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Corps Intérieur

Toronto Artist Gareth Bate makes his Montreal Set Design Debut in Corps Intérieur (Inner Body)

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Gareth Bate's ambitious set design installation for "Corps Intérieur" pushes the boundaries of painting, as well as set design, with an immersive environment where the audience descends into a glowing underworld reminiscent of a pulsing inner body. The performance by David Pressault Danse in collaboration with Danse-Cité closes Jan.31st, 09 at the Monument National Theatre in Montreal.

In this visceral environment the dancers embody consciousness in an inner world reminiscent of the body's pulsing organs or a womb. The mezzanine section incorporates a massive 200-foot installation created by trapping fluid acrylic paint between textured layers of plastic wrap. On the lower level the audience is invited to wander the space and interact with the dancers. The design incorporates five 10 x 10 foot "peep show" boxes made of painted cotton. They resemble Chinese lanterns painted to evoke cave paintings covered in handprints. The audience peeks through holes to view the dancers inside. Lucie Bazzo provides a stunning lighting design. The extreme set pushes the material restrictions of what is permissible in theatres. The final creation breaks new ground with an elaborate fire proofing protection. The show has been well reviewed in Le Devoir, La Presse, and the Hour among others.

Acknowledgments: Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant.

Special Thanks: David Pressault, Armando Gomez Rubio, Angelo Barsetti, François Bricout, Lucie Bazzo and Catherine Viau.

MEDIA CONTACT: Gareth Bate
WEBSITE: www.garethbate.com
CONTACT: 416-530-0057, garethbate@rogers.com

CORPS INTERIEUR Dates: Wed-Sat. Jan. 21st - Jan. 31st. 8:30pm
Address: Monument National: Studio Hydro-Quebec, 1182, boul. Saint-Laurent
Tickets: 5148712224, billetterie@monument-national.qc.ca

Original Concept & Choreography: David Pressault

With the choreographic participation of the interpreters: Angie Cheng, Anne LeBeau, David Flewelling, Karina Iraola, Karsten Krall, Daniel Soulières

COLLABORATORS:
Costumes, Makeup: Angelo Barsetti
Visual Artist / Set Designer: Gareth Bate
Lighting Designer: Lucie Bazzo
Music: Michel F. Côté
Répétitrice: Catherine Viau
Stage Manager: Armando Gomez Rubio

Contact: Danse-Cité, 515-525-3595, www.danse-cite.org, into@danse-cite.org

BIOGRAPHY

Gareth Bate is an emerging Toronto visual artist who works in painting, installation, performance, photography, video and online communication. Gareth graduated with a BFA from OCAD in 2007, where he won several awards for painting including the 401 Richmond Career-Launcher Prize, an all expenses paid 500-sqft studio for a year. He is also a graduate, and now teacher, at The Art Centre at Central Technical School. Gareth has become best known for a viral YouTube video called "Penance for Environmental Destruction" where he crawled along the street with a field of grass on his back, and his "Lament" environmental painting series. Gareth has shown at a number of Toronto galleries including Glendon, Loop, Deleon White, Gladstone Hotel, Canadian Heritage Office, Lonsdale, Gallery 44, Bau-Xi, and participated in Nuit Blanche, Contact and the Queen West Art Crawl. He has been featured in The Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, NOW, L'Express, Metropolitain, Radio Canada, Xtra, Checkerspot Magazine and Le Devoir.

Website: http://www.garethbate.com

Gareth Bate, un artiste émergeant de Toronto fait ses debuts en scenographic à Montréal avec Corps Intérieur

Gareth Bate a été récemment choisi de représenter les artistes visuels émergeants dans un article dans le journal Toronto Star sur les vies des artistes au Canada.

Lisez l'article: http://www.thestar.com/Entertainment/article/561128

Voyez plus de la Scengraphie:http://www.garethbate.com/artwork_pages_folder/artwork_corps_interieur.html

Une Production de Danse-Cité en collaboration avec David Pressault Danse.

Gareth Bate a créé pour "Corps Intérieur" un environnemnet immersif à plusieurs niveaux. Le monde chimérique dans lequel le public descend évoque les pulsations internes du corps. Dans cet environnement viscéral les danseurs incarnent la conscience dans un monde intérieur réminiscent des organes palpitants ou d'un utérus du corps. La section de mezzanine est une installation massive de 200 pieds créé en emprisonnant la peinture acrylique liquide entre les couches texturisées de l'enveloppe en plastique. Sur le niveau plus bas la conception utilise cinq cadres de « peep-show » de 10 x 10 pieds faits en coton peint. Ils ressemblent aux lanternes chinoises peintes pour évoquer des peintures de caverne couvertes dans les copies de main. Lucie Bazzo fournit une conception renversante d'éclairage. La scene extrême pousse les restrictions matérielles de ce qui est permis dans les théâtres. La création finale casse la nouvelle base avec une protection raffinée d'imperméabilisation du feu. L'exposition a été bien passée en revue en Le Devoir, La Presse, et The Hour notamment.

Remerciements: Le Conseil des arts de l'Ontario

Merci: David Pressault, Armando Gomez Rubio, Angelo Barsetti, François Bricout, Lucie Bazzo and Catherine Viau.

Média contact: Gareth Bate, 416-530-0057, garethbate@rogers.com, http://www.garethbate.com

CORPS INTERIEUR

Dates: Wed-Sat. Jan. 21st - Jan. 21st. 8:30pm
Location: Monument National: Studio Hydro-Quebec, 1182, boul. Saint-Laurent
Contact: 5148712224, Email: billetterie@monument-national.qc.ca

Idéation Originale et Choréographie: David Pressault
Avec La Participation Choréographique des Interprètes: Angie Cheng, Anne LeBeau, David Flewelling, Karina Iraola, Karsten Krall, Daniel Soulières

COLLABORATEURS:

Costumes & Maquillage: Angelo Barsetti
Artist Visuel, Scénographie: Gareth Bate
Lumières: Lucie Bazzo
Musique: Michel F. Côté
Répétitrice: Catherine Viau
Stage Manager: Armando Gomez Rubio
Contact: Danse-Cité, 515-525-3595, www.danse-cite.org, into@danse-cite.org

BIOGRAPHIE

Gareth Bate est un artiste émergeant de Toronto que fait ses debuts en scenographic à Montréal avec "Corps Intérieur". Il travaille en peinture, installationl, performance, photographie et vidéo. Il est titulaire d'un baccalauréat de l'Ontario College of Art & Design, ou il a remporté plusieurs prix pour sa peinture et ses écrits sur l'art. Il est le lauréat du 401 Richmond Career-Launcher Prize, un studio de 500 pieds carrés fourni à un diplômé de l'OCAD chaque année. Gareth est devenu plus connu pour un Vidéo YouTube intitulée "Pénitence pour la destruction de l'environnement" ou il a rampé dans la rue avec un champ d'herbe sur son dos. Gareth a exposé ses oeuvres dans plusieurs galleries d'art de Toronto dont Glendon, Loop, Deleon White, Lonsdale, Bau-Xi, Gallery 44 et l'hôtel Gladstone, ainsi que dans le cadre de Nuit Blanche et Contact. Il a eu également plusieurs articles dans le Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, NOW, L'Express, Le Metropolitain, Radio Canada, Xtra, Hour et Checkerspot.

Recent

Cape Flora
Solo Show

Loop Gallery, Toronto

Cosmos and Anarchy: Part 2
Solo Show

Loop Gallery, Toronto

Past

Cosmos and Anarchy
Solo Show

Loop Gallery, Toronto

Indicator
Toronto Nuit Blanche

Gareth Bate Art Projects
401 Richmond St. West.

Something Still
Group Show

Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto.

Responsive Space II
Group Show

Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto.

Gareth Bate's 2012 Review: Yearly Update

Art practice, exhibitions, etc.

Variegated Threads:
World of Threads Festival

Curating at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville.

Outside Environmental Installations:
World of Threads Festival

Curating at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville.

Protrusion:
World of Threads Festival

Curating at 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto.

Fibre Collage:
World of Threads Festival

Curating at Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville.

"Where the Wild Things Aren't":
Group Show

Wall Space Gallery, Ottawa

Gareth Bate's 2011 Review: Yearly Update

Art practice, exhibitions, etc.

FROLIC: 401 Richmond Artists Open Studio

Gareth Bate Art Projects, 401 Richmond, St. W., Toronto

"Floating World"
Solo Exhibition

Loop Gallery, Toronto

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Gareth Bate's 2010 Review: Yearly Update

Art practice, exhibitions, etc.

Gareth Bate Art Projects Official Launch

Gareth Bate Art Projects
Studio S-17, 401 Richmond St. W. Toronto

"Where They Are Now: OCADU Alumni Exhibition"

Art Square Gallery, Toronto

"Moments" Solo Painting Exhibition

Gareth Bate Art Projects, Toronto

For The Infinite, Book Cover.

Ryerson Poetry Chapbook, Toronto

Gareth Bate's 2009 Review: Yearly Update

Art practice, exhibitions, etc.

"Common Thread International Exhibition" at World of Threads Festival

B42 Gallery, Oakville.

"The Winter LamentPaintings," Solo Exhibition

Canadian Heritage Office Gallery, Toronto

"BeeCause," Fundraising Auction for the Canadian Bee Research Fund

The Arts Project London,London.

"Between Reality & Fantasy"

Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto

"Corps Intérieur"
Set Design Installation

David Pressault Danse at the Monument National Theatre, Montreal.

Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant

For Corps Intérieur Set Design Installation

"Hard Twist: 3rd Annual Juried Textile Art Exhibition"

The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.

"Bigger, Bigger and More Desperate"

Deleon White Gallery, Toronto

"Art 401: A group exhibition of 401 Richmond Artists"

The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.

"Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition": Lament Paintings

Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto

"Lament": 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize Solo Exhibition

Studio 260, 401 Richmond St. West, Toronto

"Penance Performance"

Queen Street West, Toronto

"Plastic Paintings" Solo Exhibition.

Public Health Canada Office, Toronto

"Residual Landscapes" Photography Exhibition

Arcadia Gallery, Toronto

"Nuit Blanche: Ann Hamilton's Listening Choir," Performance

Varius Locations, Toronto

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"Central Tech Alumni Show"

The Library Gallery, Central Technical School, Toronto

"Nuit Blanche: In Memory of Brian Kipping"

Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto

Gareth Bate wins 2007
401 Richmond Career-Launcher Prize

Ontario College of Art & Design & Margaret Zeidler.