Tara听Knight

Tara Knight is a filmmaker, animator, and media designer for live performance. Her broad range of media practices includes animated shorts, dance collaborations, projection design听and media installations. The Floating World, a performance she co-created with Malashock Dance, was awarded an Emmy in 2011. Her Mikumentary series of films have screened in institutions ranging from pop culture to fine arts, including: New York Comic Con, South by Southwest Interactive, Time Warner鈥檚 鈥淔uture of Storytelling,鈥 animation festivals in Britain, Hong Kong, and Mexico, and a tour with Miku the hologram herself in North America and the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.
Two of Knight's short films won 2014 Van Gogh Awards at the Amsterdam Film Festival in the categories of animation and world cinema.
Recently, Knight has听worked as a projection designer for the La Jolla Playhouse鈥檚 premiere 鈥淗ollywood鈥 as well as Diversionary Theater鈥檚 鈥淎mazons and their Men,鈥 and her most recent dance films are touring at festivals in Greece, Argentina, Helsinki and other international festivals. Current projects include Sound Planetarium, a multidisciplinary project to create an interactive, data-driven 鈥渋nstrument鈥 for both artistic and scientific research.
Knight began her career as an optical printing assistant, a painter on the films of animation pioneer Faith Hubley, and as an animation assistant for Emily Hubley on her short films and the cult hit Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Knight received a BA听from Hampshire College and an MFA听in Visual Arts from the University of California听San Diego. She is currently an 听at the University of Colorado听糖心Vlog破解版.