Artist CV

(b 1989ZA. Lives and works in Johannesburg)

Gates is interested in everyday systems of meaning and the technologies they produce. He creates objects with the intention of reflecting his internal processing, the results often jarring with the surface appearances of his everyday life. As such, his practice reconciles intuition and lived experience with social and physical structures. “I explore the role technology and material objects play in organizing my experiences,” he says. “Using these devices as raw materials, I create new technologies that I can share with others.”

2013

Fingers In The Outlet, ROOM Gallery, Johannesburg 

2012

Hello Oscillator, The Association for Visual Arts Gallery, Cape Town 

 

2020

Holdfast, The Gallery, Johannesburg

PEEP SHOW, Johannesburg/Capetown, online  and off, South  Africa 

2019

Exit Strategy, 99 Juta, Johannesburg

Internet Yami-Ichi, The Fak’ugesi Digital  Innovation Festival, Johannesburg 

2018 

This Speed has Weight, Plataforma Bogotá, Colombia

FNB ArtFair, Kalashnikovv  Gallery, Johannesburg 

2017

Artbox Digital, Dakar, Senegal 

2015

Fakugesi Lab: Exploring Cultural Technologies for Future Joburg, WAM, Johannesburg; 

Something or Other, Part of Ridder Thirst and other readings, Sober & Lonely  Institute for Contemporary Art, Johannesburg 

2014

Warm Leatherette, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg

HAMBA PAMBILI, The Alexander Theater, Johannesburg

TetriScape, The Alexander Theater & W.A.M, Johannesburg

Free Particle, The Sci-Bono museum, Johannesbug

Strange Loop, As part Christian Nerf’s Believe You Me performance series, GIPCA Live Arts Festival, Cape Town 

2011

The Independent Publishing Project, Blank Projects, Cape Town

Two Thousand and  Ten Reasons to live in a Small Town, Goethe on Main, Johannesburg

2018  

Esta Velocidad Tiene Peso (This Speed has weight). Director and Artist. Six-week  workshop / interactive laboratory. Plataforma Bogotá in Bogotá, Colombia. 

2017

Africa Art Box. Winner and creative grant / residency recipient. 

2015

Fak’ugesi Lab: Exploring Cultural Technologies for Future Joburg. Artist. The Fak’ugesi  Digital  Innovation Festival, South Africa / Watermans, United Kingdom 

2014 

Warm Leatherette. Artist. Fak’ugesi Digital Africa Residency. Yuri Suzuki, Bogosi  Sekhukhuni 

2010-11

NOLI PROCRASTINARE. Artist and Researcher. 2010 Reasons to Live in a Small Town. Facilitated by Kathryn Smith 

2020

The Mouse Portraits, The Computer Mouse Conference Zine. ITP, New York. 

2015

Office Exercise: Towards a more sensible boredom with technology in the office,  Technoetics Arts Volume 12 issue 2-3. 

2013

Fingers in the outlet: a self-reflexive investigation of 'bricolage' as a method of engagement in new media arts, through domestic hacking practices. The WITS University Press

Christian Nerf

The Forgetful Collector, written for Christian Nerf’s ‘Itinerant Studio no.33: vestiges’

Artist Interview in Magazine Des Cultures Digitales, MCD #71 Digital Afrique. 

 

2015-2017       

Lecturer Masters and 3rd year students - Physical computing, networked  media practices and Internet art, The University of The Witwatersrand. 

2017

IOT Open Door Studio. Artist/Researcher and Consultant, A public facing Internet  of Things workshop and laboratory, The Tshimologong Digital Innovation  Precinct 

2014-2016       

Alternative Interface Workshops. Artist and Organizer. Various 

 

2013

Masters of Digital Art (Interactive Media), Cum Laude, University of the  Witwatersrand 

2011

Bachelors of Art (Fine Art), University of Stellenbosch