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Y2K Smasher’s Bash – Art works and Synopses

Here you’ll find the synopses of all the artworks in the Y2K Smasher’s Bash!

Media Arts + Technology Residency 2024 – Lawrence Bird

It is our pleasure to announce Lawrence Bird as the 2024 recipients of the Media Art + Technology Residency (MATR). MATR is designed to be a site-specific exploration of VP’s intimate Poolside Gallery where artists will respond to and utilize the gallery’s characteristics.

Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting Everyone I Know Is Sick, a program of five videos generating connections between HIV and other forms of illness and disability.

The program features newly commissioned work by Dorothy Cheung (Hong Kong), Hiura Fernandes & Lili Nascimento (Brazil), Beau Gomez (Canada/Philippines), Dolissa Medina & Ananias P. Soria (USA), and Kurt Weston (USA).

VP40: Passion (The Early Years)

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is thrilled to announce our upcoming 40th-anniversary party Phase 2: Passion (the early years), taking place on September 22, 2023 and commemorating the organizations first two decades. Join us and get totally tubular with works from the archive, catered food, DJ’s, digital games and more!

Not Too Hot or Cold, Just right || Emmanuel OC Harry

Presented in partnership with Send + Receive: Festival of Sound

Not too hot or cold, just right” is a form of open invitation into a fertile atmosphere suitable for a dialogue between two personalities coexisting in one body. This dialogue is a brawl for understanding and not supremacy, leaving the viewer deeply immersed in an experience basked in euphoria. This exhibition explores the use of storytelling to arouse particular emotional responses such as joy, sadness, anger, frustration, and excitement from its viewers, setting a stage for self-reflection.

Tech News: New Framework Laptop

We go through a lot of equipment in our practices and industry. I think most of us try to hold onto our gear as long as possible because it becomes such an important part of our workflow. We’re excited to upgrade, but there is integration time, environmental costs, and actual costs to upgrading equipment. The choice to upgrade should be ours, and how we upgrade should also be up to us.

Media Arts + Technology Residency 2024- Call for Applications

Welcome to MATR 2024!

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is pleased to announce our upcoming Media Art + Technology Residency (MATR). MATR is designed to be a site-specific exploration of VP’s intimate Poolside Gallery where artists will have up to six weeks to develop and install a new work that responds to and utilizes the gallery’s characteristics. MATR specifically supports experimental, independent, technology-based works and we welcome submissions that focus on a large variety of mediums, approaches, and aesthetics.