film
the loft video gallery
Each month a different curator will select video and film work that suits any theme of their choosing, to both educate and entertain anyone drawn into the sphere of The Loft Video Gallery.
January 5-January 31
People in Motion, Animals That Can't Talk, Alive Objects, Shape, Line & Color
Curated by Tara Knight
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The term animation usually conjures up images of Saturday morning cartoons, Disney talking animals, or wise-cracking family sitcoms on prime-time TV. The films programmed in this series are intended to expand this notion of animation to include the examples from the hundred-year tradition of animated shorts made by one "hand" or a small team of collaborators.
Produced alongside the history of commercial animation, the techniques and aesthetics pioneered in each of these films often make their way into advertisements, commercial films, and music videos. Claymation, multiple-exposure, hand-painted and computer generated images explore themes such as menstruation, global warming, anxiety and William Blake's poetry in these American and European shorts.
Tara Knight
Tara Knight is a filmmaker, animator and projection designer. The works she has directed or designed have been performed and screened at art galleries, film festivals, and cultural institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Knight is currently the Associate Director for Culture, Art and Technology at Sixth College, UC San Diego.
Please contact ArtPower! Film Curator Rebecca Webb [rlwebb@ucsd.edu/858.534.1015] with suggestions and comments.