2020 ShortFest Archive
In competition for Best Student Animated Short and Best Student Documentary Short
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Originally from Zhuhai, China, Danski Tang is an animator and visual artist now based in Los Angeles. Specializing in 2D hand-drawn animation, interdisciplinary art, and alternative documentary, Danski uses animation as a means to investigate themes of gender, sexuality, cultural indoctrination, and body politics. Her work has been shown in numerous international film festivals such as Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Krok International Animated Film Festival. Recent projects include “Newts” a concert theatre piece in collaboration with dance, music, and projection mapping; and “Ming” a film about a Chinese woman’s experience as a nude model in Canada. Danski holds an MFA in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts, where she studied with Pia Borg, Maureen Selwood, and Suzan Pitt. She also holds a BFA in animation from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art.