Video Commission Residency 2026- Call for Submissions

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is excited to announce the 4th Video Commission Residency, VCR Vol.4: Attrition. This residency supports the creation of new experimental screen-based works, inviting submissions from artists for a single-channel video responding to the theme of Attrition.

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.

Will it Bow -Kerrigan & Gage Salnikowski

Will it Bow is presented by Cluster Festival and Video Pool Media Arts Centre.

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.

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APPLY NOW to gain free access to The Output for an evening, including all day set-up and free promotional posters from VP! See what other VP members are up to!

Access AV Residency Recipients

VP is excited to announce that Thomas Toews, Paul Gubernachuk, Shivanya Ra, Leaf Pankratz & Mystery Byrd are the recipients of the Access AV Residency Recipients for 2026!

In keeping with the spirit of the Scott Leroux fund’s focus on exploration and research, VP’s Access AV Residency provides up to five artists with 60 hours of self-directed access to the analog-focused Adventure Lab. This program expands our commitment to research, experimentation, and sustained engagement with technologies, prioritizing process driven exploration over the production of finished works.

Orima Bendisse – Artist in Residence for SLFMAE 2026

Please Welcome Orima Bendisse to VP’s Scott Leroux Residency Program!

It is our pleasure to announce Orima Bendisse as the 2025 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.

UPLINK!

UPLINK! is VP’s NEW member programmed event that provides FREE access to The Output. UPLINK! is designed to support and showcase the work of our community practicing in independent, experimental digital and media arts.

Applications go live May 1st, 2026.