Technology – Video Pool Media Arts Centre

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Tech News – February 2025

Small, but mighty!

AI Mentorship Residency: Breaking the System

VP is proud to collaborate with Harbour Collective to present the AI Mentorship Residency: Breaking the System, a groundbreaking initiative exploring the creative and critical potential of AI in the arts.

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Beyond the Algorithm: An Artist Talk with Erika Jean Lincoln

This engaging talk is a chance to be inspired, spark curiosity, and explore the evolving intersection of disability arts with new media arts.

The potential for something truly extraordinary is here.

MATR 2025 Application

MATR 2025 APPLICATION FORM Apply Here

Media Arts + Technology Residency 2025- Call for Applications

Welcome to MATR 2025!

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is pleased to announce our first Media Art + Technology Residency of 2025 (MATR25) in partnership with TakeHome BIPOC ArtHouse.

The Media Art and Technology Residency (MATR) is designed to be a site-specific exploration of VP’s Poolside Gallery and its environs, where artists will develop and install a new work that responds to and utilizes the gallery’s characteristics. MATR specifically supports experimental, independent technology-based works and we welcome submissions that respond to the annual theme.

Tech-Forward Art Dialogues: Installation

TECHNICAL CULTIVATIONS Enter the cutting-edge world of performance, where technology and creativity collide in exciting ways.

The potential for something truly extraordinary is here.

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Michael Lucenkiw – The Environment Machine Shop

The Environment Machine Shop is presented by Cluster Festival and Video Pool Media Arts Centre.

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

We are thrilled to present a captivating seminar on “Resonance & Cross-Sensory Translation in Pyrotechnic Arts” by Collin van Uchelen, Ph.D. This event is co-presented by the Arts Accessibility Network Manitoba and Video Pool Media Arts Centre.

Bridging The Gap: Call for BIPOC Participants

Bridging the Gap: A partnership with Harbour Collective and Take Home BIPOC Art House for BIPOC artists/developers to create databases and research copyright and intellectual property

Application Deadline: March 3, 2024
Location: Winnipeg

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MCS Computer Update

Remember when we said we’d be moving away from Apple products?

Well, we just installed a power house of a PC in the Multi-Channel Suite (MCS). Same audio gear, but the computer now runs an Intel i9 13th Gen processor, 128gb of DDR5 RAM, and an Asus TI OC 4070 graphics card. SO MUCH POWER FOLKS.