Laura N-Tamara

MA work

Animation film 4'30.

Mixed media paint and digital.

A man goes back to see his dying mother.

But what do you do when your mother is a murderous deity ?

The Witch’s Mask draws on Indonesian folklore, themes of fatality, and the ambivalence one can feel towards family.

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Animator with a particular interest in painting, drawing and printmaking, I blend watercolour with digital 2D.

I have made narrative films, trailers for festivals, self-published comics, animated documentaries and animation for a phenakistoscope-like installation. I especially enjoy developing new art directions for each project, both my own and in collaboration.
Folktales, mythology and their modern renditions, such as Cocteau's Orpheus or Pasolini's Oedipus Rex, are a big source of inspiration to me.

Degrees
BA Drawing and Animation, Ecole Emile Cohl (France), 2014; Foundation Diploma Art & Design, Wimbledon College of Art, London, 2009

Experience
Illustration & animation on webdocumentary ‘Quivira’ for Archaeological Legacy Insitute, USA, 2016; Animation and art direction on webdocumentary about drugs & risk reduction 'A consommer avec moderation', graphic design, So Bam, Paris, 2014-2015; Direction/Art direction for animated teaser for 'Carrefour du Cinema d'Animation,' film festival, Paris, 2013; Animation, colour and art direction for 'Intox' 1mn film commissioned as part of the 'Espoirs de l'Animation' programme, Canal J, Lyon, 2013; Background, animation & character design intern on 'The Daltons' TV series, Xilam Animation, Paris, 2013; Storyboard, graphics and art direction intern for short films & commercials, So Bam, Paris, 2013; Comics intern with artist Raphaël Ollé-Cervera, Paris, 2011; Assistant art director intern, Wanda Paris, 2010

Exhibitions
Brightside, Natan Art Space, Yogyakarta, 2017; Ghosts/Bodies, Natan Art Space, Yogyakarta, 2016; In collaboration with Deborah Tchoudjinoff for 'Psyterratica II', Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that, Lights of Soho, London, 2016; In collaboration with Deborah Tchoudjinoff for 'Psyterratica II', Creative Matters, London Design Festival, London, 2016; Screening of 'Modern Yokai Story' Festival du Film Merveilleux, Paris, 2015; Screening of teaser for 'Carrefour du Cinema d'Animation' film festival, Paris, 2013; Illustration group exhibition, Vezenobres, 2012