Exhibition & Event Archive
Past Video Pool Media Arts Centre programming and events
Michael Lucenkiw – The Environment Machine Shop
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.
Resonance & Cross-Sensory Translation in Pyrotechnic Arts
Aderemilekun Olusoga – Artist in Residence for SLFMAE 2024
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
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!
âdrawing Room -Lawrence Bird MATR 2024
âdrawing Room explores aspects of âWithdrawalâ, 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
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 VPâs analogue video suite. The focus of the residency is reconstruction
Y2K Smasher’s Bash – Art works and Synopses
Y2K Smasher’s Bash Fundraiser
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.
Media Arts + Technology Residency 2024 – Lawrence Bird
Day With(out) Art 2023: Everyone I Know Is Sick
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).