Exhibition & Event Archive
Past Video Pool Media Arts Centre programming and events
Merging Mindsets – Projection Mapping
Through video, animation, or graphics, Projection Mapping using multiple projectors to transform static objects into captivating experiences. Previously challenging and time-consuming, technology
advancements have made this engaging art form more accessible and dynamic allowing a boarder range of artists to experiment with the medium. Join us to be inspired by three artists and designers actively working with projection mapping and large scale projection as they discuss their projects, processes, and techniques. This panel is designed to inspire and is not a technical workshop.
advancements have made this engaging art form more accessible and dynamic allowing a boarder range of artists to experiment with the medium. Join us to be inspired by three artists and designers actively working with projection mapping and large scale projection as they discuss their projects, processes, and techniques. This panel is designed to inspire and is not a technical workshop.
Mediations: Media Arts Residency 2018-19 exhibit
Throughout the past year, Karen Asher, Valérie Chartrand, Daniel Shane and Davis Plett have been both expanding on-going personal projects as well as creating new work while participating in Video Pool’s Media Arts Residency program. While approaching their work from disparate origins and aesthetics, these four fabulous artists have found common ground in using technology as a mediating factor in further exploring and understanding the environment and ecology, issues around the fabricated reality / dis-reality as seen through data and the body as centered between the dream world of memory and that of the document.
Merging Mindsets – Digital Collaboration
Today’s working world is undergoing constant change, as digital platforms transform how we work. Managing co-workers and collaborators has become an essential skill to master in the digital age. Keeping pace with developments can be overwhelming and intimidating, but we now have an unrivalled opportunity to work with partners from anywhere in the world. Join us as we explore the tools and techniques to become more organized and collaborate more effectively.
Merging Mindsets Conference
Winnipeg’s first conference dedicated to exploring the intersection of Art and Digital technology; the experiences, opportunities, challenges and achievements.
Join us as we embark on an exciting community-building event exploring the digital tech in art and the art in digital tech while connecting the people in between,
Temporal Contours v.08: Grain of Voice
The 8th edition of Video Pool’s experimental sounds series Temporal Contours investigates the moment of sonic materialization as generated through corporeal language and noise with special performances by these excellent acts. Temporal Contours is co-presented with Send+Receive: A Festival of Sound and Eye and Ear Control Records
Merging Mindsets – Digital Sound Art
With an ever-expanding array of accessible and user-friendly technology music, sound art and sound production have drastically changed over the last ten years. Tools and techniques for VR, theatre and performance have transformed the way sound artists think about sound creation. In this panel, local and visiting artists will discuss a variety of techniques and topics including generative practices, new forms of modulation, ambisonics, visual programming, as well as, mixing traditional practice with new forms.
Merging Mindsets – The State of VR
VR, AR, XR? What’s the difference? How are artists and tech professionals using these technologies to creatively push film, video, animation, dance and performance in new directions? Join us to learn from four people deeply involved in experimenting with this new canvas. Get to know about resources and techniques. Ask questions and find out how to get started.
STILL BEGINNING: The 30th Annual Day With(out) Art
Video Pool and Nine Circles Community Health Centre are proud to partner with Visual AIDS for the thirtieth annual Day With(out) Art by presenting STILL BEGINNING, a program of seven newly commissioned videos responding to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic by Shanti Avirgan, Nguyen Tan Hoang, Carl George, Viva Ruiz, Iman Shervington, Jack Waters/Victor F.M. Torres, and Derrick Woods-Morrow.
Merging Mindsets – 3D Printing
3D printing is revolutionizing how we construct and create. Originally invented to assist designers in rapid-prototyping it has become more accessible and available allowing artists to unleash their creativity in new ways. Join local makers and artists to learn about techniques, software, and challenges with the medium. How can I integrate 3D printing into my artistic practice? Where do I start? What resources are available locally? They will answer all of these questions – and more!
Chloe Thompson & Matt Henderson – Moirés
Moriés is a sound-reactive audio-visual environment by Canadian sound artist Chloe Alexandra Thompson and Portland-based multimedia artist Matt Henderson. Thompson’s multi-channel sound spatialization meets Henderson’s immersive, live-rendered 3D visual landscapes in this engrossing exploration of interference patterns in sound and vision.