November 1 – 30: As part of a city-wide celebration of the life and work of the late Kelly Mark, Vtape is making the artist’s video Public Disturbance HB Series, Take 1, Take 2, Take 3 online FREE! This video documents parts of a notorious public performance, with professional actors reenacting domestic conflicts from movie scripts in a public setting. ⊕
Past Events Archive
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MEET US WHERE WE’RE AT: Day With(out) Art 2025
Sunday, Nov. 30 at 7:00 p.m., join as at CineCycle (129 Spadina Ave., rear) for MEET US WHERE WE’RE AT, the annual Day With(out) Art screening. Made by drug users, harm reduction activists and queer artists from Nigeria, Vietnam, Brazil, Germany and Puerto Rico, these new films use hybrid methods to explore experiences of chemsex, pain, pleasure, community and street activism. ⊕
Your New Normal: An Afternoon with Margaret Dragu
Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2:00pm, join Vtape & FADO for a joyful day of video-art binge-watching with Margaret Dragu! See Margaret’s recent works “NEW NORMAL: an embodied novel” and “TICK AND TALK OF COMMON TIME,” with snacks and movement and hanging out in between. ⊕
Videos by Danis Goulet & Amanda Strong online in October!
STARTING SEPT. 30, THROUGH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, watch Danis Goulet’s Divided By Zero and Amanda Strong’s How to Steal A Canoe online FREE! For the 2025 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we are sharing two wonderful videos chosen by the Woodland Cultural Centre’s Executive Director, Heather George, on the occasion of WCC’s unveiling of the site of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School as a site of conscience. ⊕
Into The Night: Yonge Street Shorts (1975 – 1978), presented by Gallery 44 & Vtape
Tues. Sept. 23, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., join us for three historic shorts by Janis Cole & Holly Dale, and by Rodney Werden, exploring transfeminine subjects on-screen in the context of Toronto’s Yonge Street Sin Strip of the 1970s. Curated by Jordan King. Janis Cole & Jordan King in person! Co-presented with Gallery 44. ⊕
Since opening our doors in 1983, Vtape has presented a substantial program of screenings, exhibitions, artists’ talks, and publications. Events from 2012 to the present are represented here in this archive. This online resource reflects a combination of event-based programming, exhibitions, and education dedicated to the development of video art and new and diverse audiences. The Past Events Archive is organized by year, starting with the most recent events, and moving backwards through history.
Image credit: Installation view of God Play exhibition, October 2024; photo by Henry Chan (2024)