Media Arts Residency – Video Pool Media Arts Centre

Media Arts + Technology Residency 2025- Call for Applications

Welcome to MATR 2025!

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is pleased to announce our first Media Art + Technology Residency of 2025 (MATR25) in partnership with TakeHome BIPOC ArtHouse.

The Media Art and Technology Residency (MATR) is designed to be a site-specific exploration of VP’s Poolside Gallery and its environs, where artists will 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 respond to the annual theme.

‘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.

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.

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.

The Life of a Party & Unraveling || Lee Jones & Greta Grip

It is our pleasure to share an update on Lee Jones and Greta Grip’s Media Art + Technology Residency that is wrapping up soon and will be showing from June 23 – September 15, 2023

MATR recipients || Lee Jones & Greta Grip

It is our pleasure to announce Greta Grip and Lee Jones as the 2023 recipients of the Media Art + Technology Residency (MATR). In response to our call, (de)PRESS(i)ON, these two artists have proposed an evolving/devolving, interactive, data-collecting, technology and craft related artwork that will respond not only to VP’s gallery, but will involve ways of including other areas of the building while drawing together ideas and inspiration from both historical and current activities.

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.

Video Commission Residency 2022 Recipients

Video Commission Residency 2022 Recipients VP is excited to announce that Warren Chan, Pluetoe Ilunga, Sarah Boo and Jaye Kovach are the recipients of the Video Commission Residency for 2022! VCR is a residency for the creation and exploration of…

MAR Artist Talks: Elise Dawson & Meganelizabeth Diamond

To wrap up their Media Arts Residencies (MAR) at Video Pool Media Arts Centre, our current artists-in-residence will be presenting artist talks(followed by Q&As) to share what they’ve been working on over the past year. Our second set of artists are Elise Dawson and Meganelizabeth Diamond.

MAR Artist Talks: Kris Snowbird & Theo Pelmus

To wrap up their Media Arts Residencies (MAR) at Video Pool Media Arts Centre our current artists in residence will be presenting artist talks to share what they’ve been working on over the past year. First up, Kris Snowbird and Theo Pelmus, who have been working collaboratively throughout the duration of their residency, will be presenting a performative artist talk.