Beginner's Mind: Gareth Bate

A performance art video made at The Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto. The unique carpet in the Will Alsop designed Sharp Centre for Design inspired this piece.

Be sure to check out my other videos:
Penance For Environmental Destruction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ona1xpDnRr8&fmt=18

Urban Honey Installation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf4ZQT_G7YQ&fmt=18


My Website:
http://www.garethbate.com

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Penance
• Environmental
• Destruction
• Urban
• Honey
• Installation
• Canadian
• Coalition
• Government
• NDP
• Liberal
• Dion
• Harper
• Layton
• Jackson
• Pollock
• Abstract
• Expressionism
• OCAD
• Toronto
• Painting
• Performance
• Art

[chariebobarie]

I was actually looking through performances for an idea for my performance class tomorrow and I saw that familiar carpet in the preview and couldn't help clicking. I loved this performance, really I did. The documentation was really nice, and I enjoyed the personalities it brought out in you :)

[garethbate]

HI

Thanks for commenting. Im glad you liked it. I did it for a class at OCAD called Performance and Performativity in 4th year. So you are at OCAD?

[garethbate]

Did you see the Urban Honey Installation video? That was also shot at OCAD.

[btweenuandme]

Just got this in my subscriptions! I really enjoy getting your videos every week. Are you planning on putting up more?

From your website it looks like you are a painter more than a performance artist. Do you have video of exhibitions?

I have to agree that this one is a mystery to me. It is pretty funny.

[garethbate]

I am actually working on videos of two exhibitions I just had. I will try to post them soon. They will be more documentary of the show.

[ozbamagirl]

OMG! So crazy. This is one is very strange. I don't quite get it to be honest. It is so different from your "Penance For Environmental Destruction" video. But I it is pretty funny nonetheless.

Did you actually male yourself so dizzy that you fell over?

Where is this weird carpet?

[garethbate]

I did indeed make myself so dizzy that I fell over.

The weird carpet is at The Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto. It is in the "Sharp Centre for Design" the Will Alsop designed building that looks like a crayon box on helf up by giant coloured pencils.

[Desisbrother]

What are you doing!!!????

I love these videos keep them coming.

[Chrisguy42O]

this is kind of ridiculous

[maninwhitedress]

marvelous

[ozbamagirl]

So funny! I can't understand why more people havn't seen this video. It is a shame about the thumbnail.

[chariebobarie]

I did! I thought the patterns created were really fantastic!

[noclimatechange]

you are a strange man. I think this video confirms you are crazy.