New & Upcoming:

Video Commission Residency 2024- Call for Submissions

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is excited to announce the launch of the 2nd Video Commission Residency (VCR): Vol.2 Prairie Fever. VCR is a unique residency program dedicated to supporting the creation of new video-based artworks. We are currently inviting submissions from artists based in Winnipeg. Prairie Fever is a locally inspired edition that invites artists to engage with and reinterpret aspects of prairie culture. We are looking for applicants to creatively challenge and expand upon what is traditionally seen as quintessentially prairie, encouraging them to explore and represent the unique, critical, and offbeat elements of Winnipeg and its surrounding region. This residency offers an opportunity for artists within our community to immerse themselves in the city’s vibrant artistic and cultural heritage.

Aderemilekun Olusoga – Artist in Residence for SLFMAE 2024

Please Welcome Aderemilekun Olusoga to VP’s Scott Leroux Residency Program!

It is our pleasure to announce Aderemilekun olusoga as the 2024 recipient of the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration (SLFMAE). In memory of Scott Leroux and supported by the Leroux family, the SLFMAE is an annual, month-long residency focused on the research and exploration of a specific technology and related aesthetic approaches. This year the residency is focused on working  with the Analogue Video system.

infographic announcing the hiring of a summer intern

Job Posting: Collections and Digitization Assistant

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is hiring for the position of Digitization and Collections Assistant. This is a 12-week position at 30 hours/week. This position is supported by the Young Canada Works program, as such, we are looking for a current student under the age of 30 who will be returning to school in the fall.

‘drawing Room -Lawrence Bird MATR 2024

It is our pleasure to present new work by Lawrence Bird, part of the current Media Arts + Technology Residency OPENING FRI Mar 15, 2024.

‘drawing Room explores aspects of “Withdrawal”, the last stage of VP’s Mid-life Crisis™ to be explored this year. The project deploys an array of moving images, audio, screens and technological remnants to collapse the distance between architecture and media, imagining Poolside gallery as a ground zero for future growth – expanding outward into adjacent spaces in Artspace, the city, and the world.

Mission Statement

Video Pool Media Arts Centre aims to inspire curiosity and creative expression through technological empowerment and open exploration in all media art forms, cultivating experimental artistic practices and accessibility to technology through presentation, production, distribution, and education. We house the largest collection of prairie video art in Canada, present work at the intersection of technology and art in our Poolside Gallery, and The Output, our A/V performance and rehearsal venue, provides new opportunities for performance based work.

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.