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A Vision Inspired
Mind Candy from the Incomparable Tate Chamberlin
March 2016
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Bozeman Film Society
By Jessica Bayramian Byerly
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Ben Johnson Photo It all started behind the scenes. As a stagehand for Country Jam USA in Grand Junction, Colorado, a teenaged Tate Chamberlin explored his passion for music while assisting artists the likes of the late great Chris Ledoux and Mark Miller from Sawyer Brown. Chamberlin moved to Bozeman in 2001 to pursue a degree in business marketing. He eventually earned a degree in graphic design and utilized his senior thesis – the company Chamberlin Productions and a fledgling tour funded by a $100k investor – to successfully launch his career as a social entrepreneur and visionary. In 2008, he acquired Avalaunch and Montana Beer Festival; Chamberlin Rail Jam officially turned into a festival that same year featuring GZA Genius and Bassnectar. Along the way, Chamberlin produced the Spruce Moose and HUSHUSH festivals, helped start Headwaters Country Jam (he later sold out), and dabbled in countless entertainment related ventures throughout the region. The now 32-year-old Chamberlin is arguably just coming into his own, redefining the scope and breadth of Chamberlin Productions’ endeavors to encompass his evolving passions and burgeoning need to change the way people connect. “Often times we offend each other and just shut down,” remarks Chamberlin. “It’s how misunderstanding begins and wars get started. We should start a conversation instead.” What Tate endearingly terms
“geeking out on dialogue” is proving to be an unshakable interest and perhaps lasting focus for his future work. Interchange, Chamberlin’s dialogic September symposium tackling boilerplate issues with the bluntness of a butter knife, specifically invites conversation about the state of the world. “I hope to bring some optimism, but I expect it will be sobering,” states Chamberlin, who deems the Interchange venture and its impact on various communities and concerns – LGBT, veterans, gun rights, marijuana, income inequality and more – of arguably critical import. “I see too much apathy, fear and anger these days . . . and faith without works is dead,” argues Chamberlin. “Let’s get people into a room where they have to see each other and become vulnerable. Interchange is really about providing a unique social experience for people – with sometimes polarizing ideas – that just want to air it out. They just need a trigger.”
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Verge Theatre
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Ellen Theatre
Blunderbuss and Science & Maker Faire, Chamberlin’s latest projects, are socially experimental as well, fusing interpersonal interactions, social scenarios and unique platforms with creative ingenuity. An entrepreneur business hostel, Blunderbuss houses five artists, activists and entrepreneurs with a bedroom and project space and provides eight additional spaces for others who come in (Continued on page 2)
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