CHARLIE: Charlie is wearing a plain black shirt, with white pants, and a long silver necklace with a teardrop shaped pendant. They stand in front of a light gray wall while holding a metallophone, trapezoid shaped instrument made of six metal bars placed between two wooden bars, all connected by black string. They have a soft focus to the right of the image, while facing the metallophone, and holding the mallet (a small wooden stick with a wooden ball at the end used to make sound when it comes in contact with the metal bars).
CHARLIE GATES (they/them)
Facilitator- Queer Story Telling and Sound Meditation
Charlie Gates (they/them) is a queer sound maker, movement guide, poet and storyteller residing on the unceded land of the Lkwungen speaking peoples, today known as Equimalt and Songhees First Nations. Charlie has been a student of sound and music since an early age, and has been offering sound experiences since 2015.
Their work in the world is weaving together the threads of sound, somatics, poetry and myth to create regenerative resting grounds that nourish the imagination and cultivate a sense of enchantment through deep listening. They are a student of Classical Tantra, folklore, mythopoetics, and somatic movement.