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Recent Acquisitions

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: Lloyd Wong Unfinished, by Lesley Loski Chan (2025)

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Never Not Nothing

Tasman Richardson

2025, 05:55 minutes, colour

tapecode 575.70

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This audiovisual performance transforms video feedback into both sight and sound through an analog-digital feedback loop. Using a vintage camcorder aimed at a CRT television, the artist generates evolving feedback patterns. The video signal is simultaneously diverted to audio inputs—visual information literally becomes… ⊕

Night Stroll

Poyen Wang

2024, 22:17 minutes, colour

tapecode 2178.01

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Night Stroll explores queer desire and cultural identity through the context of the 1940s Chinese love song Ye Lai Xiang (Fragrance of the Night). Censored by the Republic of China due to the singer’s complex identity, the song was performed by Li Hsiang-Lan (the stage name of Yoshiko Yamaguchi) whose background… ⊕

On and On and On

Evelyn Pakinewatik

2024, 10:18 minutes, colour

tapecode 2168.00

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I’ve spent my whole life listening to and often recording interviews with different members of my family and extended community. One of the phrases I hear most often is “on and on and on” as a way to conclude a point; or to extend it. Anishinaabe often talk in circles, or maybe to be colonized is to see how… ⊕

P4W: Prison for Women

Janis Cole, Holly Dale

1981, 82:00 minutes, colour

tapecode 2162.03

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A key work by filmmaking team Janis Cole and Holly Dale, P4W: Prison for Women is the only film ever made inside Kingston's notorious maximum-security prison before it was closed in 2000. P4W is a shattering look at love and isolation in the most desperate of places. The filmmakers' approach results in a gripping and dignified… ⊕

Pandemia

Robert Hamilton

2021, 04:12 minutes, colour

tapecode 066.26

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This work was produced during the pandemic while isolating at home. The video follows a boy’s response to COVID-19. The boy participates in his community’s “isolate, test, treat and trace” initiative, marked by red crosses on their homes. This work reflects on COVID-19, our relationship with the… ⊕

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