Two evenings of performances are dedicated to artists who repurpose, hack or deconstruct tools to produce sound and/or light for time-based performances. The selected artists have built instrumentation using various and varied media formats. In a Frankenstonian spirit, these artists fashion composite instruments, for the purpose of engaging further into …
VJ Carrie Gates screened at the Sunday Articue at KMA30 Kosmetik Salon, Berlin, Aug. 7th, 2011
VJ Carrie Gates videos screened at the INDEX Festival Opening Party, New York Aug. 3, 2011
Friday Night Main Stage VJ Set at Motion Notion 2011
I had a fantastic time at the Motion Notion festival this year! Excellent company and atmosphere. I have been playing there for six or seven years now and I think this was the most fun yet. I have a video from my friend Amanda Syryda of a little bit (12 …
Enchanted Groove
This event was a very upbeat little forest themed affair brought to you by one of the grooviest teams I’ve had the pleasure to organize an event with. I VJed at this event for Dreamaniac, The Depth, DJ Shortcircuit, and DJ Fuuuze. We rocked it – the place was sold …
Castle If and Carrie Gates – Live at Jale, June 2011
I recently had the pleasure of performing with Castle If (aka Jess Forrest) in Saskatoon at Jale (the event space above Cafe Sola). She’s a really unique character whom I find quite intriguing…her music is synthy and kraut-influenced, with a splash of sort of an electronic goth vibe. Check out …
Blip Festival – New York – May 2011
I strangely and accidentally ended up in New York for about 6 days a little while ago. Luckily, the Blip Festival happened to be on! Supercool 8bit and chiptune mega party tracks with live visuals galore! There were some nice booths set up by vendors such as Makerbot (nifty new …
Mannequin Photography from My Travels
I like to take photographs of mannequins in the different cities I travel to. I will update this with more as they happen…
Share NYC at the Issue Project Room, May 2011
When I was in New York recently, I went to the weekly Share event at the Issue Project Room. People bring their projects to show, discuss, and jam with. A lot of people bring custom MIDI controllers, Max/MSP patches, and such…others use it to get feedback on their works in …
Holzkopf + Shawna McLellen, Castle If + Carrie Gates, VYXSYMS, Greenmist, Knar @ Jale/Caffe Sola, Friday June 18, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Friday, June 18th Jale 38 23rd St E, Saskatoon, SK, Canada doors 8pm / show 9pm $10 all-ages
Telegraph Journal Article about my performance with Jon Vaughn at the RE:FLUX Festival 2011 in Moncton, NB
Here is an article written about the upcoming performances (including Merzbow, Martin Tetreault, and Jon Vaughn and I!) in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada at the annual RE:FLUX festival.
Nicky Click, Jeremy Gloff, CJ and The Dolls, Carrie Gates, Feminist Outlawz – Atlanta, Georgia, USA – May 22nd, 2011
So excited! I am going to Atlanta, Georgia (as well as Savannah, New York, and Moncton!) this week on a crazy mini-tour! This event is especially thrilling because I get to perform with my fave high femme queer chow star, Nicky Click! And see LadyJane Meredith again! And meet all …
“Dirty Two Minutes With You” Screened at the “Hlysnan” event at the SoundFjord in London, UK
Danceglitch – Silent VJ Clip by Carrie Gates
This is a silent video clip I use in my mixes in live performance.
VJ CONTEST @ Mapping Festival 2010 – new video documentation!
New documentation of the Mapping Festival 2010’s VJ Competition is up on Vimeo! My stuff is at the 1:49 mark or so!
“Prairie Scene” show is screening my work in Ottawa on May 5th, 2011
There is a big show coming up in Ottawa/Gatineau called “Prairie Scene” from April 26th to May 8th, 2011 that features tons of talent from across the Prairies. If you are around there at the right time, you should definitely check out the full “Prairie Scene” lineup and see this …
Nicky Click Tour DVD
I have had the immense pleasure of putting together a DVD of my visuals of Nicky Click for her touring purposes. Here is a selection of photographs of her performing with my work!
Carrie Gates and Jon Vaughn – Live at Vive’s yaya Event Series January 2011
Working on some new sound-reactive visuals
stay tuned!