Discover what’s new at Vtape! These works have been acquired for distribution by Vtape within the past six months. New acquisitions can include older works that have recently been brought into distribution.
Image credit: The Invisible Hippo of Grief: An Adoption Story, by Donna Szoke (2026)
2022, 12:36 minutes, colour
tapecode 163.134
A commissioned work and it is a spontaneous relation/reaction with the super 8mm footage from the archives of Josefina Mesa. It is part of EXODUS VII: JMA MATRIARCHIVE In Resistance. This exhibition is the premiere worldwide activation of the Mexican-Lebanese pioneer ecofeminist architect Josefina Mena’s archive… ⊕
A contemporary parody that stages the death of an aging subject through the infinity mirror of social media tropes.
Dawn of Melancholy: A Birthday Soliloquy ruminates on the passage of time, reproduction, and meaning-making as the lines between recorded, enhanced, and artificial reality become blurred. The viewer is implicated in an existential crisis when they inadvertently release a digital copy of the artist from the confines of the video… ⊕
A seemingly endless parade of empty platitudes and paradoxical life affirmations trouble entitlement and question who determines and owns the American Dream. Original footage serves as visuals for a slightly redacted found-audio track from a 1960 film in the public domain called Your Name Here, produced by The Calvin Company,… ⊕
2021, 11:05 minutes, colour
tapecode 1051.21
A 360 degree video space of plenty starts to break apart to reveal the messy constructs (and special effects) holding the illusion together. The Land of Milk and Honey grapples with fertility, loss and the physical, poetic and psychological complexities of the human body.Also available as a single-channel video.