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VP Has a New Online Catalogue!

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is pleased to announce the launch of our new online video and film catalogue. Established in 1983 and with works dating back to the 1960s, our collection features over 2,200 titles by more than 600 artists. With a focus on video art from the prairies, the VP catalogue charts a history of creative experimentation in the media arts which continues to this day.

ITAPI Call For Applications

Video Pool Media Arts Centre has a call for submissions for Indigenous artists of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories that are working with various forms of audio-video, immersive technology (VR/360), and multimedia in their artwork and films to apply for a 2-week residency in Winnipeg, Manitoba between May 11 – 25, 2022.

VP’s 2021 AGM

Video Pool Media Arts Centre invites you to attend our Annual General Meeting for the year ending June 30, 2021.

The meeting will take place December 7, 2021 at 1PM via zoom.

Upcoming Screenings

You can see screenings the following titles from the VP Distribution Catalogue. Check them out online and in person!

Drawing of a laptop with the words BIPOC Tech talk on the screen, and the words Coding, Video, Audio, and VR/AR spelled on the keyboard, against an aqua backgorund.

BIPOC Tech Talk September

BIPOC Tech Talk Calling all BIPOC folks working with tech in arts and otherwise – join us for the September edition of BIPOC Tech Talk. Meet some cool people, make some new friends, chat about tech and art and Winnipeg!…

Equipment Sale

Sale of Aged Equipment Because everyone deserves a little technology treasure Every once in awhile, even the hoarders at VP feel the need to cleanse ourselves of the accumulation of gear. We need to make room for new equipment coming…

Farewell Jen & Andy

It is a HappySad day for us at VP as we announce the departure of two of our longest standing staff members, both of whom are leaving to pursue their passions that they were able to develop during their time at VP and with the Winnipeg arts community. They are both finished at the end of April but will remain doing small bits of work for VP because, well, they’re invaluable!

Digital Dramaturgy Initiative – Call For Applications

The Manitoba Association of Playwrights (MAP) is looking for participants for a week-long residency workshop (June 21 to 26, 2021), taking place at Video Pool Media Arts Centre, exploring the integration of digital technology and expertise in early stages of story creation and project development.

BIPOC Tech Talk

Hosted by the lovely Eusebio Lopez-Aguilar, Video Pool Media Arts Centre would like to make space for #2SQT+BIPOC / #BIPOC #designers #programmers #coders #musicians #videographers #photographers #dancers #creators & #artsadministrators to talk about #art&technology, how we use #technology to make #art, and the milieu that comes with that in #Winnipeg ;

Ever Wonder How VP Was Formed?

Video Pool Media Arts Centre (VP) developed out of Winnipeg’s Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art and, while still a subsection of Plug In, was known as Video Group. Click below to read a brief history of VP’s origins as it relates to both Plug In and Video Group, written by one of VP’s Founding Members, Ryan Takatsu.