Programming 2022 – Video Pool Media Arts Centre

Alexandra Elliott || Live Performed Improvisation

An ever changing group of dancers and musicians come together on First Fridays in the Exchange to perform live improvisation. Initiated in 2019 by studio partners Emma Dal Monte, Trevor Pick, and Alex Elliott, LPI is back. Live Performed Improvisation (LPI) invites you to The Output on December 2nd for an evening of reflection, gathering, and celebration. Alex would like to dedicate this performance to a Visual Artist she met through her Forever-Mentor Tedd Robinson. We really hope to see you there.

Being & Belonging – Day With(out) Art 2022

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is proud to partner with Visual Aids for Day With(out) Art 2022 by presenting BEING & BELONGING, a program of seven new videos centering the emotional reality of living with HIV today.

The program features new work by Clifford Prince King, Jaewon Kim, Mikiki, Davina “Dee” Conner & Karin Hayes, Camila Arce, Jhoel Zempoalteca & La Jerry, and Camilo Acosta Huntertexas & Santiago Lemus.

A wide shot of a beach with a large ice chunk foregrounded against a backdrop of receding waves with a distant pink horizon. This is a still from IIC, coutesy of the artist.

A/V Concert with Novi_sad, Casey Koyczan + Taylor McArthur

Drop in for an evening of stunning A/V performances by Novi_sad (GR) and local greats Taylor McArthur + Casey Koyczan.

This is a show you will not want to miss with special performances from both artists…

Three tall, narrow, framed signs on a black background with vertical writing. The first sign says "MATR" the second says De (in blue)Press (in black) i (in blue) ON (in black). The third sign says 2023.

Media Arts + Technology Residency – Call for Applications

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is pleased to announce our upcoming Media Art + Technology Residency (MATR).

The theme for MATR this year will be (de)PRESS(i)ON, and is a part of a year-long program celebrating and exploring VP’s 40th anniversary, what we are referring to as our Mid-life Crisis™. The VP mid-life crisis™ series will feature programs from the six stages of a typical mid-life crisis: Denial, Passion; Replay, Depression, Withdrawal, and Acceptance.
For MATR, we are asking artists to “Press On” with us… to persist, continue and to advance technology-based art while delving into the past 4 decades of VP history.

Scott Leroux Fund 2022 recipient || Valeri Marina

It is our pleasure to announce Valeri Marina as the 2022 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 SOUND ART.

Video Commission Residency 2022 screening

VP is excited to announce the screening of four new videos created by the recipients of the Video Commission Residency for 2022! VCR is a residency for the creation and exploration of experimental screen-based work.

Featuring new work by Warren Chan, Plutoe Ilunga, Sarah Boo, and Jaye Kovac, please join us for the premiere of these gorgeous new works.

The VCR Program ran from June 15 – August 15, 2022. The VCR program is a residency for the creation and exploration of experimental screen-based work.

A small gallery with seven speakers hanging from the ceiling, forming a circle in the middle of the gallery. The view is from behind the speaker circle.

There is a Point at Which Methods Devour Themselves || Pedro Oliveira

Video Pool Media Arts Centre has teamed up with Send + Receive: A Festival of Sound to present a multi-channel sound piece by Pedro Oliveira. “There is a Point at Which Methods Devour Themselves” (2020) is a multi-channel sound piece on the limits and failures of machine and human listening. Commissioned by the Max-Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Frankfurt, DE).

Anna Costa e Silva Open Studio

Terremoto, Ubisoft, and Video Pool Media Arts Centre present a screening and open studio with Anna Costa e Silva, facilitated with local curator Mariana Muñoz Gomez. Costa e Silva is currently an artist in residence in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada through Terremoto x Ubisoft, working on various projects expanding her performative and media arts practice, collaborating with Ubisoft employees. Join us for a screening of her video tremor-tentativa | tremor-attempt, and a dialogue between the artist and Muñoz Gomez as Costa e Silva presents on previous artworks and works in progress. tremor-tentativa will also screen throughout the afternoon.

2022 Scott Leroux Fund Call for Applications

The Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration (SLFMAE) offers $2000 for a one-month residency exploring a specific technology and related aesthetic approaches. This year the residency will be focused on SOUND ART.

The SLFMAE Residency will run from Sept 26 – Oct 30, 2022.

Meghana Iyer | Garry st.

A Presentation of the 2022 Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration

During Meghana’s time in Winnipeg participating in the Scott Leroux residency, life was nothing but filled with chaotic adventures. As a first-time visitor to Winnipeg, the experiences she had were quite unique and proved to contribute to the works she was creating at Video Pool. From filming and exploring around downtown to spending late nights in the analog suite, every day was filled with special moments. Titled Garry St. this installation-based presentation will showcase multiple videos displayed through various screens such as projectors and CRTs of the different experimentation and filmmaking that was captured during the month-long residency.