The New
2022 | Paint, Video, Digital Collage, Digital Compositing | loop 00:23
The New is a short looping animation made for the group show Water Signs. Using mixed media, King explores themes of queerness and landscape, placing his body within the waters of the New River in Appalachia. Ideas in this work helped shape King’s 2024 animation project, Tiger Lily Mountain Pass.
Water Signs, invitational group exhibition, 5 artists, King, N., Cohn, R., Becker, M., Marcelle, L., Haid, S., curator Tiffany Johnson and Kate Bowen, Drama Club Gallery and Acre Artist Residency, Chicago, Illinois, December 2, 2022 – January 15, 2023. 2 works included in show, individual work, The New, video installation and collaborative work with Rachel Cohn and Margot Becker, Water Signs, video, projection on textile.
Exhibitions
animation
photos from group show Water Signs
Photos of collaboration Water Signs, Rachel Cohn, Margot Becker, Nate King
photos of The New, Nate King
animation collaboration between Rachel Cohn and Nate King, featured in Water Signs
