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)
Busshead Hardhead is a short split-screen video forming part of an installation called Busshead Hardhead for the Plural of He Exhibit (March - July 2024) at Leslie Lohman Museum, curated by Andil Gosine. On the left side of this split screen video, the viewer sees the legs of a beach walker, moving back and forth, struggling to… ⊕
Comment tenir le vide: 3 tentatives (How to hold the emptiness: 3 attempts)
2023, 07:53 minutes, colour
tapecode 543.17
This video is broken down into 3 chapters: Le Slow (slow dance), Le vent (the wind) and La barrière (the barrier). The central theme of loss in this performative work is portrayed through the attempt to hold onto breakable or intangible things. In the vast surrounding landscape, the actions are juxtaposed to the strong… ⊕
What does William Burroughs on T.V. have to do with a cottage rain; how do ruins and water relate; what do words have in common with light rays flickering on a wall?Inner and outer thoughts, sounds, frequencies, vibrations reverberate everywhere.
The shadows in Miharashi Hills Town, where I live, often cast intriguing patterns on the streets. I find myself captivated by their ever-changing shapes. In summer, as the sun shines brightly, the shadows deepen, creating a vivid contrast. Each silhouette possesses its own uniqueness, as if harboring the town’s secrets.… ⊕
2023, 08:41 minutes, colour
tapecode 2163.00
we would be freer (بنكون اكتر احرار) is a short film reflecting on the relationship between native plants and peoples living under settler-colonialism. Through storytelling, the film takes a look at the sumac plant as a medicine, a powdered… ⊕