We open this year’s Curatorial Incubator v.11 with Zach Pearl’s examination of that Hollywood stand-by, the Screen Test. Not surprisingly, he finds that artists have a way of baring it all that both embraces and surpasses the tradition. ⊕

Vtape presents a Press and Industry screening, attends DINAMO meeting, and is showcased in the DINAMO ‘Survival Strategies’ screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014. ⊕

At the book launch of Vera Frenkel’s major new monograph, Vtape will be on hand with DVD and Bluray copies of The Blue Train for a special launch price. ⊕

Nina Könnemann’s Bann was filmed in London´s financial district where the spaces in which smoking is possible are increasingly restricted. The video presents a catalogue of inlets and corners where this activity is still practiced. Stains and residues, a hand or the tip of a shoe behind a wall indicate those niches. ⊕

Vtape co-sponsors a retrospective on the work of Richard Fung, the renowned Toronto-based video artist, writer, cultural theorist, activist, and educator. ⊕