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== Kent Tate == |
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'''Kent Tate''' (born 1956) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadians Canadian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist artist] whose current practice focuses on creating digital media, such as single-channel video. |
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== Early Life and Education == |
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Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers,_Manitoba Rivers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba Manitoba], Tate spent his childhood in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany Germany] and then in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa Ottawa]. He moved to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_states United States], with his mother as a teenager, and went on to study painting and film at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_utah University of Utah]. Tate was greatly influenced by the artist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Turrell James Turrell] and his land art project '''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roden_Crater Roden Crater]'''''. Tate encontered the '''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Jetty Spiral Jetty]''''', an earthwork sculpture built in 1970 on the northeastern shore of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Salt_Lake Great Salt Lake], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah Utah], by the American sculpture [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smithson Robert Smithson] inspiring Tate to focus on issues related to the Earth. |
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== Career == |
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Tate settled in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto Toronto] after returning to Canada in 1980. He began an active period of exhibiting paintings, installations, films, music, and performances. Tate then moved to western Canada, where he continued to exhibit in Vancouver and Victoria, continuing his pursuit to infuse natural materials in his paintings and sculptures from 1984 - 1990. |
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:Kent Tate's '''''The Stalker''''' at the Contemporary Art Gallery: humour, ecology, multi-nationalism, and beautiful 3-D work all in one spot. <ref>{{cite news|last=Oraf|title=Visual Arts Year In Review|accessdate=21 March 2013|newspaper=THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT|date=22 DEC. 30, 1988-JAN 6, 1989}}</ref> |
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:As in many of his previous works, Tate has adopted a kind of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arte_Povera Art Povera] sensibility in his choice of materials. In his 1969 description of Art Povera, Italian critic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germano_Celant#Work Germano Celant] writes: ''"Animals, vegetables, and minerals take part in the world of art... The artist-alchemist organizes living and vegetable matter into magic things, working to discover the root of things, in order to refind them and extol them. His work, however, does include in its scope the use of the simplest material and natural elements (copper, zinc, earth, water, rivers, sand, snow, fire, grass, air, stone, electricity, uraniaum, sky, weight, gravity, height, growth, etc.) for a description or representation of nature."'' <ref>{{cite book|last=Celant|first=Germano|title=Art Povera|year=1969|publisher=Washington: Praeger Publishers|location=New York|page=225}}</ref> Elemental materials such as salt, sulphur, wax, copper, water, crude oil, house dust and electricity frequently recur in Tate's work. In a direct, almost visceral manner materials are piled, bound, even burnt. For '''''The Stalker''''' Tate has once again used salt, soils, wax, copper, oil and electricity. <ref>{{cite book|last=Talve|first=Merike|title=The Stalker|year=1988|publisher=Contemporary Art Gallery|location=Vancouver, B.C.|isbn=0-920751-21-0|page=4}}</ref> |
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In the early 1990's Tate visited the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_island_of_Hawaii Big Island of Hawaii], motivating him to move to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii Hawaii]. Tate spent over 10 years archiving one of the most active volcanoes in the world, located in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Volcanoes_National_Park Hawaii Volcanoes National Park]. |
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Tate's current single-channel video contains footage of a extensive variety of extraordinary locations captured in nature juxtaposed with footage of ordinary industrial and day-to-day human activities. Tate has developed a keen eye for archetypal form, light and movement which is reflected in his work. |
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Since returning to Canada in 2005, Tate's work has been shown in national and international film and new media festivals, symposiums, group screenings - exhibitions, and solo gallery installations. |
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:Though gallery visitors are surrounded by moving images, the structure of Kent Tate's '''''Movies for a Pulsing Earth''''' encourages a more active engagement. Viewers start with one monitor, move to anther, try to take in three at once, turn back to earlier scenes, all while the silent viewing figure in the centre watches with them. <ref>{{cite journal|last=Laureen|first=Marchand|title=Kent Tate: Movies for a Pulsing Earth, March 3 to April 29, 2012, Art Gallery of Swift Current|journal=gallerieswest|year=2012|volume=11|series=2|issue=SUMMER|page=24-26|url=http://www.gallerieswest.ca/art-appreciation/reviews/kent-tate%3A-%22movies-for-a-pulsing-earth%22%2C-art-gallery-of-swift-current%2C-march-3-to-april-29%2C-2012/}}</ref> |
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The Banff Centre, the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, BC Arts Council, Hawaii State Arts Foundation, and the Saskatchewan Arts Board have all supported Tate's projects through grants, awards and residencies. |
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Tate has produced [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-105115847 six landscape DVDs]. |
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Tate currently resides in rural southwestern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan Saskatchewan]. |
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== Biography == |
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'''Selected Exhibitions, Festivals & Screenings''' |
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:* '''''[http://www.gallerieswest.ca/art-appreciation/reviews/kent-tate%3A-%22movies-for-a-pulsing-earth%22%2C-art-gallery-of-swift-current%2C-march-3-to-april-29%2C-2012/ Movies for a Pulsing Earth]''''' (multi-channel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_installation video] – sculpture, solo installation on loan) – organized by Kim Houghtaling Director/Curator [http://www.artgalleryofswiftcurrent.org/exhibitions/past.html#.UUUbAjfovKc Art Gallery of Swift Current] (AGSC), Swift Current-Saskatchewan (2013-2016) |
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:* '''''Anchor''''' (single-channel video, group show tour) – [http://www.stegnerhouse.ca/ Eastend Arts Council/Stegner House] [http://www.stegnerhouse.ca/eac-juried-art-show.html Visions of Eastend: Under the Living Sky], Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Assiniboia, Swift Current, Maple Creek, Shaunavon-Saskatchewan (2012-2013) |
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:* '''''Compression''''''(single-channel video, group screening) – [http://www.filmpool.ca/membership/member-sites/ Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative] at The Artesian Annual [http://www.filmpool.ca/events/events-by-year/2012-events/premiere-screening-2012/ Filmpool Premiere Screening], Regina-Saskatchewan (2012) |
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:* '''''Circumstantial Evidence - Part 3''''' <ref>{{cite book|title=Currents 2012|year=2012|publisher=Parallel Studios|location=Santa Fe, New Mexico|page=85|url=http://www.blurb.ca/books/3279400-currents-catalog}}</ref> (included in a looped single-channel screening/curated by Parallel Studios) – “[http://socialmedia.hpc.unm.edu/isea2012/?q=apply/panels Currents @ ISEA2012]” for the [http://socialmedia.hpc.unm.edu/isea2012/?q=info/about-isea-2012 ISEA 2012 Machine Wilderness 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art], [http://albuquerquemuseum.org/art-history/past-exhibitions Albuquerque Museum of Art & History Gem Theater], Albuquerque-New Mexico (2012) |
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:* '''''Circumstantial Evidence- Part 3''''' (single-channel video, experimental documentary screening/curated by Paul Markus) –[http://www.currentsnewmedia.org/expandeddocs.html Expanded Documentary Program @ The Studio] - [http://www.ccasantafe.org/ Center for Contemporary Art], [http://www.currentsnewmedia.org/2012participatin.html Currents 2012: The Santa Fe International New Media Festival], Santa Fe-New Mexico (2012) |
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:* '''''Circumstances with some Earth & Sky''''' (multi-channel video, solo exhibition) – [http://www.latitude53.org/archive/2012 Latitude 53 ProjEx Room], Edmonton-Alberta (2012) |
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:* '''“[http://www.gallerieswest.ca/downloads/slideshows/kent-tate-exhibition-movies-for-a-pulsing-earth/ Anchor]”''' (single-channel video, group exhibition) – [http://www.artgalleryofswiftcurrent.org/exhibitions/past.html#.UUS0gjfovKc AGSC Summer Salon Annual Invitational Exhibition], Swift Current-Saskatchewan (2012) |
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:* '''''Altar of Sacrifice''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – [http://eventot.com/the-screening-under-the-stars-and-the-screening-under-the-steeple/202021 Filmpool Screening under the Steeple at the Artesian], Regina-Saskatchewan (2012) |
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:* '''''[http://www.gallerieswest.ca/downloads/slideshows/401/slides/6/index.html Movies for a Pulsing Earth]''''' (multi-channel video – sculpture, solo installation) – [http://www.artgalleryofswiftcurrent.org/exhibitions/past.html#.UUS0gjfovKc AGSC] Swift Current-Saskatchewan (2012) |
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:* '''''Altar of Sacrifice''''' (video, group screening) – [http://www.edvideo.org/events/events-archive/2011-fiscal-year/shadowawards Ed Video Media Arts Centre 1st Annual Shadow Challenge], Guelph-Ontario (2011) |
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:* '''''Circumstantial Evidence - Part 3''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – [http://www.mannartgallery.ca/exhibits.htm The Mann Art Gallery] Reel Rave International Film Festival, Waskesiu Lake-Saskatchewan (2011) |
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:* '''''Circumstantial Evidence- Part 2''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – [http://www.filmpool.ca/events/events-by-year/2011-events/premiere-screening-part-deux-2011/ Filmpool Annual Premier Screening], Regina-Saskatchewan (2011) |
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:* '''''A Flood and then some Desert''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – [http://emmedia.ca/?p=1854 EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society “Oil”] curated by Daniel Dugas in the EMMEDIA Screening Room, Calgary-Alberta (2011) |
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:* '''''Earth & Sky – Grasslands''''' (single-channel video, group exhibition) – [http://www.artgalleryofswiftcurrent.org/exhibitions/past.html#.UUaFnzfovKc AGSC Summer Salon], Swift Current-Saskatchewan (2011) |
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:* '''''Earth & Sky – Grasslands''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – [http://reginaurbanecology.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/screening-under-the-stars/ Filmpool 20th Anniversary of Screening Under the Stars, Regina-Saskatchewan (2011]) |
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:* '''''Circumstantial Evidence - Part 1''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – [http://medianetnews.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/medianet-news-february-3-2011/ MediaNet's Celebration of BC Video!] at Victoria Event Centre-British Columbia (2011) |
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:* '''''Earth & Sky – Ravenscrag''''' (single-channel video, group exhibition) – [http://www.artgalleryofswiftcurrent.org/exhibitions/past.html#.UUaFnzfovKc AGSC Summer Salon], Swift Current-Saskatchewan (2010) |
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:* '''''Circumstantial Evidence - Part 1''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – Filmpool Annual Premiere Screening, Regina-Saskatchewan (2010) |
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:* '''''Burning Farm House''''', '''''6 Industrial Views + A Lone Buffalo''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – [http://www.mannartgallery.ca/ The Mann Art Gallery] Reel Rave Film Festival, Waskesiu Lake-Saskatchewan (2009) |
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:* '''''Burning Farm House''''' (single-channel video, group screening/“The Painful Parts”curated by Donna Wawzonek) – Eastern Edge Video Series – in collaboration with [http://www.therooms.ca/artgallery/archived_exhibits_desc.asp The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery], The Rooms Theatre, St. John-Newfoundland (2008) |
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:* '''''Accelerated'''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – Harbourfront Centre – [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_in_Focus Planet in Focus] Film Series, Toronto-Ontario (2007) |
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:* '''''Surface under Sky''''' (single-channel video, group screening) – [http://santacruzfilmfestival.org/about-scff/ EarthVision International Film Festival], Santa Cruz-California (2005) |
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:* '''''Art Seen''''''series (broadcast on cable & screened) – [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hawaii_Cultural_Center East Hawaii Cultural Center], Hilo-Hawaii (1995) |
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:* '''''Prosper Sculpture''''' <ref>{{cite book|title=Artropolis 90|year=1990|publisher=A.T. Eight Artropolis Society|location=Vancouver, B.C.|isbn=1-895371-03-1|page=43}}</ref> (sculpture, group exhibition) – Artropolis Group Show, Vancouver- British Columbia (1990) |
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:* '''''The Stalker''''' <ref>{{cite book|title=The Stalker|year=1988|publisher=Contemporary Art Gallery|location=Vancouver, B.C.|isbn=0-920751-21-0}}</ref> (sculpture, solo installation) – Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver-British Columbia (1988) |
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:* '''''The Chemical Chamber''''' (sculpture – painting, solo installation) – [http://front.nfshost.com/exhibitions/events/2595 Western Front], Vancouver-British Columbia (1986) |
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:* '''''No Rest For The Restless <ref>{{cite journal|last=Jim|first=Carrico|title=Kent Tate|journal=ISSUE||month=March/April 1985|volume=Vol. 2|series=No. 4|issue=12|page=21|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref>''''' (sculpture – painting, solo installation) – Pitt International, Vancouver-British Columbia (1985) |
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:* '''''Feast From Famine''''' (sculpture – painting, solo installation) – [http://www.openspace.ca/node/861 Open Space Gallery], Victoria-British Columbia (1985) |
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:* '''''Radiating Suit''''' (painting, group exhibition) – Unit Pitt Gallery The Last Pittsure Show <ref>{{cite journal|last=Pearl|first=Inlay|title=The Last Pittsure Show|journal=ISSUE|year=1984|month=November|volume=2|series=3|issue=Nov./Dec.|page=35}}</ref> , Vancouver-British Columbia (1984) |
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:* '''''Uninvited Houseguest''''' <ref>{{cite journal|last=Robert|first=Amos|title=We made it George|journal=Monday Magazine|year=1984|month=February}}</ref> (sculpture, solo installation) – [http://www.openspace.ca/node/875 Open Space Gallery], Victoria-British Columbia (1984) |
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:* '''''Annualsolo''''' (piano, solo performance) – A.R.C., Toronto-Ontario (1983) |
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:* '''''Vanishing Heat''''' <ref>{{cite journal|last=Jim|first=Carrico|title=Jim Carrico interviews Kent Tate|journal=ISSUE|year=November|month=1983|volume=2|page=16-18|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref> (super 8 movie screening, 58 min.) – The Funnel, A.R.C., Toronto-Ontario; Artcite, Windsor-Ontario; Latitude 53,Edmonton-Alberta; [http://www.helenpittgallery.org/exhibitions/past/archived-events/kent-tate-and-marie-kamali-vanishing-heat/ Unit Pitt], Vancouver-British Columbia; Open Space, Victoria-British Columbia (1983) |
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:* '''''Talking Territory''''' (sound performance/film projection – with Marie Kamali) – Music Gallery, Toronto-Ontario (1982) |
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:* '''''Music For Mice''''' (piano, solo performance) – A.R.C., Toronto-Ontario (1982) |
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:* '''''Museum of Post-Habitation''''' (sculpture – painting, solo installation) '''"Ending All Occupation"'''<ref>{{cite journal|last=Miki|first=Miroslav|title=Kent Tate's performance "Ending All Occupation", part of his A.R.C. satellite exhibition, "The Museum of Post-Habitation", Oct. 1982. Photo by Miki Miroslav|journal=Parallelogramme|year=1982-1983|month=December-January|volume=8|series=2|page=29|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref> (performance) – A.R.C. satellite exhibition, Toronto-Ontario (1982) |
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== Reviews & Catalogues == |
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:* [http://www.gallerieswest.ca/reviews/kent-tate%3A-%22movies-for-a-pulsing-earth%22,-art-gallery-of-swift-current,-march-3-to-april-29,-2012/ Galleries West: magazine review] written by Laureen Marchand (summer issue, pages 24, 26) – '''''Movies for a Pulsing Earth''''' (2012) |
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:* [http://www.prairiepost.com/entertainment/arts/item/2007-.html Prairie Post: newspaper review] – '''''Movies for a Pulsing Earth''''' (2012) |
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:* [http://www.swbooster.com/Arts/Cultural-activities/2012-03-22/article-2936905/Tate%26rsquos-%26ldquoMovies-for-a-Pulsing-Earth%26rdquo-offer-compelling-introspection-at-Gallery/1 SWBooster: newspaper review] – '''''Movies for a Pulsing Earth''''' (2012) |
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:* [http://www.currentsnewmedia.org/2012catalog.html Currents International Film & New Media Festival: catalogue] (page 86) – '''''Circumstantial Evidence – Part 3''''' (2012) |
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:* ArtCentering: interview – '''''Art Seen''''' in Hawaii (1995) |
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:* Artropolis - Annual survey of BC Art: catalogue (ISBN 1-895371-03-1, page 43) – '''''Prosper Sculpture''''' (1990) |
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:* Georgia Strait: review – '''''The Stalker''''' (1989) |
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:* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_publications_by_Contemporary_Art_Gallery_%28Vancouver%29 Contemporary Art Gallery: catalogue] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0920751210 ISBN 0-920751-21-0]) – '''“The Stalker”''' (1988) |
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:* The Province: review – '''''The Stalker''''' (1988) |
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:* Georgia Strait: review – '''''No Rest For the Restless''''' (1985) |
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:* Issue Magazine: review by Jim Carrico (issue 12, vol.2, No.4 – March/April 1985, pages21, 24, 25) – '''''No Rest For The Restless''''' (1985) |
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:* Monday Magazine: review by Robert Amos (Feb 3-9, 1984)– '''''Uninvited House Guest''''' (1984) |
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:* Issue Magazine: review by Pearl Inlay (issue Nov./Dec. ’84, pages 35, 36) '''''Radiating Suit''''' in “The Last Pittsure Show” (1984) |
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:* Vanguard: review by Phillip Manton Willey – '''''Uninvited House Guest''''' (1984) |
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:* Vanguard: review by Jennifer Oille – '''''Museum of Post Habitation''''' (1983) |
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:* Issue Magazine: interview by Jim Carrico (issue 2–November 1983, pages 16-18) – '''''Vanishing Heat''''' (1983) |
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:* Parallelogram: photo by Miki Miroslav (December 1982-January 1983, page 29) Kent Tate’s performance '''''Ending All Occupation''''', part of A.R.C. satellite exhibition '''''The Museum of Post-Habitation''''' (1982) |
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== External Links == |
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[http://www.pulsingearth.ca/index.htm Official website] |
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[http://vimeo.com/kenttate Vimeo website] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:1956 births]] |
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[[Category:Canadian artists]] |
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