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)
Inspired by the space-age design and utopian aspirations of the 1970's, Overshadow 1 reimagines an iconic geodesic dome as a planet in a strange eclipse. The illusion created obscures this vision of the future with images of contemporary life shot by the artist's then teenage daughter. The audio score by Nik Beeson samples from… ⊕
Inspired by Buster Keaton films and an interest in activated spaces, this video reconstructs the architecture of the set of his 1921 film: The Haunted House. On screen you can follow the action as it moves through the rooms. The section of the film used is a chase scene so the spatial connections between rooms encourage… ⊕
Spectregraph is based upon the idea of the coexistence of multiple histories and subjective experiences within the same space. Using the chase scene in Buster Keaton’s The Haunted House (public domain) as the source of the footage, all of the activities filmed in the center stairwell of the 1921 movie have been used.… ⊕
A video about home as the centre around which life revolves yet also as a place in constant flux. The text catalogues 12 years of changes in my apartment and refers to the history of the panorama as an early virtual reality and its resurgence in the online real estate market. Also available as a looping installation
Can you die of a broken heart? Kardia is the story of Hope (Mimi Kuzyk) a pathologist who embarks on an unusual journey of reconciliation. Her story begins in the brief instant that her heart stops. With a photograph as her only artifact she sets out to unravel the mystery that surrounds her early life. The film weaves… ⊕
