{"id":28487,"date":"2018-03-05T17:15:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T22:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28487"},"modified":"2019-06-02T19:01:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T23:01:24","slug":"power-ball-xx-carousal-announces-bompas-parr-pre-party-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28487","title":{"rendered":"Power Ball XX: Carousal announces Bompas & Parr as pre-party artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery have announced that London based multi-sensory and experience design-duo, Bompas & Parr<\/a> will be the pre-party artists for Toronto\u2019s most notorious art party, Power Ball XX<\/a>. Founded by Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, the artists will create a one-night-only, carnivalesque adult funland to celebrate Power Ball\u2019s milestone 20th<\/sup> year and reflect this year\u2019s theme, Carousal. Tickets for the annual fundraiser, taking place on Thursday, May 31, 2018,<\/strong> are now available for purchase at powerball.thepowerplant.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bompas & Parr\u2019s highly anticipated activation at Power Ball will transform the gallery into a space of circusry fit for the party\u2019s big, bacchanalian birthday celebration. With an artistic and taste-centric approach on the funfair of yesteryear, traditional rides and childhood fan favourites \u2013 think carnival slides and house of horrors \u2013 will be re-imagined by incorporating powerful taste components that exoticize the guests\u2019 experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this year being the 20th<\/sup> year milestone for Power Ball, we\u2019re honoured to support Canada\u2019s leading public art gallery and contribute to a birthday bash worthy of the Power Ball name,\u201d <\/em>says Sam Bompas, co-founder of Bompas & Parr. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait for guests to enter our world and immerse themselves into nostalgic experiences with a little twist. Our installations will see guests explore funfair like they\u2019ve never experienced before \u2013 a more adult version, if you will<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Globally recognized multi-sensory artists Bompas + Parr\u2019s backgrounds in architecture and marketing play a key role in their investigations into the intersections of food, art and emotion, and how taste is altered through synaesthesia, performance and setting. Described as \u201creal-life Willy Wonkas\u201d Bompas & Parr\u2019s highly researched installations \u2013 combinations of food history, contemporary culture and science lab experiments \u2013 boast a distinct aesthetic style and interpretive vigour that is unrivalled.<\/p>\n

The duo has worked on countless projects across the UK and are most-known for their jelly-making structures. To celebrate Bompas & Parr\u2019s ninth birthday, the studio launched the Jelly Parlour of Wonders in London\u2019s most famous department store, Harrods. The installation represented the first retail range of Bompas & Parr\u2019s unique approach to jelly, with customers being able to choose from a range of jelly shapes and flavours.<\/p>\n

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Sam Bompas and Harry Parr
Photo Credit: Ann Charlott Ommedal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWith Bompas + Bar as Power Ball\u2019s Pre-Party Artists, you just know something wild and exciting is waiting for you on the other side of the door,\u201d <\/em>Ga\u00ebtane Verna, Director of The Power Plant. \u201cKnown for their fun, sensory and flavourful projects, the duo will certainly bring out the inner child of our guests and stimulate everyone\u2019s senses at Power Ball XX.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition to Bompas & Parr\u2019s activation, guests at the Pre-Party will be treated to a food and drink experience catered by DaiLo. Working in tandem with the artistic duo, DaiLo will create dishes that are juxtapositions between the old and new, coinciding perfectly with this year\u2019s highly anticipated theme. Tickets to the Pre-Party can be purchased here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Confirmed artists, entertainment and additional details for the notoriously innovative Power Ball XX: Carousal presented by Max Mara will continue to be announced. Follow The Power Plant on social media or sign up<\/a> for the newsletter to stay up-to-date.<\/p>\n

For more information on The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, visit\u00a0<\/strong>ThePowerPlant.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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