dance & video
dance & video
dance & video
dance & video
About alex & chase:
Alex Gibson is a queer, non-binary Barbadian artist, and MFA candidate at the
University of British Columbia, whose practice explores transgressive queer identities in relation to their Caribbean background. As an immigrant genderfluid artist, their practice focuses on queer identity, queer space and queer temporality, and how these relate to memory and place, time and geography, experience and ecosystem. Their work has been exhibited at Capture Photography Festival (Vancouver), Wil Aballe Art Projects (Vancouver), Tomato Mouse (New York), Number 3 Gallery (Vancouver), Caribbean Fine Arts Fair (Bridgetown, Barbados), Artists Alliance Barbados (Bridgetown, Barbados), RBC Media Gallery (Vancouver). Gibson currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC, on the stolen and ancestral lands of the xwməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam)
Chase Buntrock is from Chicago, Illinois. After attending Chicago Academy for the Arts, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Juilliard School. Following graduation, Chase was a dancer with Ballet BC under the direction of Emily Molnar. He has internationally performed works by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Merce Cunningham, Roy Assaf, and more. Chase currently resides in New York City. Other than dancing, Chase dedicates his time to styling and movement directing for various digital shoots and live performances.
About alex & chase:
Alex Gibson is a queer, non-binary Barbadian artist, and MFA candidate at the
University of British Columbia, whose practice explores transgressive queer identities in relation to their Caribbean background. As an immigrant genderfluid artist, their practice focuses on queer identity, queer space and queer temporality, and how these relate to memory and place, time and geography, experience and ecosystem. Their work has been exhibited at Capture Photography Festival (Vancouver), Wil Aballe Art Projects (Vancouver), Tomato Mouse (New York), Number 3 Gallery (Vancouver), Caribbean Fine Arts Fair (Bridgetown, Barbados), Artists Alliance Barbados (Bridgetown, Barbados), RBC Media Gallery (Vancouver). Gibson currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC, on the stolen and ancestral lands of the xwməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam)
Chase Buntrock is from Chicago, Illinois. After attending Chicago Academy for the Arts, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Juilliard School. Following graduation, Chase was a dancer with Ballet BC under the direction of Emily Molnar. He has internationally performed works by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Merce Cunningham, Roy Assaf, and more. Chase currently resides in New York City. Other than dancing, Chase dedicates his time to styling and movement directing for various digital shoots and live performances.
About alex & chase:
Alex Gibson is a queer, non-binary Barbadian artist, and MFA candidate at the
University of British Columbia, whose practice explores transgressive queer identities in relation to their Caribbean background. As an immigrant genderfluid artist, their practice focuses on queer identity, queer space and queer temporality, and how these relate to memory and place, time and geography, experience and ecosystem. Their work has been exhibited at Capture Photography Festival (Vancouver), Wil Aballe Art Projects (Vancouver), Tomato Mouse (New York), Number 3 Gallery (Vancouver), Caribbean Fine Arts Fair (Bridgetown, Barbados), Artists Alliance Barbados (Bridgetown, Barbados), RBC Media Gallery (Vancouver). Gibson currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC, on the stolen and ancestral lands of the xwməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam)
Chase Buntrock is from Chicago, Illinois. After attending Chicago Academy for the Arts, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Juilliard School. Following graduation, Chase was a dancer with Ballet BC under the direction of Emily Molnar. He has internationally performed works by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Merce Cunningham, Roy Assaf, and more. Chase currently resides in New York City. Other than dancing, Chase dedicates his time to styling and movement directing for various digital shoots and live performances.
About alex & chase:
Alex Gibson is a queer, non-binary Barbadian artist, and MFA candidate at the
University of British Columbia, whose practice explores transgressive queer identities in relation to their Caribbean background. As an immigrant genderfluid artist, their practice focuses on queer identity, queer space and queer temporality, and how these relate to memory and place, time and geography, experience and ecosystem. Their work has been exhibited at Capture Photography Festival (Vancouver), Wil Aballe Art Projects (Vancouver), Tomato Mouse (New York), Number 3 Gallery (Vancouver), Caribbean Fine Arts Fair (Bridgetown, Barbados), Artists Alliance Barbados (Bridgetown, Barbados), RBC Media Gallery (Vancouver). Gibson currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC, on the stolen and ancestral lands of the xwməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam)
Chase Buntrock is from Chicago, Illinois. After attending Chicago Academy for the Arts, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Juilliard School. Following graduation, Chase was a dancer with Ballet BC under the direction of Emily Molnar. He has internationally performed works by Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Merce Cunningham, Roy Assaf, and more. Chase currently resides in New York City. Other than dancing, Chase dedicates his time to styling and movement directing for various digital shoots and live performances.
Interview
et:
When is the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
et: We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
alex:
yesterday
et:
What do you collect?
et: We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
alex:
Vintage fantasy + sci-fi novels, kitschy ceramics, orchids, pokemon cards (first gen,
water type only), zines, art.
et:
go to karaoke song?
alex:
Linger by The Cranberries
et:
Do you believe that solitude is necessary for an art practice
alex:
100%
et:
What are you reading right now?
et: We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
alex:
Game of Thrones / whatever theory my professors throw at me.