Cinema Studies Presents: Hatsune Miku: The Crowd Sourced Hologram

A Talk by Tara Knight
Associate Professor of Critical Media Practices, CU Boulder
Filmmaker, Animator, and Projection Designer for Live Performance

Please join us for an introduction to the Hatsune Miku phenomenon – the singing, dancing hologram collaboratively created by hundreds of thousands of people.

––Who is this “wiki celebrity” created across cultures, languages, and artistic traditions? 
––How is her image, voice, and personality negotiated within this community? 
––Who “owns” Miku and what does it mean for copyright law, business models, and
models for participatory creative systems?

Friday, March 3, 2017     10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Graduate Student Lounge – Susan Campbell Hall

Please RSVP to attend by 8 a.m., Monday, February 20th.

Tara Knight is a filmmaker, animator, and projection designer for live performance.  Her most recent projects include video design for the world premiere of Hollywood, a new play by the author of Jersey Boys about the development of the Hayes Code in motion picture history, and the Mikumentary animated documentary series.  The series has screened at the Mori Museum in Tokyo, The Photographers’ Gallery in London, and has been bootlegged into half a dozen languages online.  She is currently working on an interactive Sound Planetarium project, and is an Associate Professor of Critical Media Practices at CU Boulder.