Exhibition & Event Archive
Past Video Pool Media Arts Centre programming and events
Angela Henderson + Solomon Nagler – June 27 – 29
This exhibition is a continuation of a collaborative project that explores the porous architecture of the genizah; a non-archive where sacred printed matter deteriorates without intervention. Laser-cut steel sculptures, 16mm projections, and speculative wood structures draw out the tension between digital processes and hand-formed objects. This assemblage suggests an archive of ephemera; a tension between stasis and flux; illumination and the ineffable.
Temporal Contours v03
Temporal Contours is a quarterly series of audio-based performances hosted by Video Pool and co-presented with send+receive: a festival of sound and Eye and Ear Control Records. For version 03 we’re excited to present 3 artists who fill the spectrum of distance from refined and developed gestures to the boundary-challenging experimentation of their own practice.
WUFF in Poolside Gallery: June 1 – 15 2018
Winnipeg Underground Film Festival hosts exhibits in Poolside Gallery by Francesca Enzler and Kristina Banera beginning Friday June 1 as part of their annual iteration. For the weekend of WUFF, Poolside will be open both Saturday and Sunday 12-5pm.A walk-through of the installations will take place on Sunday afternoon. We will keep regular hours through June 15: W-Sat 12-5.
Art’s Pool Party Fundraiser
Please join us in celebrating the launch of Winnipeg’s newest venue, and Video Pool’s first annual Art’s Pool Party, featuring the first ever INTER-ARTS CHAMPIONSHIP!
Concert / Workshop: Sound of the Mountain (MTL) & Civvie (WPG) in Poolside Gallery
Winnipeg trio Civvie will be hosting a concert in Poolside Gallery with Montreal improv duo Sound of the Mountain, Thursday April 19 2018. Sounds of the Mountain will also be holding a workshop in free improvisation on Friday April 20, 5 – 7 pm.
Inside The Pixels / Outside The Frame
The Indigenous Media Arts Initiative is a youth mentorship program run by Video Pool Media Arts Centre, in partnership with CEDA/Pathways, that provides focused artistic development opportunities to four Indigenous youth, providing mentorship and learning opportunities in various forms of media arts creation and production. Mentees are paired with established artists from the Indigenous community and provided with 6 months of mentorship and training at Video Pool Media Arts Centre, including one year of free access to our equipment and facilities. The results of their mentorship will be on display at our Poolside Gallery on the 2nd floor of Artspace, and will be distributed internationally through our Video Distribution department.
Temporal Contours v.02
Temporal Contours is intended to create an open, inclusive and comfortable space for the exploration and experimentation of all things sonic. For version 02 we’re thrilled to be able to host from California, Henry Kaiser, as well as sets from local Rosa Reaper and a new project called Raze, made up of two members of Civvie.
Cluster Festival –asinglewordisnotenough
Video Pool Media Arts Centre and Poolside Gallery have teamed up with the Cluster Festival this year and is excited to host asinglewordisnotenough, where Seth Parker Woods will play an intimate solo recital of works for cello and electronics by Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, Oliver Thurley, Monty Adkins, Chinary Ung, Martin Iddon and Mary Jane Leach.
Jackie Huskisson / Artist in Residence / Scott Leroux Fund
Calgary multi-disciplinary artist Jackie Huskisson, recipient of the inaugural Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration is the artist-in-residence for the month of March 2018. Jackie is occupying Poolside Gallery and developing sculptural forms which she is animating via projection-mapping. Her work delves into the psyche through the development of at-times surrealist characters isolated in space. As part of the Fund, we will be holding open houses each Friday throughout March, 1-5 pm in Poolside.
VUCAVU launches #EyesOnVU
Streaming the best in Canadian film and video, VUCAVU is a new online platform featuring over 1000 titles, including over 150 titles from the Video Pool Media Arts Centre’s catalogue, with more being added every week. On Wednesday, February 15 VUCAVU launched its #EyesOnVU campaign which features themed programs guest-curated by a diverse group of Canadian artists and curators.