September 28, 6:30 pm
OMG, it’s a Party! Screening and Slow Dance Party
“The works selected reflect on ideas associated with the queering of western pop culture, identity searching, gender dynamics, and Chinese politics. If the physical OMG exhibition showcases our investigation of “party”, the Screening is perhaps trying to tell you why we do this exploring, posing it as an echo of the exhibition” ⊕

Through sustained watching and writing, this research residency at Vtape will explore ways of engaging with performance for the camera within the specific context of a video archive. Across her time at Vtape, Sanader will develop practices of descriptive, associative,… ⊕

April 12-May 11, 2018. Steve Reinke is the Canadian Artist Spotlight for the 2018 Images Festival. In his 30 years as a maker of moving images, he has never hesitated to show all and to tell all. From The Hundred Videos – all made before he was 30 – right up to the present, Reinke speaks to the body, to death and to this certainty about the end that gives shape to our lives on the way. Rib Gets in the Way (Final Thoughts, Series Three) is Reinke at his most epic scale.  ⊕

Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 7:00-9:00 pm. Curated by Lauren Fournier, “Autotheory” features video works by Hiba Ali, Madelyne Beckles, Thirza Cuthand, Andrew James Paterson, Evan Tyler, Allyson Michell and Deirdre Logue, and Martha Wilson.  ⊕

Special Presentation @Vtape TOM SHERMAN Acceleration and Deceleration Saturday, April 7, 2018  10am-5pm   A day with Tom Sherman and his video work, two new video performances and selected historic works presented in a theoretical context where video is recognized… ⊕