Exhibition & Event Archive
Past Video Pool Media Arts Centre programming and events
Temporal Contours v07
Anju Singh has been the primary figure behind the Vancouver Noise Festival for the past seven years, the drummer and vocalist in long-running (and now nearing fully-realized) death metal band AHNA, and has held countless other roles in the punk, metal, and harsh noise scenes in Vancouver. THE NAUSEA has existed alongside all of this for the better part of a decade now.
Temporal Contours v06
Tim Olive uses modified magnetic pickups, consumer detritus (springs, styrofoam, metal sheets, hand-wound motors, magnetic tape, dental floss) and analog electronics to make a lo-fi, difficult-to-categorize music, existing at the intersection of noise, live electronic music, and musique concrete, with sound-textures and scraps of pitched material evolving, shifting and mutating in real time, resulting in a music which is uncanny, uneasy, and yet somehow beautiful.
Erika Lincoln
In 2016, the Japanese satellite Hitomi-ASTRO-H spun out of orbit and broke up. The cause of the accident was ascribed to both software and human error. In reading multiple reports on this event, Lincoln was interested in the anthropomorphic language used to describe the satellite’s behaviour just before the breakup. Lincoln began to explore this assigned agency by speculating on what Hitomi’s “state of mind” would be from dealing with the conflicting error messages. The result is an installation of two sculptural works, Aerial Effusions and Hitomi, in a conversation.
Artist Talk: Torry Mendoza & Kris Snowbird
Join us for an artist talk by Torry Mendoza & Kris Snowbird regarding their exhibits opening April 5 at Urban Shaman Gallery
Temporal Contours v.05
Please join us Friday March 22 for Temporal Contours v05 and help us welcome 3 artists taking unique approaches to their sonic output:
Cluster presents: AETHER*ECLIPSE at Video Pool Media Arts
Please join us on Saturday March 2 in The Output for a special evening of sounds from Oakland, California’s Beast Nest and Winnipeg’s MirrorFrame.
Part of Cluster: New Music and Integrated Arts Festival
Sharmi Basu (Beast Nest) will also host a workshop, Decolonizing Sound: Presence and Liberation in The Output on Sunday March 3.
Scott Leroux Fund 2019 recipient Colby Richardson
It is our pleasure to announce Colby Richardson as the 2019 recipient of the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration. Colby will inhabit Poolside Gallery for the month of March and has some ambitious plans for our legacy video equipment that has been faithfully stored and maintained over the years. In addition to employing use of this equipment to develop new work, Colby will host a number of open-studio days and a presentation on the First Friday of April.
Media Arts Residency 2019-2020
Please note that due to a challenging year, the MAR program cycle has been cycle has been delayed. Work from the current artists will be posted when it is ready. Please check back at a later date.
Temporal Contours v.04
Temporal Contours is a quarterly series of audio experimentation presented in a live (and hopefully future exhibition) setting, typically held in The Output. The intent is to provide a stage for artists working in sound to share their creative efforts, regardless of experience: we love to see new projects and people! We will be holding an open call in the near future in an effort to allow more artists to access this arena. Details of this will be released shortly so please stay tuned. We typically showcase work from local artists but occasionally are able to host others.
DĂ©ranger 2
VP is thrilled to be a production and presentation partner with the NFB Canadian Francophone Studio and On Screen Manitoba to develop new works by Indigenous Francophone artists.