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.

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.

Lights On The Exchange

Festival Closing Night Event!

Taking place at The Output, join us for this closig night event for the Lights on the Exchange Festival, featuring 3 gorgeous A/V performances from four artists!

‘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.

Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration 2024 – Call for Submissions

The Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration (SLFMAE) is an annual residency focused on research and exploration.
SLFMAE offers $2000 for a one-month residency exploring a specific technology and related aesthetic approaches.

This is a Site specific Research based residency of VP’s analogue video suite. The focus of the residency is reconstruction

Y2K Smasher’s Bash Fundraiser

A VP Fundraiser for our NEW SPACE!

JOIN US on January 19th for VP’s Birthday Party fundraiser, closing out our 40th year of existence! The Y2K Smasher’s Bash will feature a cross-section of artwork from the VP collection from the 2000’s and 2010’s, music by Vav Jungle with DJ Beekeeni as well as VR games, and your chance to win prizes, including participating in the SMASHER’S BASH where you can vent your frustrations on selected items.

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).