Jabari Brown
Jabari.kibwebrown@gmail.com
I'm a Jamaican/Guyanese animator who grew up in Trinidad and Tobago. I've been obsessed with animation since I was 10, starting stop-motion using a webcam in my parents' office.
Right now I'm deep into experimental animation. I think of visual style as a language, and I'm interested in how visual systems work as communication. What gets me excited is the challenge of pushing a style across a whole project consistently and experimentally. Understanding what each piece needs visually, then figuring out how to get there. It's about learning the grammar of whatever world I'm trying to build.
Growing up between three Caribbean countries meant growing up with a lot of stories. Colors, shapes, visual culture packed with meaning. I want to make work that gives that representation back. Worlds where people like me can actually see themselves. I want to take the narratives we carry in oral tradition and bring them to life visually.
The Caribbean has this incredible culture of storytelling. Everyone does it. Everyone has their own way of doing it. That's not sentimental, that's a real resource. And I think animation can help amplify that!