"V Tape is an information and distribution system for media works by artists and independents. We are strongly committed to the medium of video and media artworks - to their cataloguing, their exhibition, their distribution, their preservation, and their future...we operate on the model of a visual artist' agent; we bring artists - not just individual titles - into distribution."

This article provides an overview of the history, organizational structure, funding, and active artists at Vtape as of 1999. The article also contains answers to questions about the challenges of reaching new audiences. Moreover, the interviewer asks Kim Tomczak to speculate about what the future will hold for the organization.