Oona Taper

Its the last week to see this big beautiful show at Charlotte Street! Queer Ecologies is open thru Saturday. It was such a delight to be in a group show with such delightful people.

Really exciting screenings in April, I wish I could be at all of them. The Rabbit Always Dies is playing at @imagesfestival in Toronto on the 11th, @onioncityfilmfest in Chicago on the 12th and in Athens Ohio for @aifvf on the 17th. . . . Ill be in Toronto for Images 😊

Come out to @charlottestreetfoundation this Saturday for this big show! Im really excited to get to show my work along side old and new friends from both Chicago and KCMO.

In The Rabbit Always Dies, filmmaker Oona Taper (@oonataper ) presents an experimental documentary revealing the facts and fantasies of pregnancy testing from the 1930s to the 60s, a period that relied on the use of live frogs and rabbits. Oona Taper creates installations and animations that are invested in the materiality of moving images to create tactile and embodied experiences for the viewer. Her work responds to current and historical events with whimsy and daydreams to contend with the constant mundane apocalypses of the modern world. Her work looks at people as decentralized parts in larger systems, examining how humans are embedded in complex networks with other animals, competing ideologies, and infrastructure. A graduate of the SMFA/Tufts and SAIC, she currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Animation at the Kansas City Art Institute. #OddsAndEnds #ExperimentalDocumentary #Animation #OonaTaper #LighthouseStudio #FilmFestival #ScientificHistory #AnalogScience #WomenInFilm

Looking through my 2016 camera roll and this production photo reminded that 2016 is when I started making my first animated short. . . . Also I'm pretty sure I still have that plant, so that's cool too.

Oona Taper: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 An animation inspired by train delay messages and their poetic potential. An examination of all the things that can go wrong: on the train, in the urban environment, and in our lives. All drawings done while riding the Chicago metro system. Video, color, stereo 4 minutes 31 seconds 2023 🌲🌲🌲 This work is shared as a part of 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 alongside moving image works by Elena Ailes, Mark Alcazar Diaz, Kayla Anderson, Kioto Aoki, Qais Assali and Jose Luis Benavides, Leslie Crum, Norman W. Long, John Marks and Crystal Myslajek, Regina Martinez, Meida McNeal, Kristin McWharter, Curtis Miller, Zachary Nicol, and Josh Rios. To experience these works, make an appointment to visit us in Uptown, or view select works online via romansusan.org/evergreen #linkinbio👆 🌲🌲🌲 @oonataper creates installations and animations that are invested in the materiality of moving images to create tactile and embodied experiences for the viewer. Her work responds to current and historical events with whimsy and daydreams to contend with the constant mundane apocalypses of the modern world. For more information and work, please visit oonataper.com. #MovingImage #Evergreen #UptownChicago #FreeChicago #ContemporaryArt

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 by Oona Taper An animation inspired by train delay messages and their poetic potential. An examination of all the things that can go wrong: on the train, in the urban environment, and in our lives. All drawings done while riding the Chicago metro system. Video, color, stereo 4 minutes 31 seconds 2023 🌲🌲🌲 This work is shared as a part of 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 alongside moving image works by Elena Ailes, Mark Alcazar Diaz, Kayla Anderson, Kioto Aoki, Qais Assali and Jose Luis Benavides, Leslie Crum, Norman W. Long, John Marks and Crystal Myslajek, Regina Martinez, Meida McNeal, Kristin McWharter, Curtis Miller, Zachary Nicol, and Josh Rios. To experience these works, make an appointment to visit us in Uptown, or view select works online via romansusan.org/evergreen #linkinbio👆 🌲🌲🌲 @oonataper creates installations and animations that are invested in the materiality of moving images to create tactile and embodied experiences for the viewer. Her work responds to current and historical events with whimsy and daydreams to contend with the constant mundane apocalypses of the modern world. For more information and work, please visit oonataper.com. 🌲🌲🌲 #MovingImage #Evergreen #UptownChicago #FreeChicago #ContemporaryArt

'Fold', the zine library featuring my little artist book, The Rabbit Always Dies, is coming to Kansas City! Its going to be the coolest iteration yet, the books and zines will be on view alongside Reading Room, an artist made library, at @100000000space . The opening is this Saturday, 10/4 6-9pm I have been binding more books this week to have some available for sale! Ill have some at the opening and am happy to deliver in the area. Let me know if you are interested <3 80 page, hand bound, risograph printed book, $47

Feeling so grateful that I've gotten to be inspired and supported by so many wonderful artists in Chicago. Sunday at @nonationartlab was so stunning, meaningful and sweet. I couldn't have asked for a better audience to share my film and book with. It felt very full circle to share a stage with some of the first people I met in the city. @johanna__brock and I move out of Chicago in a few weeks. It was an absolutely ideal send off to get to share our art on the same night. Im so lucky to have such a talented, creative partner. ✨️✨️✨️All the love for everyone who performed or came to watch ✨️✨️✨️

I am finally releasing the artist book I started working on more than three years ago. The Rabbit Always Dies is a sister peice to the film of the same name. It contains frames from the film, a more poetic version of the narative, and other risograph printed materials. I wanted to have a release party this summer, but because of my injury I haven't bound as many as I would like. There will be a few available at the show on sunday and more soon! ( I injured my arm with too much animating and now I can't do fine motor things for a while) The book is an edition of 100 and for sale for $42. Images: 1+3- The completed book 2 - Part of the printing process, one of the risograph layers 4- A life drawing done with my left hand.

Concept art for a film I'm working on

Hi friends! I have life updates to share! I've accepted an assistant professor job at Kansas City Art Institute. I'm moving in August. Do you know anyone or anything cool in KC? Send me recommendations and connections! Chicago buddies! Do you wanna help me celebrate? I'm going to get drinks at Whirlaway in Logan on Wednesday, probably around 8. Please join! Trying to intentionally celebrate: even tho this is super cool, its also a major life change and I've felt more of the stress than the excitement at this point. Also just trying to hangout a lot this summer! So hit me up :) First pic is immediately after my interview, everything else are pictures from the 4 total days I've spent in or around KC.