Spider Lily
彼岸花
Video Game + Sculptures
2025

Exhibition History
Open World, Rip Space, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Vera Petukhova in collaboration with Gray Area , February 21 - 23, 2025

Project Description
Spider Lily is an atmospheric adventure game in which a Lost Soul explores the afterlife. Inspired by the symbolic meaning of the spider lily in Chinese culture, players journey through misty valleys and towering statues dividing the living and the dead, exploring themes of farewell, rebirth, and transformation through encounters with spirits and echoes of the past.

Team
Co-Director and Lead Producer: Matthew Doyle
Lead 3D Artist: Isabelle Amaral
Unreal Engine Game Developer and Designer: Jovanni Mixco
Unreal Engine Generalist: Cecil Boey

Original score: after enya (Chris McKelway + Matthew Doyle)




Spider Lily - Teaser 2025



High Above the Stars
2025
21.7 x 54.3 x 18.4 cm
Resin, enamel paint



Lover’s Tear
2025
30.4 x 40 x 25.7 cm
Resin, enamel paint


I Tried to Speak
2025
29.3 x 46.5 x 25.5 cm
Resin, enamel paint
 
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