Vinyl Interventions - Carrie Gates

Carrie Gates

Saskatoon, SK

Carrie (Lady Gates to some) began her work in the arts doing performance events at raves and soon after became involved with community radio-playing experimental, noise, and freaked-out downtempo music. Radio enticed Carrie to immerse herself in creating audio environments, which led her to DJ at raves, art openings, and festivals. She has organized many experimental sound events across the Prairies, some very intimate, but one in a golf dome, others outside under the stars, and is interested in curating more national level events combining improvisation, turntablism, audio art, video art projections, and unusual architecture, like at Digidome or Phantom Power. She is currently focussing on completing her degree, organizing electroacoustic music workshops, doing live collaborative turntablism performances, and maintaining this website and the net.label, BricoLodge...............

*academic/bio/photos/cv here.

Other recent projects:

[R][R][F] SoundLab Project

The Artist-Run Limousine Audiomobile Project

Banff Imaginary Database

Gallery and Artist-Run Center Involvement:

paved Art + New Media

Kenderdine Art Gallery

Mendel Art Gallery's Something on Sundays

Field Recording Environmental Remix Project

Something on Sundays is a series of workshops held at Saskatoon's Mendel Art Gallery. Carrie has taught several audio workshops here, some with her collaborator, Jon Vaughn.

Carrie made field recordings of spaces within the gallery, atrium, gift shop, etc. Jon edited the CDs, and Carrie presented them to the public during the workshop. Participants, mostly youth, were able to create a live remix of gallery sounds within the gallery itself. This event was in the same space as the exhibition of Jeremy Bentham's Resonance.

see the handbill for this event here

Digidome

Digidome is an important point of reference as a meeting of the Vinyl Interventions trio. The first time Esther, Marinko, and Carrie spawned what you see here right now.

See the Digidome handbill see here

see the call for video submissions here

see the Kennedy Art Gallery's website about upcoming festival by the programmers of Digidome here

The official Digidome website: www.digidome.ca

Digidome was an audio and video/new media event that took place in Saskatoon, SK in Sept. 2002 inside a giant inflated golf dome that looked like a moon colony. Five huge, bright video projections were set across the marshmallowy walls. One of the projections even turnted on an old disco ball motor to make the screen move in big circles around the door and ceiling.

A pan-Canadian array of experimental audio, video, and new media artists collaborated in creating a fantastic and beautiful immersive experience of digital oddio, glitch-pop drama, and stellar video. Mini-golf was also available.

Digidome was facilitated by Paved Art + New Media.

Dermot Wilson: Paved Director (2001-2002)

Ellen Moffat: Project Administrator

Jon Vaughn: Project Co-ordinator

Carrie Gates: Project Co-ordinator

CONNECT 2003 Festival

3-Day Outdoor "Tribal Electronic Music Festival"presented annually by Jeff Galaxy of Supersonicsoundscapes / Galaxy Lounge (Regina) and Orion ofthe Beat Society. Wickedly fun SK style scenes with a thoughtful and varied lineup. A classic festival for the prairie party scene, Carrie has performed the Saturday afternoon wake-up set for most of the years of the festival, and also peforms in the late-night chill tent slots, recently also with partner, Jon Vaughn.

Prairie Echo Sound Symposium

Contact Microphone Workshop and Concert

June 22, 2002

Common Weal Community Arts (Regina) hosted an all-day Sound Symposium in conjunction with an artist CD audio art CD compilation night.

Carrie hosted an all-day workshop for 6-10 participants, who each were able to make two contact microphones and perform with on-site found objects.

more Common Weal Prairie Echo Workshop...

Participants made 2 contact microphones from the piezzo buzzers from doorbells. Then each participant found objects with which to make sound with the mics.

Carrie gave Jon Vaughn field recordings to mix in live with the lines into the mixing boards from the 4-5 people in each of the 3 jams. Each of the sessions was 10-20 min, and was archived to disc. Contact Carrie for CDs.

Engaging workshop allowed a few strangers to "overcome their fears" about performing improvised / electronic / electroacoustic music in other contexts. All of the microphones were successful, which added to our cheer!

CONNECT 2002

Chill Tent by the Beat Society

This photo is from the tag team set between Jon Vaughn and the Lady Gates (Carrie Gates to some...) in the high Saturday night hours at Connect 2002. Noisey , glitched up, bptiched up slippery trips were dealt out aplenty!

Contact Carrie for a CD of this set, or the sweet & sensitive-type archives from the afternoon set of that day, which was also performed live with Jon Vaughn.

Thanks to Darcy Beck for archiving these two sets for us!

PPM 6-Year Anniversary

Lady Gates whipped up & out a three-hour set that included a jam with SK space-rock band, The Watercolour Movement, and an impromptu freestyle with rapper Moka Only.

A memorable event for all that marked the last big event by the legendary Plastic Puppet Motive crew (I miss you, Mike + Wade!!)

listening to.....

Snellgrove Gallery, UofS. Oct.7, 2003

Video feedback and electroacoustic performance shenanigans!

This event took place in the University of Saskatchewan's Snellgrove Gallery for their "New Media Tuesdays" programming, curated by Sandy Irvine.

Carrie's solo performance marked the first audio event for the programme. She used her own homemade contact microphones, a sampling keyboard, a turntable with a blank, etched record, and several found objects to create a 45-minute performance, complete with visuals created by video feedback of the activities.

Click here for the original promotion poster.

contact Carrie at otherartists@hotmail.com

Esther B. | Marinko Jareb

Carrie Gates Saskatoon, SK otherartists@hotmail.com
	Carrie (Lady Gates to some) began her work in the arts doing performance events at raves and soon after became involved with community radio-playing experimental, noise, and freaked-out downtempo music. Radio enticed Carrie to immerse herself in creating audio environments, which led her to DJ at raves, art openings, and festivals. She has organized many experimental sound events across the Prairies, some very intimate, but one in a golf dome, others outside under the stars, and is interested in curating more national level events combining improvisation, turntablism, audio art, video art projections, and unusual architecture, like at Digidome or Phantom Power. She is currently focussing on completing her degree, organizing electroacoustic music workshops, doing live collaborative turntablism performances, and maintaining this website and the net.label, BricoLodge............... academic/bio/photos/cv here. Other recent projects:* [R][R][F] SoundLab Project The Artist-Run Limousine Audiomobile Project Banff Imaginary Database Gallery and Artist-Run Center Involvement: paved Art + New Media Kenderdine Art Gallery

Mendel Art Gallery's Something on Sundays *Field Recording Environmental Remix Project*
Something on Sundays is a series of workshops held at Saskatoon's Mendel Art Gallery. Carrie has taught several audio workshops here, some with her collaborator, Jon Vaughn. Carrie made field recordings of spaces within the gallery, atrium, gift shop, etc. Jon edited the CDs, and Carrie presented them to the public during the workshop. Participants, mostly youth, were able to create a live remix of gallery sounds within the gallery itself. This event was in the same space as the exhibition of Jeremy Bentham's Resonance. see the handbill for this event here



*Digidome*
Digidome is an important point of reference as a meeting of the Vinyl Interventions trio. The first time Esther, Marinko, and Carrie spawned what you see here right now. See the Digidome handbill see here see the call for video submissions here see the Kennedy Art Gallery's website about upcoming festival by the programmers of Digidome here The official Digidome website: www.digidome.ca Digidome was an audio and video/new media event that took place in Saskatoon, SK in Sept. 2002 inside a giant inflated golf dome that looked like a moon colony. Five huge, bright video projections were set across the marshmallowy walls. One of the projections even turnted on an old disco ball motor to make the screen move in big circles around the door and ceiling. A pan-Canadian array of experimental audio, video, and new media artists collaborated in creating a fantastic and beautiful immersive experience of digital oddio, glitch-pop drama, and stellar video. Mini-golf was also available.
	Digidome was facilitated by Paved Art + New Media. Dermot Wilson: Paved Director (2001-2002) Ellen Moffat: Project Administrator Jon Vaughn: Project Co-ordinator Carrie Gates: Project Co-ordinator

CONNECT 2003 Festival
3-Day Outdoor "Tribal Electronic Music Festival"presented annually by Jeff Galaxy of Supersonicsoundscapes / Galaxy Lounge (Regina) and Orion ofthe Beat Society. Wickedly fun SK style scenes with a thoughtful and varied lineup. A classic festival for the prairie party scene, Carrie has performed the Saturday afternoon wake-up set for most of the years of the festival, and also peforms in the late-night chill tent slots, recently also with partner, Jon Vaughn.

	*Prairie Echo Sound Symposium* Contact Microphone Workshop and Concert
	June 22, 2002 Common Weal Community Arts (Regina) hosted an all-day Sound Symposium in conjunction with an artist CD audio art CD compilation night. Carrie hosted an all-day workshop for 6-10 participants, who each were able to make two contact microphones and perform with on-site found objects.

*more Common Weal Prairie Echo* Workshop...**
Participants made 2 contact microphones from the piezzo buzzers from doorbells. Then each participant found objects with which to make sound with the mics. Carrie gave Jon Vaughn field recordings to mix in live with the lines into the mixing boards from the 4-5 people in each of the 3 jams. Each of the sessions was 10-20 min, and was archived to disc. Contact Carrie for CDs. Engaging workshop allowed a few strangers to "overcome their fears" about performing improvised / electronic / electroacoustic music in other contexts. All of the microphones were successful, which added to our cheer!

*CONNECT 2002* Chill Tent by the Beat Society
This photo is from the tag team set between Jon Vaughn and the Lady Gates (Carrie Gates to some...) in the high Saturday night hours at Connect 2002. Noisey , glitched up, bptiched up slippery trips were dealt out aplenty! Contact Carrie for a CD of this set, or the sweet & sensitive-type archives from the afternoon set of that day, which was also performed live with Jon Vaughn. Thanks to Darcy Beck for archiving these two sets for us!



*PPM 6-Year Anniversary*
Lady Gates whipped up & out a three-hour set that included a jam with SK space-rock band, The Watercolour Movement, and an impromptu freestyle with rapper Moka Only. A memorable event for all that marked the last big event by the legendary Plastic Puppet Motive crew (I miss you, Mike + Wade!!)

	*listening to.....* Snellgrove Gallery, UofS. Oct.7, 2003
	Video feedback and electroacoustic performance shenanigans! This event took place in the University of Saskatchewan's Snellgrove Gallery for their "New Media Tuesdays" programming, curated by Sandy Irvine. Carrie's solo performance marked the first audio event for the programme. She used her own homemade contact microphones, a sampling keyboard, a turntable with a blank, etched record, and several found objects to create a 45-minute performance, complete with visuals created by video feedback of the activities. Click here for the original promotion poster.




contact Carrie at otherartists@hotmail.com
Esther B. \| Marinko Jareb