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Orima Bendisse – Artist in Residence for SLFMAE 2026

Please Welcome Orima Bendisse to VP’s Scott Leroux Residency Program!

It is our pleasure to announce Orima Bendisse as the 2025 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.

Welcome Ashkan Nejadebrahimi!

VPMAC is excited to welcome Ashkan Nejadebrahimi as our new Technical Director!

UPLINK!

UPLINK! is VP’s NEW member programmed event that provides FREE access to The Output. UPLINK! is designed to support and showcase the work of our community practicing in independent, experimental digital and media arts.

Applications go live May 1st, 2026.

A digital collage of the two spotlights of the month

Catalogue Spotlight: April 2026

Spotlight of titles within VP’s catalogue

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Distribution News: April 2026

Upcoming screenings and news from the distribution department

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Catalogue Spotlight: March 2026

Spotlight of titles within VP’s catalogue for the month of March.

Distribution News: March 2026

Upcoming screenings and news from the distribution department

"Catalogue Spotlight" in white text over a vintage valentine design with a hand and white dove holding a letter

Catalogue Spotlight: February 2026

Spotlight of titles within VP’s catalogue for the month of February.

"Distribution News" in white pixelated text on top of the background of a vintage vhs tape with bold warm toned graphic lines

Distribution News: February 2026

Upcoming screenings and news from the distribution department

Dreaming into Systems: Lakota Semiotics and AI – Suzanne Kite

Centered on dreaming as a method of knowledge production, Suzanne Kite’s work develops symbolic systems drawn from Lakota cosmology and long-term dream research, translating them into visual, performative, and computational forms. Kite will discuss this process through a semiotic lens, focusing on how meaning moves from dream worlds into material, digital, and generative systems. Across sculpture, video, and performance, the presentation examines AI as a medium through which Indigenous symbolic knowledge is carried, transformed, and taught within contemporary art and research contexts.