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 …
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
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 …
New mini-documentary on the 2010 VJing Wiki Sprint
I took part in a Wiki Sprint in Geneva, Switzerland in May of 2010 at the Mapping Festival. Check out this cool little documentary that was made about our process and our presentation that we did at the festival, which included a live reading of the text which was turned …
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
Error Benders: Audio/Video Object Exhibition and Performance Series Call for Submissions
Very cool call for submissions for circuit-bending fans from my friends Jeff Morton and Leeane Berger – check it out!
yaya with Jon Vaughn & Carrie Gates, Zombifyus, Bunny Cunts, and Grey Owl
Jolly Jams – Boxing Day Party 2010
I am really excited to play at the Jolly Jams Boxing Day party at Ramjam this year! It is a bit of a tradition in the Saskatoon scene to have an annual gathering and performance with all of the cool ex-Saskatonians who are back in town for the holidays (we …
VJing by 375 Wikipedians Book from the Wiki Sprint at the Mapping Festival
I was invited to participate in a Wiki Sprint at the Mapping Festival in Geneva last May. VJs and academics from around the world gathered and collaboratively rewrote, sourced, and found open source and freely licensed images for a new Wikipedia page on VJing, which was sorely in need of …
Carrie Gates Audiovisual Performance at Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Videofest in Germany
I just got back from an amazing trip from Germany where I played at the Kassel Dokfest (as well as in Berlin afterwards). I had a fantastic time! Excellent people and a beautiful atmosphere. It was decorated like an old-school circus and there were all of these beautiful people wearing …
J + C Feedback Factory Live at the Vancouver New Music Festival
I would have to say that this was one of the nicest gigs to do. I was really inspired by the other sets I saw at the festival, and the staff were absolutely incredible. Huuuuuuuge screen!!!
Thrashtalk and Smash Cox at Jale with visuals by Carrie Gates
Wiki Sprint Sticky Note Timeline of VJing History – Geneva 2010
This is the sticky note timeline we used to organize our information about the history of VJing for the Wiki Sprint at the Mapping Festival in Geneva, May 2010. We rewrote the Wikipedia page on VJing and added photos and an audio recording of the article. See our work here: …
Unslumber Sound Art Sleepover and Concert
Unslumber SoundCamp is a two part event that I curated at AKA Gallery with the support of holophon. Sound artists from across the Prairies were selected to take part in a sleepover in the AKA event space, complete with tents and sleeping bags, a fake fire, and lots of time …