New & Upcoming:
From analog craft to experimental fabrication, if it’s handmade by you, Steve wants you to apply.
Attrition describes a condition shaped by sustained contact and duration, in images, in materials, in environments. Form and meaning change through processes that accumulate over time.
For this edition, artists are encouraged to consider how images and environments are worn down through use. Attention can move between the material image and the conditions that shape it. Surfaces erode. Signals weaken. Memory distorts. Landscapes, both physical and digital, carry traces of prolonged stress, circulation, and extraction.
Shaping Light: A MadMapper Youth Summer Camp is an immersive, hands-on program designed for youth ages 13–16 who are curious about digital art, design, and creative technology.
May 27 – August 1, 2026
Step into the living room—part set, part signal—as Will It Bow? unfolds in an uncanny broadcast. Channelling 1990s children’s TV and scored with analog synths, everyday objects are bowed and transformed. Equal parts instructional and deconstructional, the installation invites visitors to sit, follow along, and experiment with the hidden acoustics of the familiar.
Mission Statement
Video Pool Media Arts Centre aims to inspire curiosity and creative expression through open exploration of technology in all media art forms, focusing on practices that are adventurous, independent, and explore niche approaches to art and technology. We strive to cultivate experimental artistic practices and accessibility to technology through presentation, production, distribution and education while also supporting the greater arts community through our programs, facilities and expertise.
VP houses the largest collection of prairie video art in Canada, distributing work internationally to festivals, galleries and institutions. Our presentation facilities include Poolside Gallery, The Output venue, and The Pivot education centre, and our production studios include our analog A/V studio, The Adventure Lab, and the 8.1-channel Immersion Studio.
VP is Manitoba’s only artist-run centre dedicated to the exploration of technology-based art.
We are located on Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Come visit us in the Artspace building, Unit 221 + 300, 100 Arthur St.