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: Don’t You Like the Green of A?, by Nelson Henricks (2025)
a̶r̶t̶i̶f̶i̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ safe space, where collective practices are amplified through a̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶n̶e̶r̶ monologue invoking other bodies that explore diversity & non-normative s̶e̶x̶u̶a̶l̶ practices ironizing… ⊕
Serena is a mother’s mourning reflection on the birth and death of her 18-year-old Trans daughter. The video’s visuals document the emptying of an hourglass. The audio is a posthumous collaboration between Serena and her mother. A ten-year-old Serena provides the audio for the emptying of the hourglass with a vocal… ⊕
1990, 12:00 minutes, colour
tapecode 2162.04
Known as Shaggie to her friends, Marlene Moore's final struggle in life began with a mid-eighties trial that branded her Canada's first female 'Dangerous Offender', allowing her to be locked up indefinitely. She had already spent most of her life behind bars from the age of twelve. Cole met Shaggie when she made P4W and bases… ⊕
A cat is presented with a sequence of everyday items to sniff.Single-channel videoEdition of 10Exhibition History:1999 Zsa Zsa Gallery (Toronto ON); 1999 Art Gallery of Hamilton -Photophobia Film Festival (Hamilton ON); 1999 Art Chicago 99 (Chicago IL); 1999 Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery (Halifax NS); 2000 Platform… ⊕
2021, 04:13 minutes, colour
tapecode 2173.01
Soapbox Construction: 101 was filmed in the Mile End neighborhood of Montréal in summer 2021. Holly Timpener and Tess Martens worked in a garage and rummaged through the alley to find materials to build a soapbox to eventually race. Presented at the Lots of Love Festival in Montreal, Martens and Timpener challenged and… ⊕