Will it Bow -Kerrigan & Gage Salnikowski

Will it Bow is presented by Cluster Festival and Video Pool Media Arts Centre.

May 27 – August 1, 2026

Step into the living room—part set, part signal—as Will It Bow? unfolds in an uncanny broadcast. Channelling 1990s children’s TV and scored with analog synths, everyday objects are bowed and transformed. Equal parts instructional and deconstructional, the installation invites visitors to sit, follow along, and experiment with the hidden acoustics of the familiar.

Access AV Residency Recipients

VP is excited to announce that Thomas Toews, Paul Gubernachuk, Shivanya Ra, Leaf Pankratz & Mystery Byrd are the recipients of the Access AV Residency Recipients for 2026!

In keeping with the spirit of the Scott Leroux fund’s focus on exploration and research, VP’s Access AV Residency provides up to five artists with 60 hours of self-directed access to the analog-focused Adventure Lab. This program expands our commitment to research, experimentation, and sustained engagement with technologies, prioritizing process driven exploration over the production of finished works.

Chronicling the tunnel’s eternal return to debt – Bint Mbareh

Presented in partnership with Send + Receive: Festival of Sound, Chronicling the tunnel’s eternal return to debt conveys artist BINT Mbareh’s research on Palestinian ways of knowing to Treaty 1 territory. In this work, sound is both communicative content and a medium of passage, transgressing colonial borders and discrete bodies as a wave.
A darkly lit room with acoustic treatment on the walls, containing a desk with two computer monitors, a midi controller, and a keyboard and mouse on it. A desk chair is tucked under it. There are 6 speakers surrounding the desk.

Tech News -May 2025

Meet the new suite! VP’s multi-channel suite has been IMPROVED and is now a full 8.1 A/V suite, meaning you can do mono, stereo, quad, octo, or any combo therein, plus you can still do your visual creating in there too!