Join us Thursday, March 12th at 6:00 p.m. at the Bachir/Yerex Presentation space for a screening of Robert’s Paintings, Shelley Niro’s portrait of the artist Robert Houle. Just beforehand, at 5:30 p.m., curator Jesse King does a guided walk through the related City of Toronto Market Gallery exhibition SKY & BONE, on the first floor (suite 128), which features work by Houle. Curator’s talk and screening FREE, but tickets required; click through for link. ⊕

Our February Video of the Month is ZION (2022), by brand-new Vtape artist Jard Lerebours! About this work, Jard says, “Black people have always practiced world-building, a tool in our fixation on imagining and venturing towards collective liberation. ZION is… ⊕

Thursday, Feb. 26, 7:00pm, at the Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space, 401 Richmond St. West, 4th floor. This is the Feminist Archive & Vtape present Maternity Vexed: Dialogues with Her. The films in this program represent a dialogue between the generations – from mother to daughter, and back again; features work by Helen Lee, Amy Gottlieb, Diane Bonder, Caroline Langill, Mary Cross and Sara Diamond. Curated by Lexie Corbett. Helen Lee & Caroline Langill in person! Paid admission, click through for ticket link. ⊕

Vtape defies cynicism this Valentine’s Day with The Voyagers, a video love letter by American artist Penny Lane. “It’s a quite sincere take on Frank O’Hara’s tongue-in-cheek manifesto, Personism. It’s also probably the best thing I’ve ever made, despite—or more… ⊕

Thurs., Feb. 5th, 7:00 p.m., CAMH Auditorium (1025 Queen Street West, 2nd floor). Doors open 6:30pm, screening at 7:00pm. Please join the Blackwood & Vtape for The Stimming Pool, a film screening and discussion with Neurocultures Collective members Georgia Bradburn and Sam Chown Ahern, and filmmaker Steven Eastwood, moderated by Chris Gehman. ⊕