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Demo Reel

This reel represents a compilation of commercial and professional work from 1999 to 2003. With only a few exceptions, I produced, shot, animated and edited all of the excerpted projects. My work, including portions of this reel, have been broadcast, screened, and distributed in California, Pennsylvania, New York, Belgium, Hong Kong and México. The motion […]

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Resume

Nathan Gibbs has more than 10 years experience in digital media. With a background in both media art and broadcast journalism, he’s able to apply the strengths of traditional media to the online world in creative ways. His broad use of media across platforms informs his ability to judge the most effective media elements to […]

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Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait (2002) questions purity, identity and identification, consumer culture, as well as the use of skin color as racial signifier in the United States. The work displays Ralph Lauren paint swatches arranged in a grid and held between two sheets of transparent acrylic. Together, the colored swatches form an image of the artist’s face. Self-Portrait […]

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Race Cube

Race Cube (2003) remodels the classic Rubik’s Cube with a racial twist. Rather than the abstract color separation of the original, the Race Cube poses a more concrete challenge: aligning images of people into categories based on race. Race Cube challenges not only the player’s ability to determine the race to which each face belongs, […]

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Crayola Monologues

Crayola Monologues (2003) uses the crayon as a human metaphor for exploring color and identity in the United States. This animated video features crayons expressing how color hierarchies have shaped their lives. These crayons live in a world much like our own, complete with prejudice, class boundaries, social hierarchies and those who fall between the […]