS)
Contracted 3D Artist
- 2022 AUSFW - Sydney Fashion Week: Rare Reality Fashion Film
- 2021 AAFW - Sydney Fashion Week: Real Parent Digital Fashion Film
- 3D Environment and animation design
- Film post production
[2022-2024] SOFT CENTRE (Eora/Syd, AUS)
Contracted Artist / Graphic Designer
- Visual identity and graphic design for promotional content
- Motion graphics and animation
[2021-2024] MISCELLANIA (Naarm/Melb, AUS)
In-house Graphic/Motion-Graphics/Marketing Designer
- Visual identity and graphic design for promotional content
- Avatar design and animation for branding
- Motion graphics and animation
AWARDS
[2021-2023] INJURY
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WINNER OF BEST ADVERTISING - ASVOFF 15
WINNER OF BEST METAVERSE FASHION FILM - NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER OF BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM, BEST ORIGINAL SOUND - CANNES WORLD ART FESTIVAL
NOMINEE - BEST DIGITAL FASHION/ ANIMATION - BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINEE - BEST CGI & VISUALS, BEST NEW MEDIA, BEST CREATED ENVIRONMENT - SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINEE - BEST CG & VISUAL EFFECTS - UK FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION & SCREENING - ASVOFF, NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL, LONDON FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, UK FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, SYDNEY WORLD FESTIVAL
RARE REALITY
WINNER OF BEST DIGITAL FASHION - BERLIN FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER OF BEST VISUAL & SPECIAL EFFECTS - UK FASHION FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER OF BEST FASHION FILM & BEST CREATED ENVIRONMENT - SENSEI FILM FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL SELECTION & SCREENING- ASVOFF 14 (PARIS), SHOWstudio.com (Nick Knight), DIGITAL MEDIA FEST (ROME),
MELBOURNE FASHION FILM FESTIVAL AWARD, ANIMATE 2023 BEST AUSTRALIAN ANIMATED FILMS (SYDNEY)
EXHIBITIONS - POWERHOUSE MUSEUM (SYDNEY) POWERHOUSE LATE x CLUB 4A: FUTURE NO FUTURE, NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (CANBERRA)
THE BUTTERFLY'S DREAM
OFFICIAL SELECTION - SHOWstudio.com (Nick Knight), ASVOFF 13, BUCHAREST FASHION FILM FESTIVAL, FASHION FILM FESTIVAL MILANO
EXHIBITIONS - NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (CANBERRA)
[2023] ArtsHouse CULTURELAB residency program
Awarded to Jahra Wasasala, Ooshcon, and Henry Lai-Pyne
EDUCATION
[2023] PSEUDO AESTHETICS - SIGNAL WORKSHOP 2023
Lead by: Henry Lai-Pyne & Sam Mcgilp
workshop in virtual production with experimental aesthetics. Participants design and play with 3D Avatars and Environments in Unreal Engine, before using Motion Capture to perform and inhabit the characters designed.
[2024] TESTING GROUNDS - Mentorship Program
Mentor: Henry Lai-Pyne
Mentee: Wendy Qi Zhang
mentoring Wendy in creating immersive experiences and installations. The project Wendy is developing is a multimedia work around diaspora Asian womanhood through a digital Fujian tea ceremony. This specific work uses 3D animation, 3D printing and a filmed performance.
[2024] Makeshift Workshop: Pseudo Performance
Lead by: Harrison Hall & Sam Mcgilp
Taking place over three days at Arts House, the workshop will include daily group led movement and somatic based warmups, and workshops sessions that examine different technologies that Harrison and Sam have integrated into their last five years of creations including:
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Real-time, experimental and AI approaches to motion-capture
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Live-video compositing and volumetric capture
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Facial tracking
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Multi-stream live video
COMMISSIONS & COLLABORATIONS
[2024] STACK (live extended cinema and multimedia performance)
Curated by SOFT CENTRE for DISKOKINA: Acquired Taste at ZeroSpace (NYC)
Female Wizard - Music/Sound and Performance
Henry Lai-Pyne - Visual Artist
Harrison Hall - Choreography and dramaturgy
Sam Mcgilp - Technological Systems design
[2023] TADRA, and other visions (game-engine and motion capture performance)
Commissioned by CHUNKY MOVE
Jahra Wasasala - Dance/Movement
Henry Lai-Pyne - Visual Artist
Ooshcon - Dance/Movement
Liam Wolfe - Unreal Engine Artist
Spewer - Sound/Music
Harrison Hall - Motion Capture Technician
Sam Mcgilp - Motion Capture Technician
[2023] GUAI (interactive motion capture installation)
Commissioned by Melbourne Fringe 2023 with the support of Footscray Community Arts and the University of Melbourne.
Creative Concept & Sound Design by Mindy Meng Wang & Monica Lim
Coding and Technology by Qiushi Zhou and the School of Computing, University of Melbourne
Avatar Design by Henry Lai-Pyne
Lighting Design by Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
Set Design by Savanna Wegman
[2022] KALOUGATA (mixed media animation film & live dance performance)
Commissioned by Tempo Festival 2022, Aotearoa/NZ
- Exhibited at Tempo Festival, Aotearoa/NZ
- Exhibited at Physics Room, Aotearoa/NZ
Jahra Wasasala - Dance/Movement
Ooshcon - Dance/Movement
Harrison Hall - Technician
Spewer - Sound/Music
[2024] BAITHOUSE (mixed media virtual live-stream)
Commissioned by ACMI
Henry Lai-Pyne - Visual Artist
Liam Wolfe - Unreal Engine Artist
Emile Zile - Host/Performance
Audrey Pfister - Host/Performance
Babs Rapeport - Host/Performance
[2022] 6 Across, 6 Down (2-channel video install)
Commissioned by SOFT CENTRE
- Installed and exhibited at SOFT CENTRE UNFURL 2022, Closing Concert V, The Calyx, Sydney Botanical Gardens
[2022] Jebaited (mixed media virtual live-stream and artist interviews)
Commissioned by Arts House for BLEED ONLINE 2022
Mat Spisbah - Producer
Henry Lai-Pyne - Visual Artist
Emile Zile - Performance
Liam Wolfe - Unreal Engine Artist
Cloudy Ku - DJ
[2022] SKINS (live audio-visual performance)
Commissioned by ASIATopa and Exhibitionist Digital
- Performed at ACMI, Naarm/Melb
[2022] EXTREME SYMBOLS (Animation film and sound composition)
Commissioned by SOFT CENTRE
- Presented at SOFT CENTRE pres. ARC at the Ritz Cinema, Eora/Syd
[2023] Daine x Eek (live AV)
Commissioned by SOFT CENTRE
[2021] ULTRAVIRUS pres. Dr33mphaz3r (Online Rave and chatroom)
Commissioned by ULTRAVIRUS
- 3D modeling, and animation, optimised for virtually interactive spaces
[2020] Bridget Mary Chappell - Undertow (Animation Film)
Commissioned by the City of Melbourne and Knowledge Week 2020
[2021] Chloe De Brito - Pink Reef (Short Film)
Contracted 3D Animator and VFX Artist
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2022