Day With(out) Art 2024: Red Reminds Me…

VP is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2024 by presenting Red Reminds Me…, a program of seven videos reflecting the emotional spectrum of living with HIV today.

Red Reminds Me… will feature newly commissioned videos by Gian Cruz (Philippines), Milko Delgado (Panama), Imani Harrington (USA), David Oscar Harvey (USA), Mariana Iacono and Juan De La Mar (Argentina/Colombia), Nixie (Belgium), Vasilios Papapitsios (USA).

Video Commission Residency 2024 Presentation

VP is excited to announce the screening of four new videos created by the recipients of the Video Commission Residency for 2024! VCR is a residency for the creation and exploration of experimental screen-based work.

Featuring new work by James Dixon, Ibrahim Shuaib, Natalie Baird and Toby Gillies, please join us for the premiere of these gorgeous new works.

SLFMAE 2024: <\AV_+_AI/> – Remilekun olusoga

Part of the 2024 Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration

During his residency, he explored the creation of multimedia artworks, producing a series of artworks with analogue and digital elements in conversation, through analogue video mixing technologies and AI-powered image-image generation. Investigating facets innately particular to both systems and ultimately offering viewers a fresh perspective on media synthesis.

Open sign with green glow. the sign is attached to a white wall with a pull string hanging from the sign.

Michael Lucenkiw – The Environment Machine Shop

The Environment Machine Shop is presented by Cluster Festival and Video Pool Media Arts Centre.

JUNE 7 – JULY 23 2024.

The Environment Machine Shop is an interactive artwork that explores our relationships with the rivers of Winnipeg by examining six water samples taken from sites along the Red, Assiniboine and Seine rivers using a collection of DIY tools.

Video Commission Residency 2024 Application

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.