These works have been acquired for distribution by Vtape within the last six months. Not all of the videos are necessarily new, as older works are sometimes brought into distribution.
Recent Acquisitions
2021, 32:09 minutes, colour
tapecode 2140.02
Stone Tape: A haunting is an episodic video series that, through the lens of the haunting, examines the relationships between lands and the beings that live with and on them. Inspired by community conversation and environment and historical research in Quebec’s Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Stone Tape: A haunting seeks to ask… ⊕
2021, 19:33 minutes, colour
tapecode 2140.01
Centered around a family’s pre-war life in Leipzig and the experience of their flight path to the Caribbean, “Remaking Edgware” is a video artwork that aims to rediscover and reimagine a history made quiet by time, diaspora and trauma.“Remaking Edgware” is grounded in the exploration of cultural… ⊕
Elemental is a five minute video or media work consisting entirely of downloaded Pixabay MP4 sequences or clips. The clips were downloaded from three subject folders: Extreme Weather, Fire, and War. The video is composed in that sequence, with the occasional clip from another unspecified source. Elemental is characterized by an… ⊕
This video presentation amplifies the bias of fictional distorted images of black males. Media of all types, this production included, display distorted images. These portrayals show how exaggerated simple-minded stereotyped images create beliefs that predict actions that reinforce false stereotypes that can and do affect the… ⊕
'I don't remember much about her' is based on Kika Nicolela's research about her Lebanese roots, memory loss and mother-daughter transmission. The video combines different techniques and materials, such as scanned old family photos, video, 3D scan and manipulated children’s drawings, in dialogue with an audio interview… ⊕